There's a new international accessibility standard out - ISO 30071-1 - about embedding accessibility in your organisation and processes. So why should developers care? Aren't the WCAG checkpoints for developers,…
Most websites these days are created via some form of Content Management System (CMSes). There are lots out there. So how do you choose the most accessible one for you?
The usual way of making images accessible for people who can't see them is to provide alternative text using the alt attribute of the element. However, in many websites, images…
There are many different ways to collect dates from users in website forms. But what's the best way to do that in a way that's accessible to everyone? In this…
One of the 'new' HTML5 elements - input type="date" - was intended to simplify the collection of dates on websites, and to reduce user errors whilst doing so. So is…
Back in 2011, I published a blog trying to change some of the things people were misunderstanding about accessibility. In this podcast our team are bringing that up to date…
After a comment on my previous blog post about accessible accordion patterns, I decided to do some investigation on the details and summary HTML elements. They could be the best…
Accordions are useful components in web pages for temporarily hiding content until it's needed. But is it possible to make an accessible accordion component? Here's an illustrated walkthrough of the code…
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