You can follow the progress of the project on Make.WordPress.org with the tag #wp-a11y-docs. The goal During my 25 years working as a web accessibility specialist I noticed the biggest hurdle to create an accessible web, is the lack of knowledge. People have a hard time finding out what is important, where to get reliable… Continue reading WordPress needs documentation about accessibility, help me work on it
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Zuurdesembrood voor luie bakkers
Het lijkt heel wat maar het zijn eigenlijk een paar korte stappen en de rest is het aan het deeg: rijzen en fermenteren. De tijden zijn flexibel, je kunt het deeg tot 48 uur in de koelkast bewaren. Zo kun je het bakken naar je eigen routine inbouwen. En je houdt schone handen en een… Continue reading Zuurdesembrood voor luie bakkers
I have resigned as the WordPress accessibility team lead. Here is why.
After several years of working on WordPress and accessibility and being part of the accessibility team, I have taken the very difficult decision to leave the WordPress accessibility team. I owe it to the team to explain why I have made this decision and how I hope things can improve for the future.
Keyboard test Gutenberg, a first try
How does Gutenberg 2.3 perform with keyboard only? I’ve set up a test and looked for issues. The test, the results and a YouTube with the test are included.
Accessibility in the Age of the Headless CMS
Intro A few months ago I asked in the Human Made general Slack channel: “What shall I talk about at WordCamp Europe?” And the honourable Ant Miller replied: “Accessibility in the age of the headless CMS.” Great, I thought. A new subject, much to learn and tell about, I started to read up on the… Continue reading Accessibility in the Age of the Headless CMS
Workshop Keyboard Navigation
Short workshop on how to navigate a website with a keyboard only.
The screen-reader-text class, why and how?
Imagine you are blind, how do you understand a website? You would use a screen reader. All the text in a website is read out loud for you, from top to bottom. To navigate a site you can call a link list and a headings list. The headings list you can use to navigate inside the… Continue reading The screen-reader-text class, why and how?
Accessible HTML5 heading structure in WordPress
How to get a WordPress developer all emotional and fanatic: discuss about heading structure.
Here’s my point of view on how headings should be set up in a WordPress theme.
And an overview of the pros and cons brought up in discussions.
Storytelling in HTML: practical accessibility
A web page can be perfectly WCAG 2 proof, but if it doens’t tell a story, it’s still a puzzle for people that depend on a braille line or a screen reader.
Set yourself in the place of someone who get’s your web page read out loud linearly and the only clue she has on what the structure is, are headings and links.
How accessible is the WordPress CMS for a blind content manager
As we take great effort to make the front-end of WordPress accessible, the next challenge will be to make an equally accessible CMS. In order to get an impression on this challenge awaiting us I have started a study, together with Jaap van de Putte on how accessible the current CMS of WordPress really is.