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The Userway Web Accessibility Widget – Does It Boost Accessibility?

Posted: April 30, 2019 Updated: July 29, 2020 by Claire Brotherton
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The UserWay web accessibility widget is an add-on for websites to help improve their compliance with accessibility standards. One of its advantages is that it fixes accessibility issues out of the box, without requiring code rewrites. The widget is free to download and use. You can demo it for yourself at UserWay.org. It’s available as […]

Category: Accessibility Tags: plugins

The User Experience and Accessibility of Gutenberg (The WordPress 5.0 Block Editor)

Posted: December 6, 2018 Updated: September 7, 2022 by Claire Brotherton
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As WordPress 5.0 launches today, with a new block editor, it seems timely to revisit this presentation I gave at WordCamp Edinburgh 2018 on 17 November. This was the talk description: The new Gutenberg editor is a key part of WordPress 5.0 which is going to change the user experience of WordPress, for better or […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: block editor, Gutenberg, user experience, WordPress 5.0

Accessibility Scotland 2018 – How To Understand Users Better

Posted: November 26, 2018 Updated: December 13, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Accessibility Scotland 2018 took place on the 9th November for the third year running. This year’s event took place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, one of the most accessible venues I know. All the talks were live captioned and signed in BSL. Good to see @BillSimmons doing the sign language at #a11yScotland today @ringer […]

Category: Accessibility Tags: user experience

Accessing Technology Debate at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Posted: August 30, 2018 Updated: August 29, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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I attended a thought-provoking debate on Accessing Technology at the Edinburgh Book Festival on Sunday, part of their Freedom and Equality series. The precis read: Technological leaps have expanded opportunities for people with disabilities. At the same time, cuts to resources are making many feel isolated, misunderstood and attacked. How do we ensure everyone has […]

Category: Accessibility Tags: assistive technology, disability

WordCamp London 2018: Technology, Terrific Talks and Tribe

Posted: April 20, 2018 Updated: April 22, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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For the fourth year running, I’m pleased to say that I made it to WordCamp London. And what a conference it was! My main goals for the three days were: Attend the Contributor Day and learn enough about Git and the command line to be able to contribute to WordPress. Learn as much as I […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: business plan, customers, GDPR, Gutenberg, inclusion, privacy, wordcamp

Is WordPress Reykjavik Theme Clean, Light And Accessible?

Posted: February 25, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Reykjavik theme is a relatively new addition (October 2017) to WordPress’ family of accessibility-ready themes. It was created by Oliver Juhas of WebMan Design. Oliver has created a number of accessibility-ready themes, some free and some paid. The name Reykjavik evokes a product which is clean and modern. The theme description begins: Reykjavik is fresh, lightweight, […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: accessibility-ready, themes

How Leigh’s Life Was Enriched By A Guide Dog

Posted: November 3, 2017 by Claire Brotherton
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I attended a special networking event earlier this week at the Holiday Inn Edinburgh West. Staff from Guide Dogs Scotland were there to raise awareness and funds. The highlight of the morning was a talk from two of the staff, Linda and Leigh. Guide Dogs Scotland’s work Linda told us some facts and figures about […]

Category: Accessibility

The Evolution Of Gutenberg – Has It Improved?

Posted: October 16, 2017 by Claire Brotherton
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It’s been three months since I last looked at the WordPress Gutenberg editor, so I thought it was time to revisit. The last version I tried was version 0.4. It’s moved on quite a bit since then. We’re now on to version 1.4. What’s new in Gutenberg? Here are some of the changes I’ve noticed […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: Gutenberg

Accessibility Scotland 2017 – All The Best In Inclusive Design

Posted: September 29, 2017 by Claire Brotherton
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Accessibility Scotland 2017 took place on Friday 22nd September in Edinburgh. Last year’s conference focused on web accessibility. This year’s event took a much broader approach. What could we learn from inclusive design in the non-digital world? As well as websites, we had speakers discussing the inclusive design of: Products Buildings and Places Transport Games Media Special […]

Category: Accessibility Tags: inclusive design

Improve Your Divi Website’s Reach With Divi Accessibility

Posted: September 11, 2017 Updated: May 19, 2020 by Claire Brotherton
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Updated 19 May 2020. Please note that as of 12 May 2020 the Divi Accessibility plugin is no longer available to download on WordPress.org. According to Ronnie Burt of CampusPress, the reason was: There was apparently a complaint about the name of the plugin to WordPress.org as it started with the word Divi, and we […]

Category: Accessibility, WordPress Tags: Divi, Tota11y

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