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Website accessibility is a necessity. Ensuring that your website is accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities, is crucial for creating an inclusive digital experience and mitigating legal risk. One of the most effective ways to ...
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If you’ve discovered that your WordPress website has accessibility issues, one of the first questions you’ll face is: Should we fix what we have or start over? The answer isn’t always straightforward. Making the right decision requires a thoughtful ...
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Navigating the complexities of accessibility remediation can be intimidating for organizations, especially with the risk of backslides and common pitfalls along the way. Whether it's addressing third-party vendor challenges, balancing competing ...
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From the initial website design phase, accessibility must be prioritized to ensure everyone can navigate, understand, and interact with your website. When accessibility is considered early in the design process, it reduces costly fixes later and ...
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Modals are one of the most common components that cause accessibility problems on websites and software. WordPress plugins, cookie banners, and other third-party components, often include modals or popups that open automatically or with the click of ...
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When drafting a Request for Proposal (RFP), it's essential to define clear RFP accessibility requirements to ensure the final product ultimately meets Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). This article provides detailed boilerplate language ...
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When you run an accessibility audit on a website using Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker or perform a manual audit, the list of accessibility problems may feel overwhelming. Faced with a long list of issues, knowing where to begin with ...
Aim for perfection and accept excellence along the way. CodeGeek's mission was to redesign and rebuild the transportation website for the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, conformant with WCAG 2.2 guidelines. At CodeGeek, they wanted to take it a step ...
PDF documents on the web can be made accessible if the proper techniques are applied – but even then, there are some things to watch out for. TPGi’s Principal Technical Writer, Ricky Onsman, highlights some problems and solutions. Thanks to Our ...
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In recent years, digital accessibility has become an increasing topic of discussion among small businesses, driven by the need to comply with legal requirements, leverage technological advancements, and integrate accessibility into their digital ...
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As accessibility on websites becomes a growing legal requirement, it’s essential to include clear language about accessibility in web design and development contracts. Whether you’re an agency owner or a freelancer, outlining the accessibility ...
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Forms are among the most critical components of any website. They serve as the primary means for users to contact you, request services, make donations, and perform a myriad of other functions. Therefore, it is essential that website owners and ...
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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 ...
Accordions are a common component on most websites. They make it easy to collapse longer content and allow people to skim through headings or questions quickly with minimal scrolling, then expand the ones that are relevant to them for additional ...
Request access to our Shift Left with Accessibility Checklist - a six-page checklist for building more accessible websites. This checklist is intended to help teams launch more accessible websites faster with fewer remediation items left at the ...
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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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In the realm of digital accessibility, there's no single solution or technique that will magically convince organizations to invest in these best practices. In order to sell accessibility effectively, advocates and salespeople will need to adopt a ...
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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 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 ...
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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