WAI / W3C – WCAG 2.0 News about Accessibility guidelines Published on July 13, 2011
Dear WAI Interest Group Participants,
WAI is starting a WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force to develop more comprehensive guidance on evaluating web accessibility.
The Evaluation Task Force will develop an internationally harmonized methodology for evaluating websites’ conformance to WCAG 2.0. The methodology will provide provides a step-by-step procedure for evaluating websites, including guidance on sampling individual web pages, evaluating them according to WCAG 2.0, and aggregating the results into a conformance statement. To learn more about the scope of work and anticipated timeline, see the WCAG 2.0 Evaluation Methodology Task Force (Eval TF) Work Statement at: www.w3.org/WAI/ER/2011/eval/eval-tf
MyReadMore plugin is now officially hosted on wordpress.org Published on February 11, 2010
Good news!
MyReadMore plugin is now officially hosted on wordpress.org!
Just finished the upload process and MyReadMore can now be downloaded directly trough the wordpress.org website
This plugin is intended to increase Word Press accessibility by solving a hyperlink repetition problem in the default “read more” link of all excerpted posts.
There are many plugins available that simply customize the read more link, this is not just one more of them: - myReadMore is aimed at accessibility and not cosmetics.
This is what makes it original. It creates dynamic unique-hyperlinks to all your posts, making them precise and accessible.
If you wish to pass your Word Press website on any major accessibility automatic validator this is the plugin you were waiting for!
Download MyReadMore Accessibility Plugin from wordpress.org
MyReadMore was tested successfully under the “UMIC eXaminator”, “TAW” and “Cynthia Says” Automatic Validators, for AAA accessibility conformance, according to the W3C – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
myReadMore WordPress accessibility plugin Published on February 8, 2010
myReadMore WordPress accessibility plugin is out!
Make your Word Press website or blog more accessible
This plugin is intended to increase Word Press accessibility by solving a hyperlink repetition problem in the default “read more” link of all excerpted posts.
There are many plugins available that simply customize the read more link, this is not just one more of them:
myReadMore is aimed at accessibility and not cosmetics.
This is what makes it original. It creates dynamic hyperlinks to all your posts, making them precise and accessible. Download myReadMore here
Word Press Accessibility: The noscript attribute. Published on January 20, 2010
Word Press Accessibility: The <noscript> attribute.
The basic rules of accessibility state that you should always provide alternative content to users no able to access it, if you rely only on scripts to deploy it.
No one should be left out, and all users are entitled to have a similar “rich browsing experience” regardless of their personal physical challenges.
With this article I intend to bring your Word Press websites a bit closer to what I state in the previous paragraph that sometimes, to some people seems like a utopia.
Let’s get our hands dirty with code!
Font sizes: EM vs Pixel Published on January 19, 2010
EM was originally defined as the size of the Capital “M” based on the default size and the font used.
Pixel is a solid unit of fixed size, it is not designed for fonts, which are usually defined in Points. Pixel is a measurment that should never be used for text as it is meaningless for text. It is like measuring weight using inches/centimeters.