In this video, learn how to do hands-on accessibility testing using the WAVE toolbar by WebAIM, and learn whether using WAVE exposes accessibility issues.
- [Instructor] One useful accessibility testing tool … WAVE add-on for Chrome or Firefox created by WebAIM.org. … When run, this tool displays … a lot of accessibility-related information about your page … divided into six groups: … errors, alerts, features, structural elements, … HTML5 and ARIA, and contrast errors. … In the errors section, … you'll find parts of your page that are definite problems. … This is where WAVE identifies things … that they know for sure are an error on your page. … When you select something from the list, … it will display on the page where it is. … However, some items it analyzes are not currently visible. … In order to see them, you have to switch to the code view. … In the code view, you can see where in the code … this particular error is appearing … even if it's not currently visible on the page. … WAVE will also present to you … a variety of things that are warnings. … These are the alerts. … These are suggested problems … that it can't be certain that this is actually a problem …
Author
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
Duration
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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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