let's improve the accessibility of wordpress
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Talk by Iacobien Riezebosch and Rian Rietveld about Accessibility and WordPress at the Fronteers Jam Session 2012 in Amsterdam. Iacobien highlights The WP-Accessible Project - initiated by Rian - as an example of best practice.TRANSCRIPT
Iacobien RiezeboschRian Rietveld
Fronteers Jam Session 2012
Let’s improve theaccessibility of WordPress
What is accessibility?
Is there a plug-in to make my site accessible?
Don’t use duct tape. Fix and share.
Helping developers build accessible sites
Making it easier for disabled people to use WordPress CMS
The WP-Accessible Project
Build, repair and share.
Accessible themes, widgets and plug-ins (open source)
A community to help you
An overview of known problems and solutions
WordPress CMS documentation for disabled developers
What is in it for you?
Community Pool of testers and programmers Tools (under development): • default accessible themes to build upon• accessible plug-ins and fixes for existing plug-
ins Feedback for plug-in
developers Improvements in
WordPress itself
Progress so far
Join the discussionDonate time or moneyConsider accessibility when writing themes, plug-ins and widgets
Please help
The WP-Accessible Projectwp-accessible.orgLinkedIn Group WordPress Accessibility
Rian Rietveldprogrammer & initiator WP-Accessible Projectrrwd.nl |@rianrietveld
Iacobien Riezeboschaccessibility consultant and traineriacobien.nl |@iacobien
More info
Photo credits iPad with Grandma by jencu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennycu/6804664601/
Tools by zzpahttp://www.flickr.com/photos/zzpza/3269784239/
2010-04-22 (help wanted) by bgottsab:http://www.flickr.com/photos/gottgraphicsdesign/5863884809/
Rooted by anyalogichttp://www.flickr.com/photos/anyalogic/3249616410/