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Harnessing Themes, Plugins and Features to Make WordPress More Accessible
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On Thursday 12th April 2012 I gave a presentation to HCID2012 on the impact of themes, plugins and content on the accessibility of a WordPress site. I also spent some time looking at the accessibility of the WordPress admin screens.
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‘Fix The Web’ In Struggle For Survival
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The Fix the Web initiative is struggling for funding.
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Specification for an Accessible Lightbox
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Lightbox or pop-up panel functionality is very popular on sites these days – however most lightboxes are not accessible. This post proposes a specification for an accessible lightbox.
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Accessible Forms – Grouping Elements Together With Fieldset
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The fieldset HTML element (and its accompanying legend element) can be used to group any set of input fields and brings useful accessibility benefits.
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Accessibility London 2011 Presentations
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Brief write up of my presentations from the recent Accessibility London Unconference.
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Accessibility London 2011 Unconference is Coming Soon
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The Accessibility London 2011 Unconference will be held on Wednesday 21st September 2011.
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Accessible Forms – Grouping Options With Optgroup
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The optgroup HTML tag is a grouping element used with a list of options in a select (or dropdown) input field. It provides a good usability feature but currently little for accessibility.
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Evolving Standards in Accessibility 2011 – Part 2
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Part 2 of my write-up of the Evolving Standards in Accessibility 2011 event – held the Covent Garden offices of BCS (Chartered Institute for IT) on 25th May 2011.
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Evolving Standards in Accessibility 2011 – Part 1
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Part 1 of my write-up of the Evolving Standards in Accessibility 2011 event – held the Covent Garden offices of BCS (Chartered Institute for IT) on 25th May 2011.
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Accessible Forms – Selects or Dropdowns
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The Select (or Dropdown) input field enables a user of a web form to make a selection from a list of items. This post looks at the best practices for using selects accessibly and pitfalls to avoid.
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