Update and disclaimer, April 29, 2021: Gravity Forms 2.5 had a huge accessibility overhaul and a content manager can create accessible forms with this plugin now. Also this is a very old post and doesn’t include recent updates by Contact Form 7 itself. Recently I discovered Contact Form 7 (CF7) by Takayuki Miyoshi. A plugin to create forms… Continue reading How to set up an accessible form using Contact Form 7 in WordPress
Category: WordPress
Teaching WordPress to 23 visually impaired content managers
The Oogvereniging (Eye association) has a WordPress WCAG 2.0 AA website that is maintained by more than 20 volunteers, all with different visual impairments. Teaching them in one afternoon how to use WordPress for adding and maintaining content was not an easy task.
WordCamp Europe 2013: lessons learned
This weekend WordCamp Europe 2013 was held for the first time, in Leiden the Netherlands. Great expectations: the schedule of talks promised a lot. But I was there with a mission and really, WordCamp Europe was a success and so much fun.
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.