Equalize Digital
Website Accessibility Consulting, Training, and Development
In 2022, with Gutenberg 13.8 and WordPress 6.1, the block editor added support for fluid typography. In responsive design, fluid typography is an alternative to traditional media queries to scale the text with the screen size: when using media queries, the font size changes at specific breakpoints; when using fluid typography, text size can grow […]
Join us as Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, perform a live accessibility audit of the Go Theme by Go Daddy and provide real-time feedback to Senior Software Developer at GoDaddy, Evan Herman. The presentation will demonstrate how to manually audit WordPress themes for accessibility while providing real-time […]
In recent years, low-code tools and site builders have democratized web development. However, achieving accessibility remains challenging due to the balance between simplicity and accessibility. Builderius is a visual builder dedicated to addressing the accessibility challenge and continuously learning as time progresses. Builderius' three-stage approach will guide efforts in creating more accessible websites. Builderius prioritizes […]
The Accessibility Internet Rally (AIR) teaches web pros how to design accessible websites and apps in a practical, hands-on setting. Company or Indie teams are trained and mentored while building a basic website for Nonprofits, Artists, or Community Organizations. Sharron Rush, Adrienne Grace, and Mary Ann (MJ) Jawili will talk about AIR and address any […]
In recent years, low-code tools and site builders have democratized web development. However, achieving accessibility remains challenging due to the balance between simplicity and accessibility. Builderius is a visual builder dedicated to addressing the accessibility challenge and continuously learning as time progresses. Builderius' three-stage approach will guide efforts in creating more accessible websites. Builderius prioritizes […]
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 the base WooCommerce plugin, some of its popular plugins, and offer some advice for choosing more accessible […]
Join us as Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, perform a live accessibility audit of the AccessAlly Plugin and provide real-time feedback. The presentation will demonstrate how to manually audit WordPress plugins for accessibility while providing real-time feedback to help the AccessAlly team improve their plugin. In addition […]
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 background to get designs created that meet WCAG criteria. These meetups take place via Zoom and are […]
Are you overwhelmed at the prospect of conducting accessibility audits for large websites that have numerous pages? In this talk, we'll cover strategies for efficiently planning and conducting audits for large-scale sites, including WordPress sites with hundreds or thousands of posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and other types of content. We'll explore how to stay organized […]
**Due to an unexpected emergency with our speaker, "Do More With Less ARIA" is being rescheduled (date TBD). Thank you to Deneb Pulsipher for stepping in to present.** New Topic […]
Georgetown University has over 400 WordPress sites in a shared codebase, and the web services team needs to ensure a usable and accessible experience that also follows university standards and […]
Digital accessibility is not achieved by simply implementing standards, it is the outcome of a process rooted in usability and digital inclusion. Whether you’re starting a full redesign, or are […]
Join us as Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, perform a live accessibility audit of the Pie Calendar WordPress Plugin and provide real-time […]
A website's copy is often the first user interaction with a brand. In this talk, Abby will cover what good copywriting is and how to write it. We'll be taking […]
Join us for 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. Amber will share the process for building, testing, and remediating in WooCommerce, including specific plugin findings (good and bad). Whether you are a developer or e-commerce store owner, […]
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 avoid ARIA & how to properly implement it leads to an accessible and enjoyable website for […]
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 which probably should have been left in the past. In this session, we’ll […]
Join us for an "Ask Me Anything" 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 will be an open question-and-answer session on a wide variety of topics related to web accessibility. We'll discuss building accessible websites, accessibility testing, […]
Join us as Alex Stine, Engineer & Accessibility Consultant, and Amber Hinds, CEO of Equalize Digital, perform a live accessibility audit of the Sunshine Photo Cart WordPress Plugin and provide real-time feedback. The presentation will demonstrate how to manually audit WordPress plugins for accessibility while providing real-time feedback to help the Sunshine Photo Cart team […]
Join Anna and Susi from Funka, in this session as they take you on a journey to understand the main European accessibility laws - that are often perceived as boring […]
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 […]
