Optional Project 42

Hi there! In this post I will be assessing my own WordPress website and looking at the accessibility of the site and then using those ideas to modify the website to be more accommodating for users. Three areas of my website that could be more accommodating for users include increasing visibility by changing the colors and fonts used on the site, refine navigational buttons, and providing an ALT text on multimedia to increase comprehension for those using screen readers.  

First, the old theme for my website featured a light green background with dark green text. The font used is simple, however the normal text making up the main body of information is thin and could be difficult to see. To fix this I went to the theme section of my WordPress site and altered the font and colors so it would be easier to see.  

The navigational buttons on my website are pretty small and have the same thin font as the rest of the text on the site. The main navigational buttons I was considering were the ones at the bottom of each post that allow users to move from one post to the next. To make these buttons more ADA compliant I made the font bigger and bolder so that it was easier to see for users.  

Lastly, the photos on my site did not have any text on them to allow users with screen readers to understand the content better. To change this, I provided captions at the bottom of the photos that were descriptions of the images. To show this I took a screen shot of my most recent post and the image I used which did not have any captions. I then compared it to the layout I now have which includes a caption.

I do not currently have any videos uploaded to my website, however, if I did then I would make sure that there was closed captioning or an audio-description option.  I will be continually updating the settings on my website as issues with accessibility arise in the future.