[nabs-l] Info on Accessible websites?

[Chrys Buckley]

Joshua - thanks! That's my old blog, I haven't updated it in something like
two years. I had fun with it but I am ready to move on to something else
and this time will be building my blog/site for more professional purposes.

Tony - thank you so, so much for all this helpful information! You're
right, that document is a bit overwhelming. To be honest, my coding skills
are pretty limited right now and I have a feeling even wordpress will have
a learning curve, as I've read there's a fair amount of coding involved. So
I'll probably start with that and go from there. I will definitely try
things out with VoiceOver - I've experimented with it off and on but don't
know it all that well, so trying things on my site/blog out with VoiceOver
may be a good thing on a few levels. And don't worry, there will be no
capcta things anywhere. They are so, so frustrating. I'll look into
Akismit. All this info is so helpful. Do you have a wordpress site? Or know
of any that are run by blind people that are accessible? It might be good
to try out VoiceOver on something that is already working right before
trying it out on mine.

Thank you!
Chrys


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Tony Olivero <anthony at olivero.us> wrote:

> Chrys,
>
> My responses are below.
>
> On 6/7/12, Chrys Buckley <cbuckley at pdx.edu> wrote:
> > I am looking into putting together a website but I want to make sure it
> is
> > accessible to everyone.
>
> Excellent to see that you are interested in making sure your site is
> accessible to everyone.
>
> > Are there any definite do's and don'ts?
>
> There are definitely an entire set of guidelines for web developers
> that talk about what to do and what not to when building websites. The
> entire Web Content Accessibility Guidelines can be found at
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20. However, since you are talking about a
> blog platform, and not coding things from scratch you may find that
> document overwhelming. It may be of use if you ever branch out and
> expand your web design skills.
>
> > I'm thinking of starting out on
> > wordpress (simply because I don't have any web design skills) - does
> anyone
> > know if wordpress is accessible?
>
> The default theme that is loaded when you install Wordpress is fairly
> accessible. If you want to explore the theme gallery and choose your
> own I would make sure you find one that has a good heading structure
> so your visitors can navigate to different sections and content items
> quickly. Also, I would check to see that the blog comment fields are
> labeled for blind users (if you load VoiceOver on your mac and tab to
> the fields VoiceOver should speak the name). Additionally, I would
> avoid using the RECAPTCHA plugin for spam elimination. I have had very
> good success removing spam with the Akismit plugin and no extra test
> to see if the comment is posted by a human. If you post images, make
> sure you include a description of the image as well.
>
> Those are just a few thoughts. I'm happy to answer any other questions you
> have.
>
> Tony
>
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