Source: Make WordPress: Accessibility

At WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. London the a11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services,…

What can the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) team do on the  2017 WordPress…

One of the three top priorities for development in the next releases of WordPress is to enhance and modernize the editor. This is an important project to give users the ability to create rich and diverse content without requiring extensive knowledge of code. From an accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design…

How do the type attributes behave in HTML5 forms with assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly…

How do different types and implementations of form elements behave in HTML5 forms. Setup: On wpaccess.org/forms we set up a vanilla HTML5 form with different constructions of input and select fields. Also we took a code example of the settings page as is now in WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds…

Attendees: @afrecia, @cheffheid, @joedolson, @sami.keijonen, @rianrietveld, @arush, @trishasalas and @antotrifiroconaccento. New to the meeting: Bonnie Boden (@bdd) and Terrence Gonsalves (@tegonsalves), welcome! Plans for WP 4.8 Main focus: Settings APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined…

Summary meeting WPa11y team, September 2016 Documentation Work is in progress by @trishasalas, @iamjolly and @rachievee. Theme review There are now 112 accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access”…

Summary team meeting WPa11y team, August 23 Focus for WP 4.7 @davidakennedy suggested: “Since new user experience will be a focus: maybe there’s a11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and…

Summary team meeting WPa11y team, August 1 Team meeting in Slack. Retrospective and looking ahead In @afercia’s words: Since the release cycle is now in RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. time this would probably be a…

On June 26th, the contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/…