A WordPress theme is the majority of the output of your website. In this video, learn how the theme influences accessibility in WordPress.
- [Instructor] There are many standard features … of a website that WordPress doesn't provide natively. … Contact forms, event calendars, … and Ecommerce features are possibly among … the most high demand services. … You'll install most of these features … in your website using plugins. … Plugins are powerful. … They leverage an intricate network … of hooks within WordPress core to allow them … to manipulate the output of your website. … Most plugins add wholly new features to your site, … however, some plugins may change existing features. … They may replace or modify your site's navigation, … alter the content of your posts, … add image galleries, offer new search tools, … or do just about anything else you can imagine. … What does this mean for accessibility? … Largely it means that you need to … be very conscious of what plugins are changing in your site. … Looking at a specific type of accessibility, … keyboard navigation, your tests of keyboard navigation … on your theme may have no impact …
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Released
7/19/2019- Accessibility concepts
- Creating accessible content
- WordPress core accessibility features
- Creating more accessible themes
- Creating more accessible plugins
- Using accessibility plugins
- Interacting with forms
- Testing site accessibility
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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1. What Is Web Accessibility?
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Web accessibility concepts2m 20s
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2. Accessibility and WordPress
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Creating accessible content3m 21s
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3. Accessibility in Your Theme
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Page builder plugins2m 48s
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Testing page builders7m 28s
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4. Plugin Accessibility
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ARIA, Ajax, and your website4m 44s
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5. Authoring Accessible Content
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What is accessible content?4m 20s
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Using audio and video3m 9s
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6. Testing in WordPress
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Conclusion
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Next steps39s
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Video: Accessible interfaces: What WordPress themes control