A brief look at the WordPress Accessibility Handbook

Lightning talk sharing selected highlights from the WordPress Accessibility Handbook: https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/.

Philadelphia WordPress Meetup, 2020.

Transcript

1. A brief look at the WordPress Accessibility Handbook https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/ Philadelphia WordPress Meetup Group, 2020 Amy Letson @accessamy
2. Best Practices covered by the Handbook Content of the handbook: • Markup • Design • Content • Test for web accessibility • Training and resources
3. Content, Design, and Markup / Development...
4. Content Best Practices Good link texts Make the text stand on its own. Some assistive software scans a page for links and presents them to the user as a simple list. In these situations, all the links will be read out of context. So it is important the text used in a link is descriptive, meaningful. https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/content/
5. Design Best Practices Use of color Color contrast should be high enough for good readability, but at the same time it should not be too bright for people with sensitive eyes or cognitive problems. https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/design/
9. Markup/Development Best Practices Web forms • Use valid HTML • Label controls (give an input field a label) • Group controls with a fieldset and legend • Provide instructions to help users understand how to complete the form • Validate user input • Add accessible user notifications (error and success messages) … https://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/handbook/markup/
10. Thanks! Amy Letson @accessamy