# Roadmap for BFSG 2025
**URL:** https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [November 5, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667 "2023-11-05T18:52:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Barbara\_Bichler](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Barbara_Bichler)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/1 "2023-11-05T18:52:04Z")
Do you have any improvements on the Sitejet roadmap in order to meet the requirements of BFSG in 2025 (German law which implements European Accessibility Act)?
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### Author:  [@Ulf\_Siemen](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Ulf_Siemen)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/2 "2023-11-06T07:38:44Z")
Oh yes, that would be nice to know 🙂
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### Author:  [@Ulf\_Siemen](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Ulf_Siemen)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2023, 8:32am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/3 "2023-11-06T08:32:27Z")
[https://wave.webaim.org/](https://wave.webaim.org/)
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### Author:  [@Martin.Sitejet.Team](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Martin.Sitejet.Team)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/4 "2023-11-09T14:55:48Z")
Thank you @Barbara_Bichler for this suggestion.
I have created a feature request ticket for it.
For everyone who wants to support this feature, please comment here with a `+1` and let us know if you also have some ideas regarding this topic.
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### Author:  [@Martin.Sitejet.Team](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Martin.Sitejet.Team)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/6 "2023-11-09T14:57:06Z")
@Barbara_Bichler
We will discuss this in our next product meeting and do some research.
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### Author:  [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/7 "2023-11-10T08:54:02Z")
Hey Barbara,
Thank you so much for informing us. We have discussed this internally, and we are looking into this observing any changes we might need to do. So far, it seems that the new requirements are mostly the responsibility of the web designers, such as “Alt Text”, “Subtitles for Videos”, “Semantically correct labeling” etc.
We do have an article with some guidelines about this:
> **[Barrierefreiheit - Sitejet Hilfe](https://hilfe.sitejet.io/article/1019-barrierefreiheit)**
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> Barrierefreiheit im Internet ist ein sehr groĂźes, umfangreiches und vor allem wichtiges Thema. In diesem Artikel stellen wir euch einige Informationen und Richt
> **[Web Accessibility - Sitejet Help](https://help.sitejet.io/article/874-accessibility)**
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> In this article, we share some guidelines you should follow when designing a website to make it (more) accessible. Table of contents Basic knowledge Design with
If you or anybody is missing anything in there or any feature that we may have overlooked for now, please let us know. We could also use this thread for more information and articles about this topic.
Let me know what you think?
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### Author:  [@Frank\_Joerns](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Frank_Joerns)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/8 "2025-01-31T16:37:33Z")
Dear Barbara,
Dear all,
The topic of accessibility is approaching us rapidly. According to the reports I have read, small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and less than 2 million in revenue are exempt from certain regulations.
However, I have come across different interpretations of which regulations these are.
The claim that websites launched before June 2025 can remain as they are until 2030 is also vague. I have read elsewhere that this only applies to archives and sites that have not been updated for years.
If that is the case, most of the websites we create for clients would not be protected by this exemption.
Additionally, some sources claim that all measures taken to make a website accessible must be documented.
Some tasks can be handled by us as web designers (e.g., adding meaningful alt tags to images). Other tasks, such as ensuring that a submit button can be triggered with the Return key or that a dropdown menu can be navigated using only the keyboard, are beyond our capabilities. These require support from SiteJet.
From my work with other companies, I know that they are developing checking systems (similar to what SiteJet already uses, where it verifies whether an H1 and H2 are present or if a link is broken).
These systems indicate when contrast is too low, font sizes are too small, or alt tags are missing.
Perhaps, in the future, external providers will offer accessibility testing for websites. However, this will likely come with additional costs. Launching a website is becoming increasingly expensive and legally uncertain (cookie consent banners are already an overwhelming market).
If we don’t want our clients to turn to Instagram or Facebook, we need to find a way to meet these new requirements.
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### Author:  [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/9 "2025-02-04T13:21:17Z")
Hey there, do you have some links for your research? Happy to add them to our internal process for research.
Unfortunately, I dont understand the last sentence about Meta products. Can you elaborate that take?
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### Author:  [@Frank\_Joerns](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Frank_Joerns)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/10 "2025-02-04T13:56:04Z")
Dear Andre,
the last sentence was more of a remark. I have noticed a great deal of uncertainty among my clients when it comes to running their own website.
People who make their living by creating art, furniture, or providing patient care don’t want to spend their evenings dealing with their website and wondering whether all the contrasts are correct.
As a result, many prefer to shut down their own website entirely and rely solely on Instagram or Facebook—where they don’t have to worry about whether the cookie consent banner is working properly or whether hotlinks are distinguishable enough from the main text.
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### Author:  [@Frank\_Joerns](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Frank_Joerns)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/11 "2025-02-04T14:07:43Z")
Dear Andre,
For my research, I have reviewed the websites listed below.
The one from the federal government, in particular, provides checklists. However, if everything on that list needs to be implemented, none of my previous websites would be fully accessible to that extent.
The other sources are also interesting but contain some contradictory information in certain areas.
Schalk und Friends writes:
“_Barrierefreiheit ist in vielen Bereichen verpflichtend. Ab dem 28.06.2025 gilt das insbesondere für öffentliche Einrichtungen und Unternehmen, die staatliche Dienstleistungen anbieten … oder essenzielle Dienstleistungen anbieten_”
On the other websites, it says that all websites of companies above a certain size are affected.
I got my information from these websites:
> **[Barrierefreie Website: Pflichten ab 2025 – Wer muss handeln? |...](https://www.schalk-and-friends.de/magazin/barrierefreie-website/)**
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> Ab 2025 sind barrierefreie Websites Pflicht. Erfahren Sie, welche Kriterien und Anforderungen das Gesetz vorschreibt und wie Sie Ihre Website optimieren.
> **[Barrierefreie Website Pflichten & Fristen](https://www.aktion-mensch.de/inklusion/barrierefreiheit/barrierefreie-website/gesetzliche-pflichten)**
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> Barrierefreie Website Pflicht: Diese Pflichten und Fristen kommen auf Websitebetreiber zu. Alles, was Sie zur Pflicht zu barrierefreier Website wissen mĂĽssen.
[https://www.barrierefreiheit-dienstekonsolidierung.bund.de/Webs/PB/DE/umsetzungshilfen/checklisten/checklisten-node.html](https://www.barrierefreiheit-dienstekonsolidierung.bund.de/Webs/PB/DE/umsetzungshilfen/checklisten/checklisten-node.html)
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### Author:  [@Frank\_Joerns](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Frank_Joerns)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/12 "2025-02-04T14:16:25Z")
For example AKTION MENSCH wrotes you have to:
- Sie müssen eine barrierefrei zugängliche „Erklärung zur Barrierefreiheit” auf Ihrer Internetseite veröffentlichen. Diese Erklärung enthält Informationen darüber, wie Sie die Barrierefreiheit sicherstellen, sowie über die Teile Ihrer Website oder Ihres Onlineshops, welche (noch) nicht barrierefrei sind.
- Ihre Internetseite muss eine Kontaktmöglichkeit bieten, mit der Nutzer\*innen Barrieren melden können.
It is not clear to me how such a report must be written, but this information shows: “It would not be easy”
> **[checkliste\_erklaerung\_zur\_barrierefreiheit.pdf](https://lbit.hessen.de/sites/lbit.hessen.de/files/2022-08/checkliste_erklaerung_zur_barrierefreiheit.pdf)**
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The so-called quick test is anything but quick and includes many individual tests.
> **[Wie barrierefrei ist meine Website? Websites testen | Aktion Mensch](https://www.aktion-mensch.de/inklusion/barrierefreiheit/barrierefreie-website/wie-barrierefrei-ist-meine-website-test)**
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> Barrierefreiheit von Websites checken: Mit unserer Checkliste und Tool-Empfehlung die eigene Website jetzt auf Barrierefreiheit testen. Hier Website testen.
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### Author:  [@Frank\_Joerns](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Frank_Joerns)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/13 "2025-02-04T15:01:50Z")
One more example, and then I’ll leave you to read through the links. 🙂
The captcha I am offered via the SiteJet forms works purely visually. This should no longer be possible in the future. Captchas must also be solvable via audio to allow, for example, blind users to solve them as well. Though that is actually one of the easier tasks.
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### Author:  [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2025, 10:55am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/14 "2025-02-05T10:55:01Z")
Thank you @Frank_Joerns - I have forwarded all information to the internal process and also connected this with the Captcha feature requests. Good catch on that one. I am not in on this process and not much in that topic myself, therefore I made sure that the persons in charge of this will read through this information.
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### Author:  [@Dominik\_Butzchen](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Dominik_Butzchen)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2025, 11:23am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/15 "2025-04-02T11:23:02Z")
@Andre Do you already have an update on this?
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### Author:  [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2025, 8:55am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/16 "2025-04-03T08:55:08Z")
Yes, soon! We are working on more improvements and I can give you details soon.
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### Author:  [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/17 "2025-05-07T08:51:48Z")
Hey everybody,
we now have a first post about the upcoming EAA plus a new category about compliance issues and questions:
> [@purple\_circle EAA – What Does the European Accessibility Act Mean for Us at Sitejet?](https://community.sitejet.io/t/eaa-what-does-the-european-accessibility-act-mean-for-us-at-sitejet/4711/):
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> rotating_light On June 28, 2025, the European Accessibility Act (EAA) will come into effect. This EU-wide legislation makes digital accessibility mandatory. The goal: to ensure equal access to digital products and services for people with long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments. purple_circle Why does this matter to us? Even though WebPros (and therefore Sitejet) is legally based in Switzerland and the US, we offer products within the EU market – which means the E…
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### Author:  [@Andre](https://community.sitejet.io/u/Andre)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://community.sitejet.io/t/roadmap-for-bfsg-2025/2667/18 "2025-05-07T08:51:50Z")