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Roadmap to WordPress Accessibility

Presented by the WordPress Accessibility Team http://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/

Active Accessibility Team• Graham Armfield • Sharon Austin • Joe Dolson • Rian Rietveld • David A. Kennedy

• Mel Pedley • Karl Groves • Jordan Quintal • Amanda Rush, Co-Lead • Joe O’Connor, Lead

Graham Armfield with a greeting from London

– Cynthia Waddell

“Accessibility is the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as

many people as possible.”

Enterprise Accessibility Statement

Enterprise Accessibility Statement

WordPress is founded on the principles of an inclusive community and democratization of publishing.

The development of WordPress, based on standards and best practices, offers a constantly improving environment with flexibility and choice.

We promise to always work toward creating an environment accessible to as many people as possible, inclusive of technology and ability.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility

Theme Check Process• The Theme Accessibility Audit provides an optional

theme review for themes submitted to the wordpress.org Theme Repository

• Themes that pass this level of review successfully will be allowed to use the accessibility-ready tag

• http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-accessibility/

Theme Repository• 2,399 Themes, 95,293,171 Downloads • 6 themes are accessible • Twenty Fourteen went through a lot of accessibility

checks and has the accessibility-ready tag • Twenty Thirteen is committed and fixed recently to

correct keyboard accessibility of drop-down menus and fix accessibity issues

• Twenty Twelve is also committed and fixed

Audit of Admin Screens• First pass: keyboard accessibility

• Keyboard - All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface.

• No Keyboard Trap - Ensure that content does not “trap” keyboard focus within subsections.

• Bypass Blocks - A mechanism is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple Web pages.

Audit of Admin Screens• First pass: keyboard accessibility

• Focus Order - When users navigate sequentially through content make sure they encounter information in an order that is consistent with the meaning of the content.

• Focus Visible - Any keyboard operable user interface has a mode of operation where the keyboard focus indicator is visible.

• On Focus When any component receives focus, it does not initiate a change of context.

http://make.wordpress.org/accessibility/testing/3-8-admin-screens-results/

OutreachCurriculum

• Joe Dolson: University of Colorado at Boulder Continuing Education - Implementing Accessibility in WordPress

WordCamps • Montreal, Las Vegas, Reno/Tahoe, Europe,

Minneapolis, Chicago, Sheffield, Brighton, UK, London, Netherlands, Buffalo, Raleigh, Orlando

Various Meetups, Accessibility Camps, Other Venues

Group Responsibilities• accessibility audits of admin screens • add new accessibility features • help developers and designers understand

accessibility needs • create and follow accessibility trac tickets • devise code to improve accessibility • create accessibility documentation • work on the accessibility of new default themes • create and maintain accessibility theme check

process

What It Takes To Help• a basic understanding of the functionality needs of

persons with disabilities • general technical writing skills • general organizational skills • some familiarity with WordPress is beneficial but

you don't need a deep understanding to get started • familiarity with manual accessibility testing tools is

a plus • knowledge of manual accessibility testing is a big

plus

Contributor Day Activities• See list of Trac tickets with focus “accessibility”

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/focus/accessibility • Testing tickets - checking if issues are still

occurring, close tickets if no longer needed • Fixing tickets • Add detail to tickets • Suggesting amendments for Make WordPress

Accessible and Codex: Accessibility

CitiesMaking Accessible WordPress Themes and Plugins

Anna Belle Leiserson

http://www.a11yall.org

David A. Kennedy

http://wordpress.org/themes/accessible-zen

Rian Rietveld

http://genesis-accessible.org/2014/03/announcing-leiden-and-plugin-genesis-accessible/

Natalee MacLees

WordPress Slideshow

Natalee MacLees

WP Slideshow • Slide presentation plugin • Accessible input, accessible output • Accessible UX research now • Fundraiser: Spring 2014

– WordPress Accessibility Team

Much thanks to the many people who work to make WordPress accessible: to the people who create, maintain, upgrade, and document WordPress, and to those who create and publish accessible sites.