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First Things First: WordPress Accessibility & UX Foundations for Optimal Interactions

taught by: Joe A Simpson Jr


Session Summary

At what point in your project cycle do you discuss how your website’s accessibility? Many make the mistake of waiting until the later stages of a site build to consider accessibility and the user's experience through desired paths on site, which is costly and inefficient.


Description

In this interactive presentation, we’ll consider:

- Using wireframing, card sorting, and user testing techniques to round off your accessibility approach;

- Tools for testing throughout the site build process;

- Balancing design aesthetics, client requests, and accessibility

This presentation is for those interested in creating beautiful, unique, and accessible WordPress sites using the latest WordPress Full Site Editing, plugins, browser-based tools, and design techniques.


Practical Skills

  • Which early planning for Accessibility and other UX techniques you can employ in your process.
  • An idea of recommended tools to help with your current process.
  • A basic knowledge of WCAG Guidelines, UX and Design principles with a11y in mind.