User Experience & Accessibility

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, the demand for fast, flexible, and intuitive site-building experiences is only growing. In this session, we’ll explore DXPR and the Experience Builder as powerful tools for reducing development overhead and empowering non-developers to create compelling Drupal experiences with ease.

We worked with the Duke Office of Clinical Research at Duke University to create the new My Duke Research website to improve engagement between Duke and people who participate in clinical research. A key component of connecting with this audience was delivering a smooth experience for site users relying on assistive technology.

Granite is a new frontend framework build around HTML5 elements to provide accessible UIs with the least development possible. Granite provides a solid foundation by templating accessible elements and limiting the customization of elements that's require to scaffold out a website.

Accessible code is imperative for inclusion, but all the code in the world doesn’t do any good if the content is not meaningful to our content consumers.

Are you committed to using the Paragraphs module and have thousands of paragraphs in use? Are your content creators wanting a better authoring page building experience?

An empowering and engaging program tailored for professionals within the Drupal community who are passionate about fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this session, Mariah will guide participants through actionable strategies to become agents of cultural change and champions of inclusivity within the Drupal ecosystem.

Our State of North Carolina Digital Commons platform supports 85 state websites that serve over 10 million constituents. As we acknowledge the growing preference for digital channels as the primary means of engagement, we work to prioritize the development and design of their websites and digital services to align with the public's expectations.

You've read the Statement of Work for your next client project: A full content audit of their website to prepare for the client's first migration to Drupal.

This client has 50k+ PDFs on their website, and few (if any) are 508-compliant. Your job is to audit all PDFs for 508 compliance to support a new, accessible Drupal website.

A good website must be accessible. While Drupal is a very accessible platform, sometimes once a site is built, an editorial team will make updates that do not adhere to accessibility best practices. The Editora11y module is a new module which checks the content automatically and will warn editors and site builders on accessibility errors.