Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 368 on Portland City Club page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.pdxcityclub.org/
• Tested 0 days ago on 2026-10-10 at 05:30 by job 261010T0528-evq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 718
  • Violators: 203
  • Issues: 53
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• Reported by 2 rule engines (SureA11y + Testaro)
• Violations: 9
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Continue reading→
• Start tag: <a class="sow-more-link more-link excerpt" href="https://pdxcityclub.org/fall-2026-election-event-series/">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 127, y = 1951, width = 497, height = 25
• Reported by SureA11y

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 368 of the Portland City Club page.

1. This link in a block of text relies on color alone to be distinguished from the surrounding text.

   Rule engine: SureA11y (Jorge Rumoroso)

   Rule: link-in-text-block