Accessibility & Standards

12 posts in this category.

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this episode of News Drop we talk with Ben Gillbanks, a WordPress theme designer, about how Gutenberg and content blocks could spell out the …

Accessibility & StandardsGutenbergWordPress

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18 Sept 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: #HeadToWCEU

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s episode of News Drop we talk with Carole Olinger from WPandUp.org about mental health, WordPress, and #HeadToWCEU Doc Pop Doctor Popular is …

Accessibility & StandardsGutenbergWordPress

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13 Sept 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 5.2.3 Security Release

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop we talk with Mikey Veenstra, a threat analyst at Wordfence, about cross site scripting attacks and the release of WordPress …

Accessibility & StandardsGutenbergWordPress

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12 Aug 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US, Asia, and Central America

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop, we talk about a few of the workshops at WordCamp US plus details of the first ever KidsCamp at WCUS. …

Accessibility & StandardsGutenbergWordPress

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10 Jun 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Can AI Make Commenters More Compassionate?

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. Ian Dunn has created a new WordPress plugin that uses neural networks to help identify “toxic” comments. If a comment scores poorly, a message will …

Accessibility & StandardsGutenbergWordPress

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14 May 2019

Doc Pop’s News Drop: The Gutenberg Accessibility Audit

Doc Pop’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop video we talk with Rachel Cherry, the director of WPCampus, about the results of the Gutenberg Accessibility audit. Registration is …

Accessibility & StandardsGutenbergWordPress

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8 Jan 2019

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP): A 2019 Primer

Mobile browsing has become the primary way most people use the internet. As such, any developer who’s not taking a mobile-first approach is likely going to let their clients down. Fortunately, if you’re new to mobile-first development, there are plenty of easy solutions you can put in place. One of the most important is Accelerated …

Accessibility & StandardsDevelopmentDesign & UX

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2 Jul 2018

Could AWS Translate Open New Markets for Your Site?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) released their Amazon Polly plugin, a text to speech tool, back in February. In June, they announced a huge new update which provides real time translation functionality to the Polly plugin. We attended the AWS Translate launch event at the Amazon Loft in San Francisco and managed to learn more about …

Interviews & FeaturesAccessibility & Standards

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7 May 2018

How to Translate Your WordPress Website Using the Weglot Translate Plugin

Translating your WordPress website into other languages is a smart way to reach a wider audience and increase your traffic. If your site is only available in a single language, you could be losing out on a lot of potential leads and conversions. Fortunately, you don’t need to speak multiple languages to translate your site …

DevelopmentAccessibility & StandardsPlugins

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23 Apr 2018

Doc Pop’s News Drop: 5 Ways You Are Breaking Accessibility On Your Site

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. On this week’s News Drop video, we talk about 5 ways you may accidentally be breaking your site for some users. Love WordPress news, but hate …

Accessibility & StandardsInterviews & FeaturesWordPress

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12 Mar 2018

How to Add RTL Support to Your Custom WordPress Theme

About 75% of the internet speaks a language other than English. Some of these other languages read Right-to-Left (RTL), which can completely ruin the layout of many English-only designs. Thankfully, having a theme that flows well for RTL languages (such as Arabic) is largely a matter of updating your CSS. With a few design considerations …

DevelopmentAccessibility & StandardsTutorials & Guides

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26 Feb 2018

The Beginner’s Guide to Translating a WordPress Website With Polylang

If your client serves a non-English speaking audience, you may need to produce a website that works in multiple languages. Given that implementing multiple languages means a potential wealth of new custom, don’t let the fear of tackling a multilingual website stop you from working with these types of clients. While handling multiple languages increases …

DevelopmentAccessibility & StandardsPlugins

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Accessibility & Standards

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Is “the End of WordPress Themes” In Sight?

Doc Pop’s News Drop: #HeadToWCEU

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress 5.2.3 Security Release

Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordCamp US, Asia, and Central America

Doc Pop’s News Drop: Can AI Make Commenters More Compassionate?

Doc Pop’s News Drop: The Gutenberg Accessibility Audit

Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP): A 2019 Primer

Could AWS Translate Open New Markets for Your Site?

How to Translate Your WordPress Website Using the Weglot Translate Plugin

Doc Pop’s News Drop: 5 Ways You Are Breaking Accessibility On Your Site

How to Add RTL Support to Your Custom WordPress Theme

The Beginner’s Guide to Translating a WordPress Website With Polylang