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How Disabled People Use the Internet – Refreshable Braille, Screen Readers and Wheelchairs

by John P.

Web AccessibilityThank to Glenda Watson Hyatt (@GlendaWH on Twitter) for sharing a fascinating article by Roger Hudson called Refreshable Braille.

This article has a great deal of significance to me because I’ve been preaching Web Accessibility since the inception of the Internet, having even served on the W3C’s original Web Accessibility Initiative, and having built HTMLHelp.com around educating people about standards compliant Web development.

Heck, I even built the theme for OneMansBlog.com from scratch to try and insure accessibility among other things… But can you believe that in the last decade, I’ve never actually seen real users navigating the Web like this? Wow. It is refreshing to see that people can do it after fighting so hard for so long to build accessible standards.

I believe every person should watch these videos, whether you are a designer or not, to understand the challenges that some visitors face when they come to your Web site. So please take 5 minutes out of your day and give this article a little attention. Thanks!
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Fixing Image Alignment in WordPress 2.5 +

September 13, 2008

If you are using WordPress with the built in image uploader, and the image align characteristics are not working for you, the fix is a simple modification to your theme’s Stylesheet.css file. In the Admin control panel just navigate to Design | Theme Editor and over on the right side of the list of files [...]

WP Super Cache Speeds Up WordPress Blogs

November 5, 2007

Donncha O’Caoimh, one of WordPress’ lead developers spent the last few weeks working on a brand new plugin called WP Super Cache which is, without a doubt, the biggest advance in WordPress performance in years. (Please Digg it fast!) Donncha has not only improved the existing ubiquitous WP-Cache system for users that are logged in [...]

Tutorial: Add 3 Centered Columns to WordPress Footer

July 9, 2007

This post describes how to add variable width, centered columns of stuff to the Worpress footer. Not sure what I mean? Well, look at the bottom of this site. These columns are fluid width, so it works in different browser resolutions and as you resize the page the columns resize. The columns maintain their centering [...]

Tutorial: How To Put Ads on WordPress Home Page Only

July 9, 2007

Folks, since my site has gotten fairly popular I have people who want to advertise on the home page. The problem is that I didn’t know of a good method of embedding Ads that only show up on the home page and don’t appear site wide. (And not in the sidebar.) I needed to employ [...]

Free WordPress Theme: Rapid Access

April 30, 2007

As a result of three Digg homepage appearances over a period of a few weeks bringing my blog to it’s knees I decided to make a few changes. In addition to acquiring a new server and finding someone to optimize the heck out of it for me, I also decided to re-vamp my WordPress theme. [...]

WordPress Plugin: WP Admin Bar Reloaded

April 8, 2007
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NOTE: This plugin is no longer in development, so I recommend Viper’s WordPress Admin Bar. If that one doesn’t work for some reason, this one still does. WP Admin Bar is an indispensable WordPress plugin which displays links to the Administration Panel at the top of a blog’s page – but only for users who [...]