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WPCampus released the accessibility audit of…

Dan Knauss

May 3, 2019

WPCampus released the accessibility audit of Gutenberg that was conducted by Tenon, starting in late 2018. You can read the 34-page Executive Summary. 💦 WPCampus explains, "This report is best understood as a snapshot of the state of the editor in…

WPCampus 2019 will take place from…

Brian Krogsgard

April 7, 2019

WPCampus 2019 will take place from July 25-27 in Portland, Oregon. The call for speakers is open until May 3. WPCampus is a great place to learn and share expertise relevant to Accessibility and WordPress in Higher Education. 🎓

Here’s a sad but needed assessment…

Brian Krogsgard

March 29, 2019

Here's a sad but needed assessment from Max van der Schee: Why the adoption of Web Accessibility keeps failing. While many rules for accessibility are easy enough to adopt in your code, there's no hard stop if those rules are…

WPCampus Online 2019 has come and…

Dan Knauss

February 2, 2019

WPCampus Online 2019 has come and gone, but you can view presenters' slides, and video will be available soon. There was quite a lot of material related to Gutenberg, dubbed "Gute" or "Gutes" in WPCampus chats. The Gutenberg Accessibility Audit presentation…

Dylan Barrell shares some takeaways from…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

Dylan Barrell shares some takeaways from the WordCamp US Accessibility hackathon. Among the items they accomplished: an early integration with puppeteer (axe-puppeteer) was released, and Kelly Dwan started a new project with Ned Zimmerman to create an environment that will allow theme creators to…

Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2018

I had a call with Matt Mullenweg to discuss some things regarding the upcoming Gutenberg release, the critiques around accessibility, and thoughts I've had around the way this release and other releases are scheduled. I'll keep this note to the…

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this…

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2018

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this release covers a number of items from a long "pending items" list. Other than bug fixes, some new additions include colors for cover image overlays, a new font size picker, better pullquote features, post locking, a…

WordPress.org now has an accessibility page…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2018

WordPress.org now has an accessibility page with a statement about the community's dedication to "being as inclusive and accessible as possible." It links to the WordPress Accessibility Coding Standards, the accessibility team, and other relevant sources. It states boldly that…

Accessibility is important, but still “a…

Brian Krogsgard

September 7, 2016

Accessibility is important, but still "a mess." That's how Mischa Andrews starts off her post, and then goes into her thoughts on how to correct the course. I agree with her about the point on accountably; a general lack of…

I love this point from Una Kravets…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

I love this point from Una Kravets regarding accessibility: Accessibility is not just about morals and making the web usable to a small group of citizens. It’s about making the web usable to the masses. Using proper markup, clear vocabulary, legible…

Here’s a g good list of Accessibility…

Brian Krogsgard

April 28, 2016

Here's a g good list of Accessibility tools written in HTML or JavaScript.

Good news on the accessibility front.…

March 21, 2016

Good news on the accessibility front. WordPress Accessibility Team announced that "all new or updated code released into WordPress core and bundled themes must conform with the WCAG 2.0 guidelines at level AA". In a nutshell what this means is…

Platforms and accessibility

Brian Krogsgard

February 16, 2016

I read an amazing post today. It's old, from 2011, and written by Steve Yegge. Steve worked at Amazon for years, then moved to Google in 2005. After six years at Google, he realized that, "Amazon does everything wrong, and…

Accessibility draft standards are ready for review

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2016

Accessibility isn't the easiest subject to get mass audiences excited about. Sadly, I know from experience, because accessibility posts haven't performed as well as other types on Post Status. That, however, doesn't make accessibility less important -- not by any…

A WordPress conference for higher education: coming to a campus near you?

Rachel Cherry

August 17, 2015

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WordPress is used by thousands of universities all over the world. Many universities run large parts of their web infrastructure with WordPress, and it's time for them to have a niche WordPress conference catered for their experiences.

The Menu Customizer has been proposed for core and opinions abound

Brian Krogsgard

June 4, 2015

The customizer really is quite polarizing in the WordPress world. People often either love it or hate it. We're definitely getting some more of it each release. Nick Halsey has submitted a proposal to put WordPress menus into the customizer (here's…

WPCampus released the accessibility audit of…

WPCampus 2019 will take place from…

Here’s a sad but needed assessment…

WPCampus Online 2019 has come and…

Dylan Barrell shares some takeaways from…

Gutenberg, accessibility, and compromise

Gutenberg 4.0 is out, and this…

WordPress.org now has an accessibility page…

Accessibility is important, but still “a…

I love this point from Una Kravets…

Here’s a g good list of Accessibility…

Good news on the accessibility front.…

Platforms and accessibility

Accessibility draft standards are ready for review

A WordPress conference for higher education: coming to a campus near you?

The Menu Customizer has been proposed for core and opinions abound

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