Post Status Confirms New Community Code of Conduct
Michelle Frechette
BlogsPost Status Team Blog
Drawing heavily from the WordPress/WordCamp Code of Conduct, Post Status has implemented a new Post Status Community Code of Conduct. While the Post Status Community works really well at self-moderating, a community like ours should always have a standard for…
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Accessibility Expert Adrian Roselli Sued for Wanting Accessibility to be…Accessible
Michelle Frechette
WordPress News
If you're part of the Accessibility Community, then the name Adrian Roselli should sound familiar. Adrian is a tireless champion of accessibility who speaks globally about the importance of why accessibility matters, how to be more accessible, and why overlays…
Community Roundup Week Ending June 30
Michelle Frechette
The Week in ReviewWordPress Community
WCEU Was Amazing I know it's been a few weeks, but having come back with covid, I haven't had a chance to share my final thoughts on WCEU, so I'll do so briefly here. The event was incredibly well organized…
Drama, Accountability, and a Way Forward
Michelle Frechette
WordPress CommunityWordPress News
(No comment or statement within this post is directed at any individual within the WCEU organizing team or any particular community member within the greater community. I have purposely not named names. This is about our community, not individuals.) In…
Critical Decision-Making for WordPress Accessibility
Cory Miller
DesignTech
Part of good web design is informed decision-making for WordPress accessibility. Focusing on accessibility will enhance your website’s user experience, improve your site’s search engine optimization, and keep your company from facing costly lawsuits. But before you make accessibility a…
The WP Agency Journey with Bet Hannon of AccessiCart-Post Status Draft
Emilee
BusinessDraft
Transcript ↓ This episode features Bet Hannon, agency owner of AccessiCart, which specializes in accessibility for websites, particularly e-commerce sites. Bet talks with Cory Miller about the significance of accessibility, the agency's focus and niche, and tips for starting a…
Post Status Live – The Right Approach to WordPress Accessibility
Cory Miller
BusinessPlanet
Transcript ↓ The talented team from Modern Tribe joined Cory Miller for this critical discussion about accessibility in WordPress. They highlight accessibility as a non-negotiable aspect of web development and provide guidance for leaders, developers, and designers to ensure your…
WordPress Community Roundup
Dan Knauss
PlanetThe Week in Review
A New Home for the WordPress Community? It sounds like a tall order, but there it is: over at Ollie, Mike McAlister has proposed "a thought experiment and design concept" called OpenPress: What would it look like to start connecting…
Jobs Change, Membership Doesn’t
Dan Knauss
Post Status Team Blog
This is my last post as the editor at Post Status. I'm moving on to a new opportunity at StellarWP. Of course, this doesn't seem like moving much at all. One of the great things about the distributed work culture…
Pandemic experiences, “Are you disabled?” and the history of screen readers
Dan Knauss
CareersNotes
Back in July, Sabina Ionescu published a lot of different responses from people in the WordPress community to questions about the impact of the pandemic on them. I missed it then, but it's still relevant and worth reading. Some other…
New Venue Accessibility Checklist in the WordCamp Organizer Handbook
Michelle Frechette
PlanetThe Week in Review
WordPress Community News Roundup for the Week of October 17 You may recall my prior post, 5 Days Without a Shower, in which I wrote about my disability experiences at WCUS 2022. Writing things from a place of vulnerability isn’t…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 70) — Trust and Distrust: Microaggressions, Active Install Growth Data for Plugins, and Open Source Security
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Dan and Ny take on three issues in the WordPress community that can threaten or impair trust while also revealing how foundational trust is, especially in open source. First, they talk about Ny's…
WordPress Community News Roundup for the Week of September 19, 2022
Michelle Frechette
PlanetThe Week in Review
Post Status Member Spotlight: Tom Greenwood Tom Greenwood is the co-founder and Managing Director of Wholegrain Digital, a sustainability-focused WordPress agency that is a certified B Corp. Tom has led a number of environmentally concerned projects in the web design…
Post Status Excerpt (No. 69) — WCUS Afterthoughts, Accessibility, and Pay Transparency
Dan Knauss
BusinessDesign
Dan and Ny talk about their WordCamp US experiences both good and bad. Their conversation focuses on accessibility and disability. Ny had an experience with Uber at WCUS that made her agree with Dan's preference for traditional and preferably unionized…
5 Days Without a Shower
Michelle Frechette
BlogsPost Status Team Blog
That smell at WordCamp? That was me. You might be wondering how I ended up that way. It’s a tale of disability and inaccessibility. To be fair, I had a wonderful time at WCUS 2022. People were amazing. My Post…
Your Application Page and Inclusivity
Michelle Frechette
BusinessGet Hired Blog
Your application page may not be the first page someone sees on your site — but it will be the page where potential new hires make a decision as to whether or not to complete your application form. It's the…
