A brief discussion at WordCamp Portland in September 2010 on using Wordpress and Accessibility. The talk was given by Domanique Alicia. (www.domanique.com)

1. Accessibility and Your Blog
September 18, 2010 - Domanique.com

2. Accessibility
✤ Define “Accessibility”
✤ Design for Accessibility
✤ Develop for Accessibility
✤ Open Discussion

3. Define Accessibility

4. When we say “Accessible”, we’re talking about websites that can be
accessed by all users, regardless of capabilities and disabilities.

6. Design for Accessibility
✤ Design for Color Blind
✤ Design for Technology
✤ Design for User Experience

7. Color Blind Disabilities
http://colorfilter.wickline.org

9. Technologies Change.... Fast

10. User Experience

11. Develop for Accessibility
✤ Web Standards & Best Practices
✤ Create Good Themes
✤ Alternate Content
✤ Multiple CSS Files

12. Web Standards & Best Practices

13. The Elusive Access Key

14. Create Good Themes
Tables are BAD, use the loop to your advantage

15. Working Image Tag
Better Image Tag
Awesome Image Tag
Alternate Content
alt, title, longdesc

17. Multiple CSS Files

18. Sources
✤ Web Accessibility Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI
✤ Section 508: http://www.section508.gov
✤ WP on Accessibility: http://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility
✤ Color Blind Filter: http://colorfilter.wickline.org
✤ Fangs (Firefox plugin): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/
402/
✤ Web Anywhere (screen reader): http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu/
wa.php
✤ W3C Validator: http://validator.w3.org

19. Example Sites
✤ Envato: http://www.envato.com
✤ 100 Layer Cake: http://100layercake.com/blog/archives/8690
✤ Domanique Alicia: http://www.domanique.com
✤ Smashing Magazine: http://www.smashingmagazine.com

20. Domanique Alicia
@_dom
www.domanique.com