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Accessibility Team Handbook
In this Make WordPress Accessibility Handbook you will learn about the WordPress Accessibiliy Team and how to get involved in WordPress Accessibility. Our Mission The Accessibility Team works to make WordPress accessible to as many people as possible. This means making sure people are not just able to read web pages but also to create…
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Accessibility Guidelines
The primary guidance for web accessibility on a global basis are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, commonly referred to as WCAG. WordPress requires that all content meet WCAG guidelines, but also pushes to provide accessibility beyond that minimum whenever possible. WordPress Accessibility Coding Standard All new or updated code released in WordPress must conform with…
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Get Started at Contributor Day
Contributor days are events that happen at major WordCamps. Contributor Days are events like WordCamp US or WordCamp EU can have hundreds of contributors working together, simultaneously. If you need any help, talk to the contributor day organizer, or ask your question in the #accessibility channel on Slack. Contributor Day Activities At a contributor day…
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WordPress Accessibility Ticket priorities for 4.1 early
WordPress 4.1 development is just started. From an 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)…
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WCSF Tickets, Accessibility Team Meetup
Anyone planning to attend WCSF this year from the accessibility team, please read the post at https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2014/09/08/wcsf-tickets-and-stuff/ for information about WCSF ticket sales and the contributor days following the main conference. Please click the link and read that post *before* asking questions on this thread. 🙂 If you are planning to attend the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility…
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Accessibility Team Update: August 27, 2014
Weekly Testing Meeting For the last two weeks we’ve been trying something new, a weekly 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…
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WordPress 4.0 Release Candidate Testing
The first release candidate for WordPress 4.0 is out. If you’re interested in testing for 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…
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Weekly accessibility test session on Monday
Last couple of weeks members of the MWA team organized joint test sessions on Skype and IRC #wordpress-ui. We had a mixed team of users and coders, all with different experience 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…
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Prioritization: Accessibility Tickets for WP 4.0
This is a list of current tickets with 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).…
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Accessibility Team Update: July 9, 2014
WordPress 4.0 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 1…