In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn the importance of investing in making sites accessible, find out how to enable Classic Editor on WordPress.com, discover how to use HTML inputs and labels, and more. Continue reading April 2, 2021: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News
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Is It Time to Consider ClassicPress, Alternative to WordPress?
When WordPress 5.0 was released with the block editor in late 2018, the version was heralded as a better editing experience with a new interface for creating content.
While many users welcomed the change, the initial version was not without issues.
Usability and accessibility issues caused a lot of pain points for long time WordPress users, especially screen reader users.
Subsequent versions resolved many of the issues, and work is continuing with bug fixes and enhancements to improve usability and accessibility.
But for WordPress users who are frustrated with the block editor, there is an alternative: ClassicPress. Continue reading Is It Time to Consider ClassicPress, Alternative to WordPress?
How to Enable Classic Editor in WordPress.com
The one thing you can always count on with WordPress.com: the interface is always changing.
And that’s what happened this month when WordPress.com launched a refreshed interface with changes that affect blind users as well as all WordPress.com users who use the Classic Editor.
A blind author who uses WordPress.com was frustrated with the changes and contacted accessibility engineer Marco Zehe about the interface change and inaccessibility in WordPress.com. Continue reading How to Enable Classic Editor in WordPress.com