Recorded Webinar
Webinar Recording
You’ve probably heard of accessibility and the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), if nothing else, due to some recent lawsuits related to accessibility and usability. But, do you really know what being accessible means? Who should consider accessibility for their site? How do you get started? How will having an accessible website help your business (hint: accessibility even helps with SEO)?
Get insights from accessibility evangelists from WP Engine agency partner Americaneagle.com, who helps clients expand their audience and grow their businesses by providing extremely user-friendly, high-converting, accessible websites.
Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes (including Q&A)
Slides
In this session, you’ll:
- Get a better understanding of guidelines to help people with accessibility needs
- Learn about common pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Learn how to sell accessibility within your own company - why accessibility is important from business perspective
- See how accessibility applies in the WordPress space
Resources
- Eaglevision Magazine - web accessibility issue
- Americaneagle.com
- Make WordPress Accessible Handbook
- WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference
- wA11y
- Amazon Polly Plugin - voice technology for WordPress sites
- WordPress Accessibility Tools
- WebAim - good example site
- Velocitize Talks: Americaneagle.com's Mike Svanascini on Personalization and Privacy
- Other on-demand webinars:
- From Good to Great: Coding Standards and WordPress
- The Art of the Possible: Machine Learning and WordPress - a discussion with Google and WP Engine