Boston Drupal Meetup - October 2016

Join the Boston Drupal Group on October 4th 2016 for a night of Drupal focused conversations, presentations and talks.

Call for Lightning Talks

This month we are again putting out a call for lightning talks. Volunteers get between 5 to 10 minutes to present a talk. We are looking for talks on the following topics:

Accessibility with Drupal

Accessibility is the practice of making websites more inclusive, allowing for people with disabilities to interact more easily with online content. The Drupal community has been on the forefront of implementing accessibility best practices; these initiatives have only increased with development of Drupal 8. An increasing number of new projects are requiring ADA Compliance, which is a set of standards for website accessibility. Not only do these improvements help users such as those with screenreaders, but they also correlate positively with better Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

This month we are focusing understanding and leveraging Drupal's accessibility features. This will include a follow up discussion from the previous weekend's NEDCamp (https://nedcamp.org/) which is focusing on accessibility (https://nedcamp.org/blog/focus-accessibility).

Some presentation ideas might include:

• What semantic HTML5 look like and why is it used

• WAI-ARIA landmarks and how do you use them

• Implementing accessible inline form errors

• What aural alerts do

• Accessibility modules to use on your Drupal site

• Tools/checklists to use for accessibility testing

• How to plan accessibility into your Drupal site

If you have an idea for a lightning talk on this topic, sign up by leaving a comment on our posting at groups.drupal.org/boston (https://groups.drupal.org/node/514049). Your talk may inspire others!

General Lightning Talks

Along with our themed presentations we will have a call for general lightning talks. This is an open floor to ask questions, present recent work or lead other Drupal discussions. No preparation is required.

For more information about this meeting, please see our posting on groups.drupal.org/boston (https://groups.drupal.org/node/514049).