An increasing number of event customers are moving their full event website to RunSignup. There are lots of reasons for this:
- Event Data like Results, Photos, Sponsors, Leaderboards, Date-Driven Data (Price Increases for example), etc. are all instantly visible in real time.
- Add any number of content pages. We provide lots of flexibility with images, layout, borders, that are easier to use and access than WordPress.
- Mobile First Design, and looks great on Desktop.
- Image Gallery to manage and reuse images and photos across your Websites and your RunSignup Event powered Email.
- Event Lists if you have more than one event.
- Free! We even cover the cost of maintaining your SSL certificate for maximum security. And you can bring your own domain/URL or use a subdomain like events.myorg.com.
The real time data integration became very important recently as the federal government and a number of states have passed fee transparency laws. Having the RunSignup Website automatically calculate and display pricing properly keeps events compliant with these laws.
We recently saw the outcome of a case brought against Saatva about having non-compliant Accessibility capabilities on their website. They settled the lawsuit with a payment of $1.5 Million.
The essence of the suit was that Saatva’s website was not useable by “all individuals who are blind and/or who have a visual disability who use auxiliary aids and services”. This is a requirement of the American Disabilities Act passed in 1990.
RunSignup has a long tradition of having a commitment to making our products accessible. With every new release or update to our products, we use a set of tools to check for accessibility. We have also worked with customers who use the accessibility tools, who have helped us understand how important these features are.
Here is a quick video of how a screen reader works with a fully accessible page:
Summary
The good news for events who use RunSignup Website is that in addition to all of the other benefits, you will not need to worry about accessibility lawsuits!