We discuss common accessibility problems found in WordPress plugins and offer practical advice on when to evaluate, remediate, or abandon third-party software that has usability issues.
In this episode, we recap our experience at WordCamp US 2023 from accessibility talks to Contributor Day, to being an event sponsor.
The team talks about accessibility considerations in navigation menus, toolbars, and mega menus, and the things they are thinking about as they get ready to redesign the navigation experience on their own website.
Amber, Steve, and new Equalize Digital team member and Senior Plugin Developer Matt, discuss Accessibility Checker’s new front-end highlighting feature, why we built it, and the future adjustments we’re working on.
We talk about HighEdWeb Accessibility Summit 2023, annual event that provides individuals in higher education the opportunity to learn best practices and share stories related to web accessibility.
We compare and contrast the use of pagination, “load more,” and infinite scroll when presenting users with a large quantity of information on the web.
Hosts and Joe Dolson talk about contributing to WordPress and how community members can get involved in making the core platform more accessible.
Hosts, along Bet Hannon and Anne-Mieke, focus on the art of selling accessibility and the specific strategies and arguments you can use to convince other people to adopt these best practices.
Hosts discuss lists and how both the proper and improper use of lists can impact the experience of assistive technology users on the web.
Hosts discuss creating quality alternative text for images, important considerations when applying alternative text, best practices inside the WordPress ecosystem, and whether automated alternative text solutions are truly ready for mainstream use.
Hosts discuss accessible tables on websites, their use cases, and why semantic HTML is to this day an essential skill for most developers.
In this episode, our hosst, along with two very special guests, talk about the ways in which accessibility and SEO intersect, and what our rapidly evolving online world has in store for us in the next few years.
Hosts talk about the trend towards having lots of animation and movement on websites, why that might be occurring, and the adverse impact it’s having on accessibility overall.
Hosts talk about accessibility for the vision spectrum, and some best practices that, virtually, anyone can adopt in order to create better outcomes for this group of users.
Have you ever wondered if an accessible website can be built with Elementor? In this episode, hosts Amber, Chris, and Steve drink Allagash North Sky stout and talk about their efforts to build an accessible website using the popular WordPress page building tool Elementor, as well as the ways in which page builders can both help, and hinder, accessibility overall.
In this episode, hosts Amber, Chris, and Steve, discuss building accessibility-first into your mindset and web development processes, starting with making the sales process more accessible and through design, development, and post-launch training. In honor of Valentine’s Day, they try Cherry Lime-flavored Hello Kitty fizzy pop.
