Accessibility Weekly

This Accessibility Weekly is a deceptively simple rule that many designers forget or don’t like. When creating a form – whether it’s a multi-field contact form or a single-field search form – …

Captions are an important tool for making video content more accessible, inclusive, and understandable to a wider audience. Recently, there was a post about captions in TAB’s Facebook group, and most comments …

Imagine this scenario: you found an excellent resource for your next article. You want to thank the author and tag them when you share it, so you look for their Twitter account. …

In web design, it’s not uncommon to see links styled as buttons if we want those links to stand out and look more like a call-to-action. In WordPress, it’s also not uncommon …

We all know that adding alternative text to images is good for SEO because it helps Google know what those images are about. But alt text is about more than search engine …

Last week we talked about ensuring that links are meaningful and how adding hidden text that is only visible to screen readers can help with this. Quick Recap: Screen Reader Text in …

What would you think if you encountered a list of links like this? Out of these eight links, only one of them has any real meaning: “Contact Us.” The other seven are …

One of the easiest accessibility improvements you can make to a website with big impact is adding headings to break up content and using them in the correct numerical order. When you’re …

One of the easiest ways to make your website more accessible is by testing your content for readability and making it as easy to read as possible. The average reading level of …

We’re starting Accessibility Weekly by talking about Skip Links a.k.a. Skip to Content Links, because they’re the first thing you should see on your website when you press the Tab key on …