User Experience & Accessibility

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.

Managing a digital accessibility project is a complex endeavor at any size – throw in thousands of pages, multiple content types, and large editorial teams into the mix and it can get daunting quickly. In this session, we will cover:

Google replaced Universal Analytics (UA) with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) this month, which delivers an updated analytics model and expanded capabilities over Universal Analytics. 

Markdown is very popular for authors and developers. It's lightweight and straightforward to learn. Its open format allows it to be used across environments and tools.

How one website platform developed and maintained by the State of North Carolina Department of Information Technology works to support state websites with a variety of audiences and service needs. "Digital Commons" success story and lessons learned through Drupal platform.

A tour of the existing contribution ecosystem for Layout Builder. I'll briefly cover what Layout Builder is, what it does, and then do a dive in to contribution modules and how they can improve your editorial experience.