View issues on your webpage
DubBot provides issue highlighting and other metrics for webpages within your site.
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Written by Penny Kronz
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From the Dashboard Quick Wins panel or the Page List, select a page to see all of the issues reported for a single webpage.

Tabs on the left side of the webpage preview display information about the page and found issues. Tabs available are Accessibility, Best Practices, Broken Links, Spell Check, Flagged Words, Policies (Custom Checks), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Readability, Header information, and Open Tasks.

Page is in preview mode with icons that represent each metric available for measure on this page. The icons are laid out vertically on the left.

To view issues by a category, select the corresponding tab.

When utilizing a keyboard for navigation, tab to the first tab Accessibility and then use the up and down arrows to navigate between tabs. Press the Enter key to open the corresponding information panel. Press the Tab key to enter the corresponding information panel.

Page is in preview mode. User has clicked or used the Enter key to open the Accessibility metrics tab. The list of accessibility issues are presented in a vertical list to the right of the icon.

Accessibility panel

Issues in the Accessibility panel factor into the Accessibility Score for the site. Ignore check for this page turns off the Accessibility checking for the single page.

Select an Accessibility issue to see additional details and highlighting of the issue on the webpage preview. The expanded issue details the impact of the violation, the specific WCAG standard that the issue violates, Element Location, Ignore Issue options, and Task options.

Element Location will assist with locating the code that needs adjustment.

If the issue is not highlighting on the webpage when selected, please see the FAQ article titled Issue not highlighting on the webpage when selected?

The user role dictates whether the user will see the Ignore Issue option and whether the user will have the additional options to Ignore Issue for the page, site, or full account.

See the Task Overview and Creation article for more information about Creating Tasks.

Best Practices panel

The Best Practices panel is similar to the Accessibility panel options. Please note that while Best Practices may be related to Accessibility, the Best Practices do not factor into the Accessibility score. Best Practices do not mean that an accessibility issue is introduced using code. The Best Practice indicates that a technique should be adopted to make your website more accessible.

The Broken Links panel displays what links were reported broken for a webpage. Each Broken Link will provide what the error status was for a reported link. Note that a 404 error is a truly broken link.

Other status codes could be an indication of something other than a real broken link. For instance, a 429 status indicates that a web server stopped allowing DubBot to access a URL check for the web domain because it throttles traffic from a single browser over a certain amount of time.

Depending on a user's role, a Broken Link can be ignored for a Page, Site, or Account.

If you notice an issue for a link or set of links that are not actually broken, the specific broken link or a regular expression for ignoring a set of links should be added to Settings > Links. For further assistance configuring this setting, contact DubBot support via the Chat icon, make a Task and assign it to @DubBot Support, or email help@dubbot.com.

Spell Check panel

The Spell Check panel displays spelling issues within a webpage. Selecting a reported word will highlight the word on the webpage.

Depending on the user's role, the user will have the ability to Add to Dictionary For this Page Only, For this Site, or For this Account.

Also dependent on user role, the user will have the option to Add and/or Comment on a Task related to the misspelling. See the Task Overview and Creation article for more information about Creating Tasks.

Flagged Words panel

The Flagged Words panel displays all flagged words within a web page. Selecting a Flagged Word will highlight the word on the webpage.

Depending on the user's role, the user will have the ability to Ignore For this Page Only, For this Site, or For this Account.

Also dependent on user role, the user will have the option to Add and/or Comment on a Task related to the misspelling. See the Task Overview and Creation article for more information about Creating Tasks.

Policies (Custom Checks) panel

The Policies panel displays additional checks that have been configured as add-ons to the provided checking sections. Policies can be configured for specific organizations and sites. Policies can be add-on checks for web governance, accessibility warning signs, SEO practices outlined by your organization, or simply quality checks for known common issues.

For further assistance configuring Policies, contact your organization's DubBot administrator, DubBot support via the Chat icon, or email help@dubbot.com.

Selecting a Policy highlights the issue within the webpage in both the preview and source code views.

Depending on the user's role, the user will have the ability to Ignore For this Page Only, For this Site, or For this Account.

Also dependent on user role, the user will have the option to Add and/or Comment on a Task related to the misspelling. See the Task Overview and Creation article for more information about Creating Tasks.

Page is in preview mode with the icon for Custom Checks highlighted and the Custom Checks errors displayed above and right of the icon.

SEO Checks panel

SEO Checks panel provides users with basic information on whether the webpage meets general SEO best practices. Information provided includes Title presence, Title length check, Description presence, Descriptions length check, and presence and count of headings used for H1 to H6.

Page is in preview mode with the SEO icon highlighted and the list of SEO metrics failures (indicated by an X) and successes (indicated by a checkmark) listed vertically parallel to the list of icons.

Readability panel

The Readability panel provides statistics related to the readability of content within a webpage. Information provided includes Word Count, Sentence Count, Letter Count, Syllable Count, Average Words per Sentence, Average Syllables per Words, and multiple readability grades. Information about the readability grade scales is provided via the question mark icon.

Page is in preview mode with the Readability icon highlighted and the list of Readability metrics listed vertically parallel to the list of icons.

Open Tasks

Open tasks panel will display all issues for a page where a task has been added. This panel provides a single location to see all communication that has happened for issues within a webpage.

Users can also create a page-level task by selecting the +New Task option at the top of the panel.

Page is in preview mode with the Open Tasks icon highlighted and the list of Open Tasks listed vertically parallel to the list of icons.

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