Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
Renee Dunn from Elevage Digital shared strategies, lessons learned, and code examples for improving the accessibility of web pages built using the Divi theme and page builder. In this presentation, Renee reviewed some of the most common accessibility ...
This session covered how to leverage the native features of the block editor and block-enabled plugins to enhance accessibility with minimal effort. Paola provided 10 actionable strategies to ensure your content adheres to the Web Content ...
Building an accessible website – one that works for people with disabilities and complies with accessibility laws around the world is easiest if you start from a solid foundation. Choosing the right page builder is key if you want to build an ...
Continue Reading about Which Page Builder is the Best (or Worst) at Accessibility: Amber Hinds
Gavin Colborne explored how the world’s top universities are revolutionizing web accessibility and achieving stringent compliance standards through Real-Time Web Registry Services. This session covered the key benefits of deploying these ...
Raghavendra Satish Peri, Accessibility Auditor and Specialist, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the Lifter LMS WordPress Plugin and provided real-time feedback. Lifter LMS can help you easily create ...
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Accessibility is such a large topic that teams can be overwhelmed by the possibilities. They don’t know where to focus their efforts and often try hard to make accessible spaces, but they don’t have a solid plan that will lead to accomplishing their ...
We've teamed up with our friends over at WP Buffs to create the ultimate guide to website accessibility for small businesses with WordPress websites. This 44-page ebook will guide you through ensuring your website complies with accessibility laws, ...
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How can we help leaders really "get" the need for digital accessibility? In this session, Simon discussed proven methods for building support with stakeholders for your accessibility program. We explored tools like the Site Unseen browser extension ...
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In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), join us for a conversation about how different WordPress plugins and theme developers are working to improve and promote accessibility in their products. Representatives from Accessibility ...
The most common question regarding accessibility is, “How bad is a given site, and what’s it going to take to fix it?” Most people would like to get at least a ballpark answer without spending $1,000. This session will cover how we use a quick audit ...
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Unfortunately, when developing WCAG2, the Working Group did not envision the current world where mobile is almost ubiquitous. For example, on a mobile device, there is no continual access to a keyboard (unless someone is using it as an add-on to the ...
In this session, Anna and Susi from Funka take you on a journey to understand the main European accessibility laws, which are often perceived as boring and complex. Gain insights into these laws (actually directives) and learn how to ensure ...
The aria-hidden warning in Accessibility Checker has led to a lot of questions since Accessibility Checker was launched. Warnings in Accessibility Checker are elements that need human assessment, and depending upon the WordPress theme or plugins used ...
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Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress Plugin and provided real-time feedback. Sunshine Photo Cart is a free client ...
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In this session, we had a panel discussion with Amber Hinds, CEO, Chris Hinds, COO, Steve Jones, CTO, and Raghavendra Satish Perry, Accessibility Specialist at Equalize Digital. This WordPress Accessibility Meetup was an open question-and-answer ...
Some trends are moving in the right direction, like making a dark mode and focusing on accessibility improvements. Other trends are moving in the completely opposite direction. We seem to be in an era of nostalgia and design revival — some of ...
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We all know that accessible websites are important, but many people assume that accessibility equates to static or boring. In an attempt to be "accessible," they add ARIA roles & landmarks on everything, which is counterintuitive; knowing when to ...
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This is a case study presentation from Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital and lead organizer of the meetup, on building an accessible drop-shipping WooCommerce website. In this session, Amber shared the process for building, testing, and ...
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A website's copy is often the first user interaction with a brand. In this talk, Abby covered what good copywriting is and how to write it. We discussed a look at how to make your website copy accessible from various perspectives, including reading ...
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Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the Pie Calendar WordPress Plugin and provided real-time feedback. Pie Calendar lets you effortlessly turn any ...
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