No matter how users get to your sites, they deserve an inclusive, accessible experience. A main navigation component built with accessibility in mind goes a long way towards this goal. Fortunately, WordPress leaves the implementation of accessibility best practices up to theme and plugin developers. This means that by carefully thinking about how to build a menu from the 'ground up', we can help all of our users use our sites better. Instead of relying on the default WordPress navigation menu functions, this presentation will demonstrate:
- The basics of menu accessibility
- How custom a WordPress Walker class can be used to create accessible markup
- How to write flexible and extensible CSS to ensure that the menus are usable even without javascript
- How to implement Javascript that enhances the user’s experience
You can learn more about this session on the WPCampus 2018 website at https://2018.wpcampus.org/schedule/create-accessible-navigation-with-wordpress/.
Speaker:
Adam Berkowitz
What is WPCampus?
WPCampus 2018 was the third annual in-person conference for the WPCampus community, a gathering of web professionals, educators and people dedicated to the confluence of WordPress in higher education. The event took place July 12-14 on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Learn more about the event at https://2018.wpcampus.org.