I released a brand-new WordPress plug-in today, targeted specifically at improving accessibility issues. There’s only so much you can do via a plug-in when it comes to site accessibility — most of what grants accessibility for a WordPress site is in the theme. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything. This plug-in is designed to help shoehorn some accessibility improvements into themes that need a bit of help. It can do a fair amount, and every feature can […]
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WordPress Tips: Add a custom call to action by shortcode
When building WordPress sites, I’ve often been in need of adding a call to action with a striking appearance into the site. Working by myself, that’s really no problem – but when it needs to be added into client-created posts and Pages, it can get to be a hassle — and cause long-term problems. It’s not really effective or efficient to teach all the intricacies of HTML (HyperText Markup Language) to every client. If you’ve created a cool CTA format […]
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I’ve long had an interest in the impact of search results on learning. In our search-driven information world, the results for a search can have a significant impact on what people will learn. To that end, I did a search on “accessible web design,” to find out what the most available resources on the subject are right now. Today, I’m going to go through the first 10 search results of the moment with an eye to see just what Google […]
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Download My Calendar Buy My Calendar: Submissions It’s difficult to decide exactly when to increment a major version number. In truth, My Calendar 2.0 is not much more different from 1.11.x than 1.11.x was from 1.10.x; but the difference between version 1.0 and 2.0 is truly striking. In fact, there may not be more than a few dozen lines of code in common between the two versions. The main purpose behind the rewriting involved in My Calendar 2.0 was about […]
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Twitter is currently in the much-lambasted and disruptive process of making big changes to their API (Application Programming Interface). As the author of a WordPress plug-in which only exists with any value due to its ability to use the Twitter API, I have to be pretty attentive to these kinds of changes. The API changes probably won’t have any significant impact on WP to Twitter or on most users of WP to Twitter. Technically, I’ve needed to change the name […]
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