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How to Organize Headings for AccessibilityHow to organize headings for accessibility

How to Organize Headings for Accessibility

Published October 19, 2014 by RachieVee

How to Organize Headings for Accessibility in your WordPress Theme

[series]Making your WordPress Theme Accessible Series:

  1. An Intro to Web Accessibility
  2. How to Organize Headings for Accessibility ( We’re here now )

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In today’s post, I’m going to focus one aspect in making our WordPress theme accessible – and that aspect is headings. After reviewing what headings are, and what they’re for, we’ll go into our theme files and make any changes necessary related to headings. It should only take a few minutes and although we’re only focusing on headings in this post, it’ll bring us one step closer to making our theme accessible.

Let’s get started. As an FYI, I’ll be using TwentyThirteen for most of my references, but the theme I’m using on this blog is Hexa.

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An Intro to Web AccessibilityA road with a accessible painted in yellow

An Intro to Web Accessibility

Published October 14, 2014 by RachieVee

An Intro to Web Accessibility

Did you know that there are currently only 13 themes that show up in results when you filter by the “accessibility-ready” tag in the WordPress Theme Directory? (Checked in October, 2014)

Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that there are only 13 themes out of the 2000+ that are accessible, they may just be missing their theme tags. However, there is also a high chance that a theme you’re using, or one that you’re building, is not accessible (uh oh)!

Well, how do we know if our theme meet’s the accessibility guidelines and if it doesn’t, what steps can we take to resolve that problem? This the first post in a series that will guide us through those steps. If you have a couple of minutes a day, we can work on making your WordPress theme accessible together – a few easy steps at a time.

Before we dive into code, I’d like to briefly review what web accessibility is, who it’s for, how it’s used and what to expect in future posts for this series. Let’s get started.

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How to Create a Categories and Sub-categories Menu, Part 1

How to Create a Categories and Sub-categories Menu, Part 1

Published October 5, 2014 by RachieVee

How Can I Create a Categories and Sub-categories Menu in WordPress?

I’ve seen this question asked a lot on the WP Forums and WP Stack Exchange along with several different answers. It really comes down to what you need. So, we’ll go over how to create a categories and sub-categories menu in two different ways and the pros/cons of each in this part of the tutorial.

First, before we get into this, did you know that a WordPress categories menu can be created without code and will also be editable on the dashboard? WpTavern tells you how!

Still interested in trying the PHP way? Awesome, let’s move on.

The two easiest ways to make this menu happen is to use either wp_list_categories or get_the_category_list. After we review them both, you can decide which option best suits your needs.

In Part 2 of this tutorial ( coming soon ), we’ll be going over how to write a categories and sub-categories menu from scratch using get_categories(). For now though, let’s get started with Part 1!

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Theming in WordPress without Sacrificing the DashboardA screenshot of the WordPress dashboard

Theming in WordPress without Sacrificing the Dashboard

Published September 26, 2014 by RachieVee

When theming in WordPress, we often face this dilemma of how to balance writing custom code and maintaining a manageable dashboard. How much freedom is too much when we’re creating something for our users? And if we really do need all these bells and whistles, how do we ensure the dashboard still makes sense?

After working on a good number of WP builds and learning from mistakes over the years, there are a few rules that I’ve set for myself that help to resolve this dilemma along with a few plugins that make life a bit easier for both the dev and the user.

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My First Time Attending WordCamp NYC 2014A bunch of multi-colored WordPress logo buttons

My First Time Attending WordCamp NYC 2014

Published September 22, 2014 by RachieVee

A month has passed since my first time attending WordCamp NYC 2014 in good ‘ole Brooklyn. It was a new experience, admission was cheap, and I still don’t know what to do with all the stickers and buttons I admittedly hoarded from the booths. ( I have this thing where if it’s free, well hell, I think I’ll help myself, thank you. ) In all seriousness, the entire conference was awesome and totally worth it. Only from attending on Saturday, I’ve decided to become a WC NYC attendee forever!

Being a WordCamp noob, there were a few things that surprised me, terrified me, and all in all, a lot that I learned from the adventure that I hope to share with people thinking of trying it out as well – or people just wanting another perspective on it.

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