When should we update our website’s accessibility?

Review and update your website's accessibility as technology and the website change, rather than treating accessibility as a finished task. Redevelop where the existing implementation needs improvement, and maintain the website over time to sustain access and responsiveness.

Treat accessibility as continuing website work

Accessibility should remain part of website maintenance, with redevelopment when the existing implementation needs improvement. The Frameworks refreshed the Estorick Collection website in 2017 to keep pace with changing technology, making it more accessible and responsive than its predecessor. The Frameworks subsequently continued to provide website maintenance for Estorick, rather than treating the refresh as the end of the work.

For teams managing a website, the practical approach is to keep designers and developers collaborating beyond launch and alert to technical changes. The Frameworks argues that more powerful browsers do not make inclusion automatic: accessibility and usability still require deliberate attention throughout design, development and execution.

A 2025 article in Smashing Magazine describes teams integrating automated accessibility scanners into continuous integration and using semantic roles and accessible names in UI tests to help prevent regressions. Incorporating accessibility checks into ongoing development helps teams protect access as a website evolves.

Sources: The Estorick Collection at 25, Designing and developing web experiences for everyone

How The Frameworks helps

Keeping your website accessible

Your website needs to remain usable for people with different abilities and browsing conditions as it changes. The Frameworks brings digital design and development together, treating accessibility as part of the website's underlying architecture as well as its visible interface. It works with you on accessibility improvements in the context of your intended design and technical constraints, so decisions about access are connected to how the website is built, rather than confined to changes in appearance.

The Frameworks offers website redesign, redevelopment and ongoing maintenance to improve accessibility and responsiveness. These services give you a way to address limitations in an existing website and support its continued use as the site develops. You get design and technical implementation handled together, with ongoing support to keep the experience accessible and responsive without setting aside the design it needs to deliver.

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