Incorporating inclusive design principles into a WordPress site is not as difficult as it sounds not does it require much technical wizardry.
A good first step would be to understand what Inclusive Design means, ad a few easy actions into your everyday activities, and expand on that solid grounding by continuing your education with some of the resources and links supplied.
if you're interested, there is also a video of the presentation on WordPress.TV: http://wordpress.tv/2013/03/07/inclusive-design-principles-for-wordpress/ .
2. First website was in 1996
which was c#%p
Learned PHP /MySQL & built bespoke CMSs
which was hard!
So I started hackingWordPress
Developer, Interactive Developer,Tech
Director,Technologist, PM, Producer Auditor,
Interaction Designer...
and now ...
10. For them
Includes people with a disability in your plans
Includes seniors in your audience
Accepts temporary conditions among your
visitors– sprains, lighting, crowds, noise
For you
Improves SEO and usability
Happier users, easier to comment and share
More visitors!
18. “The UN Convention on Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (2008) declares that
Disability is a human rights issue and not a
matter of discretion. The UN Convention
affirms that all persons with all types of
disabilities must enjoy all human rights and
fundamental freedoms. The outcomes of the
project are designed to uphold and promote
the human rights of disabled people as
enshrined in national and international law.” 18
19. 1 in 5 Australians have a disability (ABS)
Vision
Colour blindness, low vision, acute blindness
Hearing
Clarity, frequency, volume
Physical
Limited fine control, slow reaction time, grip/hold
Literacy, Cognition
Reading or unfamiliar language
Distractibility, memorability, dyslexia
25. What does it look like with CSS styles off?
Is the reading order logical?
<body>
<h1>
<p><strong></strong><em></em></p>
▪ <h2>
▪ <h3>
Include a “Skip to Content” link above all
content
26. 26
logo search
Title
Heading 2
Heading 3
Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl
consectetur et. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Etiam porta sem malesuada magna
mollis euismod. Donec ullamcorper nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum
faucibus dolor auctor. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor.
Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Donec ullamcorper
nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit.
Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl
consectetur et. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Etiam porta sem malesuada a non .
Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nisi erat porttitor ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Donec ullamcorper
nulla non metus auctor fringilla. Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit.
Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam. Praesent commodo cursus magna, vel scelerisque nisl
consectetur et. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam.
skip to content
content starts here
29. Go, search, comment, next, previous, buy,
etc. - avoid using images for these.
<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish"
value="publish" />
<button type="button">Buy Me!</button>
30. Logo
spacer images
shame on you!
does not convey additional meaning ie:
“satisfaction guaranteed
or your money back”
double shame on you!
may the ghost of clippy have mercy on you....
32. text is best conveyed as text, not image
..unless it is your logo
otherwise, use font substitution
cufon
@font-face
AdobeTtpeKit
SiFR
37. Full text version of all dialogue
Captions timed with the video
Audio descriptions of events not spoken
37
38. Accurate text equivalents of the audio or
video, linked to next to the vid/audio
Captions (text of the audio superimposed on
the video)
Audio descriptions of actions not conveyed in
dialogue or word
People with low vision or hearing deserve easy
access to you content
40. Use the <button> or <input type=”button”>
Ensure all form fields have meaningful labels
before the field.
Return focus to the first message on error
Ensure error messages are available to
keyboard-navigating users
don’t be captured by CAPTCHA !!
41. Completely Automated Public Turing test to
tell Computers and Humans Apart
a.k.a. bol1$@ks!
41
42. TextCAPTCHA
The last letter in “unrolled” is?
4 plus two is what?
Which of 3, twenty-nine, 70, 46 or 65 is the
lowest?
I have two, you have 2. How many is that?
42
c/o: textcaptcha.com/demo
43. Confusing:
To read more about awesome polar bear disguises,
click here.
To find out the 47 ways I can save you verbosity, click
here.
Better:
I wrote a post about awesome polar bear disguises.
I spent a very long time researching the 47 ways you
can reduce your verbosity.
45. 45
check your HTML is well formed
make sure your page is well structured
always correctly use an alt tag for each image
avoid text displayed as images
watch your font: size, case, format, weight.
check your colours don’t impede readability
Ensure your forms are usable by keyboard
Make sure your link text is meaningful
...and...
47. Web AccessibilityChecker for IE
Web DeveloperTool (FF, GC)
Firebug (FF, GC)
Fangs (FF)
ZoomText (FF, S)
WAVE
Juicy Colour Checker (FF)
Headings map (FF)
Inspect Element (FF, GC, S)
48. WCAG 2.0: http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
NVDA (NonVisual Desk Access): http://www.nvda-project.org/
Guide to the Disability Discrimination Act:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/dda_guide/dda_guide.htm
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability:
http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=259
Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy: http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/wcag-2-
implementation/index.html
Webaim.com: http://webaim.org/resources/designers/
Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
http://uiaccess.com/accessucd/
Dive into accessibility: http://diveintoaccessibility.info/
AChecker: http://achecker.ca/
Color contrast check:
http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
Colour Contrast Analyser from Paciello Group: http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrast-
analyser.html
Chrometric browser – simulates several vision impairments: http://enably.com/chrometric/
49. I’m building a list of accessible, inclusive themes and plugins for WordPress,
as well as tools, almost all free, to help assess accessibility. See me
afterwards if you’d like to be updated once that list is ready.
49
Joe Ortenzi
@wheelyweb
typingthevoid.com/inclusive-design
WordCamp Sydney July 20, 2012
Hinweis der Redaktion
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we stand and pay my respects to their elders both past and present.
A WordPress user since Charles Mingus (v1.2) or was it Strayhorn? (1.5), a fan since Ella Fitzgerald (v2.1), and a zealot since John Coltrane (v2.7)
Conduct workshops and other collaborative designing exercises - get people to reveal useful information
-build wireframes, to plan out what pages could look like and how they work
- these get tested on selected users, to see if it answers their needs and are usable
- which we’d then go to building working prototypes, which we’d again, test with users
The reason: is we want the business to utilise technology, so that the user has a good experience
That’s right! and one of the aspects of UX is to understand that many different types of people access your content,
ALL of which want to be included in your audience
WELL, LET’S START WITH WHAT’S NOT INCLUSIVE
ARE YOU WELCOME IN THEIR SHOP?
are you included in their plans?
Have they really thought about who YOU are?
this toilet has been disabled!!
let’s look at some examples of inclusive design
Oxo Sure-grip measuring cups
Accessible Pedestrian signal. Built for people with low vision and low hearing, but others also benefit from it
Light rail platform, built for wheelchairs, good for parents with prams, people who struggle with stairs
Gotta give some feel good for anyone who comes to these bottles.
Wouldn’t it be great if all music sold in physical form required this by law?
Here’s someone who won’t be benefitting...
this is what a popular [sic] electronics website looks like when you turn images off.
ahh, that’s better, some tiles, but no prices, or details
Ah, there you go.
a list of companies who have ben sued, or are currently in court or settled out of court.
Sydney 2000 Olympics – August 2000 – ticket booking inaccessible to the blind, required to pay $20,000 AUD in damages
Target – launched in 2006, settled in August 2008 for $6 million dollars
Walt Disney – September 2010 - booking accommodation through the website, lots of use of flash, video & audio trailers – needs a mouse to turn off
United Airlines – October 2010 - National Federation of the Blind together with three blind Californians, filed a class-action lawsuit against United Airlines. The case is based around the touchscreen facilities that are unavailable to blind passengers.
jetBlue airways – October 2010 - The lawsuit alleges that JetBlue has violated California law by maintaining a website and operating airport check-in kiosks that are inaccessible to individuals with visual impairments.
Canadian Government – November 2010 – Donna Jodhan sued the Canadian government after she was unable to apply for a government job online or complete an online census form without assistance from sighted government employees, arguing that this breached her rights.
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability
“The UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008) declares that Disability is a human rights issue and not a matter of discretion. The UN Convention affirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The outcomes of the project are designed to uphold and promote the human rights of disabled people as enshrined in national and international law.”
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
You cannot reduce a person’s access to employment for fear of being compromised for health and safety grounds.
Freedom of Information Act 1982
Of more importance to government agencies but information that fall under the remit of this act must be accessible
Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS)
not a matter of discrection!!!
Vision: Colour blindness, low vision, acute blindness
3% have a visual impairment, 8-11% of males are colour blind
Strangely, women rarely exhibit this problem, less than 1%
Hearing: Clarity, frequency, volume
1-2% have a hearing impairment, up to 14% have some haring loss that affects their daily lives.
Physical: Limited fine control, slow reaction time, grip/hold
Chronic back pain alone affects 6.5% of Australians
Literacy: Reading or unfamiliar language
46% have a literacy issue of some type
Cognitive; Distractibility, memorability, dyslexia
the web content accessibility guideline... all web 20
Perceivable: Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive.
Operable: User interface components and navigation must be operable.
Understandable: Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable.
Robust: Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies.
great long list of criteria a site must meet in order to be considered compliant with WCAG 2.0.
Principles: 4 of em! Within those:
Guidelines: 12!
Criteria: 61!!!
Three levels, A, AA, AAA
Principles: 4 of em! Within those:
Guidelines: 12!
Criteria: 61!!!
Three levels, A, AA, AAA
logo area, nav
Its important, so describe it
Don’t use, “This is a picture of”
Don’t repeat the caption
Don’t include what isn’t there.
Don’t use text as an image (see the alternatives: cufon, @font-face, Adobe TYpekit etc)
guardian without images
guardian with images
There is still meaning, ther is still content, there is still full content to be derived, although I believe newspapers are the biggest losers in usable alt text,
they either use captions, repeat the headline or use names with no qualifiers.
marrickville council:
7 navigation items, become 4
tube map: very descriptive. remove colour: what happens?
A B&W print becomes near unusable
if it is sensory, include alternatives for those who cannot perceive that sensory information.