This article gives instructions for advanced users on how to configure a source code exclusion for a website scan.
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Introduction
The Source Code Exclude feature allows users to configure custom exclusions to website scans. The exclusions target particular elements and stop the contents from being flagged as issues.
Add exclusions to accessibility, readability, and misspelling checks on a customer level and then apply them to specific domains.
Add a Source Code Exclusion to the Accessibility Module
This section gives instructions on how to add a source code exclusion to the module on a customer level and then apply it to a domain.
Click Settings (gear icon) at the top of the Domain Overview page. The Admin Settings page opens.
Note: The Settings button is only available to site admins.
Select Source Code Excludes from the menu on the left side of the page.
The Source Code Excludes page opens.
Click Add Source Code Exclude.
The Source Code Excludes selection page opens.
Click to select Accessibility.
The Accessibility Source Code Exclude page opens.
Short Description (required): Click in the text field and type in a short description for this excluded snippet.
Default for CMS: Click in the field and identify the CMS from the drop-down menu, if applicable.
Note: If a CMS is selected here and a domain with the same selected CMS exists on the account, the domain will automatically have the source code exclude applied to it.
Note: If you use a CMS and it is not present in the list, contact Monsido Support to see if it can be added.
Type (required): Click in the field and select the exclusion type from the drop-down menu.
Exact: Identifies and filters out all instances where the complete and exact HTML snippet appears. For example, the snippet https:/ /www.example.com/ is an exact match for:
https:/ /www.example.com/
While these HTML snippets are NOT a match:
https:/ /www.example.com
http:/ /www.example.com/
https:/ /example.com/
https:/ /example.com/?something=1
https:/ /example.com/#something=1
Regex: Identifies and filters out specific patterns of HTML through the use of regular expressions.
Contains: Identifies and filters out all snippets that contain the HTML values entered. For example, the snippet example.com is a match for these HTML values:
https:/ /www.example.com/
https:/ /www.example.com
http:/ /www.example.com/
https:/ /example.com/
https:/ /example.com/?query=1
https:/ /example.com/subpage
https:/ /example.com/subpage/product_page
Value (required): Click in the text input field and type or paste in the HTML snippet to be excluded.
Identify specific HTML snippets for the filter and enter them into the value field.
See the section Locate HTML snippets to use in a Source Code Exclude for instructions on how to find the snippets.
Note: The Source Code Exclude is now stored on an account level but not applied to any domains. See the steps HERE to apply the Source Code Exclude to a domain.
Add a Source Code Exclusion to the Readability module
This section gives instructions on how to exclude a segment of the webpage from the spellcheck.
Click Settings (gear icon) at the top of the Domain Overview page. The Admin Settings page opens.
Note: The Settings button is only available to site admins.
Select Source Code Excludes from the menu on the left side of the page under domain selection.
The Source Code Excludes page opens.
Click Add Source Code Exclude.
The Source Code Excludes selection page opens.
Click Readability.
The Readability Source Code Exclude page opens.
Description (required): Click in the text field and type in a short description for the excluded snippet.
Default for CMS: Click in the field and select the CMS from the drop-down menu, or select None if there is no CMS. If your CMS is not on the list, contact Monsido Support to see if it can be added.
CSS Target Selector (required): Click in the field and select an existing CSS selector pattern from the drop-down menu, or click + to add a new one.
The scan identifies elements that match the entered CSS selector patterns and omits them from the results.
Note: There is no limit to the number of CSS Target Selectors that you can add.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Click Save to save the source code exclusion. The Details page closes and the Source Code Excludes list page is visible. The new source code exclusion is on the list.
Add the updated script to the website HTML code.
Note: The Source Code Exclude is now stored on an account level but not applied to any domains. See the steps HERE to apply the Source Code Exclude to a domain.
For more information, see the User Guide chapters:
Add Source Code Exclusion to the Spellcheck Module
This section gives instructions on how to exclude a segment of the webpage from the spellcheck.
Click Settings (gear icon) at the top of the Domain Overview page. The Admin Settings page opens.
Note: The Settings button is only available to site admins.
Select Source Code Excludes from the menu on the left-hand side of the page.
The Source Code Excludes page opens.
Click Add Source Code Exclude.
The Source Code Exclude selection page opens.
Click Misspellings.
The Misspellings Source Code Exclude page opens.
Description (required): Click in the text field and type in a short description for the excluded snippet.
Default for CMS: Click in the field and select the CMS from the drop-down menu, or select None if there is no CMS. If your CMS is not on the list, contact Monsido Support to see if it can be added.
CSS Target Selector (required): Click in the field and select an existing CSS selector pattern from the drop-down menu, or click + to add a new one.
Once added, subsequent scans identify elements that match the entered CSS selector patterns and omits them from the results.
Note: There is no limit on the number of CSS Target Selectors that can be added.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Click Save to save the source code exclusion. The Details page closes and the Source Code Excludes list page is visible. The new source code exclusion is on the list.
Note: The Source Code Exclude is now stored on an account level but not applied to any domains. See the steps HERE to apply the source code exclusion to a domain.
For more information, see the User Guide chapters:
Apply the Source Code Exclusion to a Domain
This section gives instructions on how to apply a source code exclusion to a domain.
Click Settings (gear icon) at the top of the Domain Overview page. The Admin Settings page opens.
Note: The Settings button is only available to site admins.
On the same row as the domain to scan, click Action.
In the drop-down list, select Edit Domain.
The Edit Domain page opens.
Locate the Features section.
Source Code Excludes: Click the drop-down arrow and select the domain that contains the source code.
Locate HTML snippets to use in a Source Code Exclusion
This section gives instructions on how to locate HTML snippets that can be used to set up a source code exclusion.
Locate snippets in FastTrack:
HTML snippets that affect the website compliance level can be found in FastTrack, along with a list of the checks the snippets are flagged for.
How to find HTML snippets that affect website compliance levels:
Click the domain URL on the domain list, on the left side of the Monsido landing page. The domain dashboard opens.
Click Accessibility (icon of a person standing with arms outstretched) on the menu bar at the top of the domain dashboard. The Accessibility page opens.
Click Fast Track, from the menu on the left-hand side of the page. The Accessibility Fast Track pane slides open.
Copy the HTML snippets to include and paste them into the form for Source Code Excludes.
Locate snippets in Accessibility Page Details:
From the PageDetails section for any page within Monsido, click Accessibility (icon of a human with outstretched arms) on the top menu bar:
Snippets with potential errors are listed on the right-hand side of the page.
Copy the HTML snippets to include and paste them into the form for Source Code Excludes.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Additional Resources
For more information, see the User Guide chapters:
See Monsido for Developers for documentation containing advanced help for developers.
For definitions and explanations of acronyms and abbreviations used in the Monsido User Guide, see:
For further assistance, contact the Monsido support team at support@monsido.com or use the Monsido chat and help features inside the application.