Final Check

Final Check reviews your page for spelling, link, and accessibility errors. Before publishing, it will provide a list of errors that may need addressed. Using Final Check to correct any issues will ensure that pages on the NSU website are accessible and provide the best experience for any user.

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Accessibility Check

Pages containing any Known Problems will be prevented from publishing.

If a page contains a Known Problem, the publish button will be disabled until it is repaired. Likely and Potential problems will not prevent publish, but should also be reviewed and repaired if possible.

While accessibility displays last in the list of Final Checks, it is the most important. In addition to our accessibility best practices, the Accessibility check scans the page for issues as defined by WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standards. It identifies three types of problems (known, likely, and potential):

• Known Problems have been verified as broken or creating an error. These must be fixed to meet accessibility standards or publish of that page will prevented. 
• Likely Problems need to be reviewed by a user to determine if it's actually a problem that needs fixed or not.
• Potential Problems are possible errors that cannot be automatically checked and require human review.

In the accessibility check results, each problem is listed with the location of the error in the source code, the name of the issue, an excerpt of the offending code, and a suggested repair. Visit the Knowledge Base Final Checks section for step by step instructions to fix common issues.

Causes

When publishing a page in Omni CMS, final checks will scan your page for errors. One of the checks it does is for accessibility errors. Accessibility check looks for issues in the page as defined by accessibility standards such as Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). It identifies three types of problems (known, likely, and potential):

• Known problems have been verified as broken or creating an error.
• Likely problems need to be reviewed by a user to determine if it's actually a problem or not.
• Potential problems are either code that may cause errors or possible errors that cannot be automatically checked and require human review.

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Spelling Check

The "Spell Check Results" box lists misspelled words on the page and how many times they occur. Spell check scans words in the editable page content, the source code, and image descriptions.

Please Note: Words may display correctly but be marked as misspelled due to code generated by the WYSIWYG editor in the word.

Cause

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When publishing a page in Omni CMS, final checks will scan your page for errors. One of the checks it does is for spelling errors. Spell check scans words in the editable page content, the source code, and image descriptions. Use this section to identify misspelled words or typos and correct them.

Resolution

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If you have errors in your spell check, you will receive a red exclamation icon, and link which will list the errors. If you do not have any spelling errors, they do not need to be reviewed.

To review and correct potential spelling errors:

1. Click the error link next to Spelling. This will bring up another window.
2. In the Spell Check Results window there will be two columns:
   1. Word: The word that the scan believes may be misspelled
   2. Instances: The number of times that word occurs on the page.
3. Make note of any words that are spelled incorrectly. You may skip the following steps if there is nothing to correct.
4. Return to editing the page.
5. Identify the misspelled word(s) on the page or search for them:
   1. Use Ctrl + F on Windows or command + F on macOS with your keyboard to open the WYSIWYG Find and Replace tool.
   2. Search the page for instances of the misspelled word using the Find field to highlight them.
6. Correct the misspelled word(s) with the correct spelling, or use the Replace with field to replace multiple.

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Link Check

The "Link Check Results" box shows every link on the page, whether it works or not. It lists the URL, the status of the link on both the staging and production servers, and a status code (if applicable).

Cause

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When publishing a page in Omni CMS, final checks will scan your page for errors. One of the checks it does is on the link the page contains. Every link is checked to determine whether it works or not. It will also check the status of the link in Omni CMS staging and production locations separately.

Resolution

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If you have errors in your spell check, you will receive a red exclamation icon, and link which will list all the links on the page and their status. If you do not have any link errors, they do not need to be reviewed.

To review and correct link check errors:

1. Click the error link next to Links. This will bring up another window.
2. In the Link Check Results window there will be four columns:
   • Link URL: The page being linked to
   • Staging: An icon for the status of the link in Omni CMS Staging. Hover over the icon for details.
   • Production: An icon for the status of the link in Omni CMS Production. Hover over the icon for details.
   • Status: The status code.
3. Make note of any links with a that need corrected. You may skip the following steps if there are no link errors.
4. Return to editing the page.
5. Identify the link(s) on the page that go to the Link URL listed in the Link Check Results.
6. Edit the link by selecting it and using the Link button in the WYSIWYG toolbar, or right clicking it.
   Note: Links may also be contained in components on the page, assets, or underscore files.
7. Replace the URL field with a valid link, or remove it until it can be replaced.
   Note: Remember to use the Dependency Manager when linking to pages on the WKU website.
8. Save the page.
9. Click Publish to run the final checks again and check the link status again.