Kilotest: Diagnoses of attribute obsolete violation by HTML element 48 on Portland OR Councilor Clark bulletin 2026-05-01 page

Basics

About the Portland OR Councilor Clark bulletin 2026-05-01 page

• URL: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ORPORTLAND_ENT/bulletins/41547e4
• Tested 26 days ago by job 9bg on 2026-05-06 at 19:11

About HTML element 48

• Tag name: TD
• Text: Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. … The City of Portland ensures meaningful access and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services. To request these services, call 311 for Relay Service or TTY: 711.
• Start tag: <td style="background-color: #EEEEEE; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100% !important" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/article[1]/div[2]/div[2]/table[1]/tbody[1]/tr[1]/td[1]
• Bounding box: x = 610, y = 396, width = 700, height = 15485

About the attribute obsolete issue

• Why it matters: Document includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the attribute obsolete issue for HTML element 48 of the Portland OR Councilor Clark bulletin 2026-05-01 page.

1. The following attributes <code>width, align, cellpadding, cellspacing</code> are obsolete (though the elements are still part of the language), and must not be used by authors.

   Tool: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: obsolete_html_attributes

2. The bgcolor attribute on the td element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

   Tool: Html Checker API (World Wide Web Consortium)