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No matter how diligent you are about entering your content in an accessible way, an accessible website is impossible without a solid foundation. The theme and page builder or block library you choose for your WordPress site controls a significant ...
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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 ...
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Are you working to make an Elementor website accessible? This tutorial will show you how to add pause buttons to Elementor sliders and carousels that auto-play. Adding pause buttons will improve the accessibility of your Elementor slides and make ...
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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 ...
Does your WordPress website have skip links? This is an easy-to-add accessibility feature that can make a big difference for screen readers and keyboard-only users. Not sure how to check for skip links or add them in WordPress? Read on for our ...
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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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Making a WordPress website accessible doesn't have to be super expensive or a massive undertaking. Small business owners and bloggers can quickly make their websites accessible without breaking the bank or waiting months for results. And, with ...
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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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The menu on your site is one of its most important features, as it gives access to the rest of your site. Unfortunately, a large portion of the menus that come stock with WordPress themes fail in several ways to deliver on the promise of easy access ...
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Are you overwhelmed at the prospect of conducting accessibility audits for large websites that have numerous pages? In this talk, Natalie covered strategies for efficiently planning and conducting audits for large-scale sites, including WordPress ...
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How to use tools & procedures to significantly speed up the design process and produce accessible designs, even when the designers don’t have an accessibility background. A walk-through showing how to work with designers who have no accessibility ...
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Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, performed a live accessibility audit of the AccessAlly Plugin and provided real-time feedback to the AccessAlly team. AccessAlly is a powerful WordPress ...
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eCommerce sites have a lot of user interaction and therefore a lot of potential for accessibility issues. This presentation by team members from AccessiCart, an agency that specializes in accessibility and eCommerce, will look at the accessibility of ...
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The flexibility of WordPress is a double-edged sword when it comes to accessibility: just as quickly as new content can be created by non-technical users, accessibility problems can be added. This presentation covers key considerations for ...
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As part of our commitment to giving back and sharing knowledge, we have partnered with the WordPress Foundation’s community team to run an official WordPress Meetup centered around building more accessible websites with WordPress. This post has a ...
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During this presentation, Stefano Minoia explored what fluid typography is and how it works, how to make it accessible, and how to use it in the block editor in an accessible way. In 2022, with Gutenberg 13.8 and WordPress 6.1, the block editor ...
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