Getting Started at a Contributor Day or Drive

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This guide is intended to help you get started at a contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/.. If you need any help, talk to the contributor day organizer, or ask your question in the #accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) channel on Slack.

Contributor Day Activities Contributor Day Activities

At a contributor day or drive we have two tasks:

  1. Improve the accessibility of WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., the bundled themes and WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/
  2. Teach designers, developers and content writers about web accessibility

Learn about accessibility Learn about accessibility

The team leads can give several workshops / presentations on request. These presentations are online and free for anyone to give:

In the handbook you can find best practices and resources about accessibility.

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Improve WordPress Improve WordPress

How can you help improve WordPress?

  • Developers and designers who know how to contribute to core and want to take up, test, or discuss issues
  • Designers who want to help in discussions about making things beautiful and also accessible
  • Accessibility testers to help find new issues, test fixes, and discuss solutions

You can work at the accessibility table or at the core, themes or design tables. Accessibility touches many aspects of the project. All designers, developers and testers are welcome to pick up the task that fits them.

In the WordPress Slack channel #accessibility you can ask for work with priority or for help with choosing a task. The time needed for a task depends on the complexity of the issue. But testing a patch or fix, confirming a bug, or adding ideas is also useful and usually quicker.

Work on accessibility tickets for WordPress core Work on accessibility tickets for WordPress core

If you know how to contribute to WordPress core, as a developer or designer, please join us and fix a ticket or test a patch!

An overview of all accessibility tickets is gathered on the page Accessibility related tickets in WordPress trac. You can also ask the team lead for tickets that have priority and check the good first bug report or ask in the #accessibility channel in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..

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Work on GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ Work on Gutenberg

Gutenberg is the new text editor for WordPress and it’s still in development. Gutenberg still needs a lot of accessibility improvements. Issues you can work on as a developer or designer are on the Gutenberg GitHub repo labeled with “Accessibility”.

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Test Gutenberg Test Gutenberg

If you know your way with assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology like a screen reader of can navigate with keyboard only, testing Gutenberg is also very valuable. At the moment you can install it as the plugin Gutenberg. Please read the page Gutenberg Accessibility Testing on how to do the testing best.

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Work on WordPress.org (metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress.) Work on WordPress.org (meta)

Accessibility issues of the website wordpress.org are listed in the meta trac, work on those tickets is appreciated.

WordPress.org is enormous, and there are always items that haven’t been tested yet. A good accessibility review on wordpress.org is still needed. If you’re an accessibility tester, please take a look at the site and it’s functionality and report any issues you find.