WordPress Leeds Online - Designing for Accessibility

Our last virtual meetup of the year is covering the subject of 'Designing for Accessibility.'

The accessibility of a website is significantly affected by the underlying HTML, CSS and Javascript that developers use to create it. But it is also possible to impact upon the accessibility of a site at the design stage - both the visual design, and the interactive design or UX. And it's not just about colour schemes either.

In this presentation I will outline a few key points to keep in mind when you are designing your next beautiful website or theme. I will illustrate the points with some good (and bad) examples.

Good design and web accessibility can go hand in hand - I'll help you find out how.

Key message: It's not just developers that need to think about accessibility, it's designers too.

🗣 About Graham Armfield
Graham is a Web Accessibility Consultant with his own company Coolfields Consulting. He works with organisations to help them improve the accessibility of their websites - testing the websites for accessibility, and advising the designers and developers on how to fix issues found. He has written detailed training courses on accessibility for developers which he presents on a regular basis.

He's also a WordPress developer, and has built many accessible WordPress websites for clients – both large and small. He has contributed to the Make WordPress Accessible Team and has spoken on accessibility to many WordCamps and other WordPress meetups.

Outside of work you're likely to find him playing his guitar, recording his next album or performing at open mic nights.

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