This page is being built to showcase resources reviewed from our in-person and online meetups. After the conclusion of an event, within a few days our mission is to collect resources shared from the event and create an ongoing list for future reference. The Burbs WP group hopes you will find this useful.
August – Newsletter Automation | July Accesibility
Newsletter Automation
By: Matthew Lewis – 8/12/24
A presentation by Matthew Lewis on creating and managing newsletters in a manner which integrates your WordPress site and data into the newsletter publishing and content. As suggested the presentation highlights different aspects of choosing and effectively using a newsletter solution and how to incorporate and automate it for your website and business use cases.
Web Resources
The tools highlighted include:
Brevo: Link – An email/Newsletter publishing platform.
Twilio: Link – Tool for integrating SMS text sending from your WordPress website data.
Litmus*: Link – A tool for testing email layout via various mail clients.
WordPress Plugins
Gravity Forms: Link – An integrated way to share data collected by the website into your email/Newsletter publishing.
Accessible Design and Development
By: Andy Stitt – 7/15/2024
This presentation is geared to providing a foundational and basic understanding of accessibility best practices, some legal framework and tools to assist in making sites more accessible to those with disabilities whether those are temporary, situational or permanent. The slide deck for this presentation is located here.
Andy’s Background:
Web Developer and Accessibility Lead, Government Information Center, Delaware Department of State.
Front-end developer since 2008; WordPress-focused since 2016; accessibility specialist since 2021.
For more information Andy Stitt can be reached at his website here.
Web Resources
The Web AIM Million Report: Link
Testing Tools
Web Aim Wave: Testing Tool: Link
Axe Dev Tools: Testing Tools: Link
ANDI: Testing Tools: Link
Trusted Tester Certification: Link
Code Libraries
Deque Code Library: Link
Inclusive Components by Heydon Pickering: Link
WAI ARIA Authoring Practices Guide Patterns: Link
Plugins
There were no WordPress specific plugins shared during this meeting. What was shared is to be very cautious of plugins that mask your content and promise “accessibility” by virture of a masking layer or similar technology. According to the speaker these can create additional problems and can’t possibly serve all accessibility issues correctly. Additionally they can cause unpredictable issues with design, function and layout.