2021 Federal Plain Language Summit: Online Glossaries

General Services Administration glossary page showing a two-column page of terms, with some definitions expanded.

It’s a common issue for many websites: your audience consists of people with different levels of understanding of the words and phrasing used on your website.

You may have new employees or new customers unfamiliar with the jargon, acronyms, and language on your site. In addition, you may have customers and others who interact with your website frequently and understand your words and phrasing.

And you may have long-time employees who are well-versed in your wording, who have no need for terminology definitions.

How do you serve all your audiences?

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Inclusive Content Strategy: How to Ensure Your Content is Accessible to Everyone

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At the February 2019 Accessibility Talks online meetup, AmyJune Hineline, Drupal and WordPress Community Ambassador at Kanopi Studios, spoke about inclusive content strategy, what it means, and how to craft content that is accessible to everyone.

Hineline shared practical advice for content editors, with useful tips for moving beyond semantic markup and structured content. Continue reading Inclusive Content Strategy: How to Ensure Your Content is Accessible to Everyone

Advent Calendars for Web Professionals: 2017 Edition

UXMas Advent Calendar 2017

It’s December 1st and you know what that means. Today marks the first day of Advent calendars!

For the past five years, I’ve published a roundup of Advent calendars for web designers, developers, programmers, content strategists, user experience professionals, digital marketers, any person who works on and creates content for the web.

I’ve done my research in the past few weeks to uncover what I think are some fun and interesting Advent calendars for web professionals.

You’ll find some of my long-time favorites in the list: 24 ways, Performance Calendar, SysAdvent, UXMas, and several new ones. Continue reading Advent Calendars for Web Professionals: 2017 Edition