Accessibility & SEO Report

BTS1 · Component Accessibility

axe-core violations

link-in-text-block SERIOUS Links must be distinguishable without relying on color 5 locations

Ensure links are distinguished from surrounding text in a way that does not rely on color

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Location 1 of 5

Selector .insight-article__body > p:nth-child(2) > a[target="_blank"]

Element

<a href="https://www.dfinsolutions.com/knowledge-hub/thought-leadership/knowledge-resources/ipo-timeline-process" target="_blank">IPO process timeline</a>

How to fix

Fix any of the following:

The link has insufficient color contrast of 2.31:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #8700ff, surrounding text: #2d235a)

The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text

Location 2 of 5

Selector p:nth-child(11) > a[target="_blank"]

Element

<a href="https://www.dfinsolutions.com/knowledge-hub/thought-leadership/knowledge-resources/ipo-market-trends" target="_blank">IPO trends</a>

How to fix

Fix any of the following:

The link has insufficient color contrast of 2.31:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #8700ff, surrounding text: #2d235a)

The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text

Location 3 of 5

Selector p:nth-child(12) > a[target="_blank"]

Element

<a href="https://www.dfinsolutions.com/knowledge-hub/thought-leadership/knowledge-resources/how-to-take-company-public" target="_blank">taking a company public</a>

How to fix

Fix any of the following:

The link has insufficient color contrast of 2.31:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #8700ff, surrounding text: #2d235a)

The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text

Location 4 of 5

Selector p:nth-child(24) > a[target="_blank"]

Element

<a href="https://www.dfinsolutions.com/knowledge-hub/thought-leadership/knowledge-resources/what-s-1-ipo-filing" target="_blank">via form S-1</a>

How to fix

Fix any of the following:

The link has insufficient color contrast of 2.31:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #8700ff, surrounding text: #2d235a)

The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text

Location 5 of 5

Selector p:nth-child(42) > a[target="_blank"]

Element

<a href="https://www.dfinsolutions.com/solutions/ipo" target="_blank">including IPO)</a>

How to fix

Fix any of the following:

The link has insufficient color contrast of 2.31:1 with the surrounding text. (Minimum contrast is 3:1, link text: #8700ff, surrounding text: #2d235a)

The link has no styling (such as underline) to distinguish it from the surrounding text

BTS2 · Content Quality

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First Heading Page starts with H4, not H1

The first heading on the page should be H1 to establish a clear document outline.

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Page Title Good length (44 chars)

"IPO Checklist: Are You Ready to File? | DFIN"

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Meta Description Good length (156 chars)

"Prepare for your IPO with this comprehensive checklist. From financial reporting to regulatory compliance, ensure you’re ready to go public with confidence."

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H1 Tag Single H1: "IPO Readiness Checklist: Are You Prepared to File?"

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OG: og:title IPO Readiness Checklist: Are You Prepared to File?

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OG: og:description og:description is missing

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OG: og:image https://dev.dfinsolutions.com/sites/default/files/images/2022-10/ipo-readiness-checklist-social.jpg

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Structured Data 1 JSON-LD object found

Invalid Anchors 11 anchors with empty, missing, or placeholder href

href="#" (placeholder): <a class="js-search-toggle gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" aria-label="Search" data-once="search-autocomplete"> empty href: <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria-exp empty href: <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria-exp empty href: <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria-exp empty href: <a class="nav-link dropdown-mega-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria-exp href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link js-search-toggle gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" aria-label="Search" data-once="search-autocomplete"> href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#" data-dropdown-close="" role="menuitem"> <s href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link border-0 mb-2 mb-md-0 gtm-main-menu-link" href="#" data-dropdown-trigger="" aria-haspopup="true" aria href="#" (placeholder): <a class="nav-link nav-back d-block d-lg-none" href="#" data-dropdown-close="" role="menuitem"> <spa href="/#" (placeholder): <a href="/"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/2021-07/dfin-logo-white.png" width="302" alt="

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Broken Internal Links All 46 internal links OK

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Broken Internal Images All 5 internal images OK

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Image Lazy Loading Only 3/8 images use lazy loading

Environment Leaks 3 environment-pattern URLs found

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Tag Manager GTM tag manager detected

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Analytics Cookies No analytics cookies found (GA4 _ga* or Adobe s_vi/AMCV_*)

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Consent Management (CMP) CMP detected: OneTrust (1 request(s))

BTS3 · Page Infrastructure

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Canonical URL Canonical set: https://dev.dfinsolutions.com/en-gb/knowledge-hub/thought-leadership/knowledge-resources/ipo-checklist

Viewport Meta Viewport meta tag is missing

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Robots Meta Robots meta not set (defaults to index, follow)

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Landmark Structure 5 semantic landmarks found

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HTTPS Protocol Page served over HTTPS

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Insecure Resources No insecure HTTP references found

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Security Headers Security headers present: x-frame-options, x-content-type-options