How to Accessibility Test
We’ve gone through 46 weeks of technical accessibility from a design and dev perspective, covering everything from navigation menus to color contrast, ambiguous links, and more. If you missed an article, you …
Accessible Tooltips
Tooltips are small floating boxes that appear near words, icons, or images and display short explanatory text on hover or keyboard focus. They can be a good way to provide additional information …
E-commerce Accessibility
E-commerce has revolutionized how we shop, providing unparalleled convenience and access to products and services without ever stepping foot into a physical store. Think about how many things you have purchased online …
Mobile Nav and Hamburger Menus
When I asked in The Admin Bar Facebook group what accessibility questions people have, there were questions about mobile nav and hamburger menu accessibility. I’ve previously written about navigation menu accessibility in …
Accessible Search and Filter
One critical aspect of WordPress sites that frequently causes accessibility problems is advanced search and filtering. Whether it’s searching blog posts or products in a WooCommerce store, you want to make sure …
Common Form Errors and How to Fix Them
Forms are one of the most important parts of a website to get right from an accessibility perspective because forms are a big way that we measure the success of a website. …
Watch Out for Smooth Scroll
Smooth scroll is a website feature that enhances the way users navigate through a website’s content. It refers to the visual effect of gradually and smoothly moving from one part of a …
Secondary Nav Menus
When I asked in The Admin Bar Facebook Group what accessibility topics people wanted to hear about in Accessibility Weekly, there were questions about secondary or other navigation menus. Last week, we …
Accessible Breadcrumbs
This week’s Accessibility Weekly post is all about a small but impactful way of helping users navigate websites: breadcrumbs. Website “breadcrumbs” are the digital equivalent of Hansel and Gretel leaving – no, …
Audio Description
Audio Description is an accessibility feature that started in live theater, moved to movies, and is increasingly relevant to websites with video content. Never heard of audio description? Read on to learn …
The What, Why, and How of Accessibility Statements
You may have noticed “Accessibility Statements” popping up on more and more websites. Not sure if you or your clients need an accessibility statement? This article is for you. What is an …
Coding Blockquotes
From testimonials to sentences highlighted in a blog post for more visual interest, most websites we build include quotes. Typically, quotes on websites are styled in a unique way to make them …
