Okay, this is just stupid! One of the benefits of having a #website is that people can access your services at any time, day or night, right? Well, I just went to the #SocialSecurity website to try and get a benefit verification letter, which I need because I'm trying to reestablish a #VocationalRehabilitation case. I clicked "Sign In" and was greeted by this message:

This service is not available at this time.
Please try again during our regular service hours (Eastern Time):

| Day | Service Hours |
|-----|--------------|
| Monday-Friday | 4:15 a.m. - 1:00 a.m. |
| Saturday | 5:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. |
| Federal Holidays | Same hours as the day the holiday occurs. |

If you need immediate assistance:

• You may call us Monday through Friday: 8:00AM - 7:00PM at: 1-800-772-1213
• If you are deaf or hard-of-hearing, call our toll-free TTY number: 1-800-325-0778

This of the website limitation is especially frustrating for me because I have a #Non24HourSleepWakeDisorder and an unpredictable schedule. It feels like the website is designed without thinking about people like me who need flexibility.
Has anyone else out there had similar issues with government services or other websites?
#Vent #Venting #Disability #ChronicIllness #Accessibility #DisabilityRights #InclusiveDesign #GovernmentServices #PublicServices
@disability@a.gup.pe @disability@beehaw.org @disabilityjustice @accessibility @chronicillness @spooniechat @spoonies

Calling all #WordPress users, especially those passionate about #Accessibility! I need advice: My current contact form on this page of my #Website (laniecarmelo.tech/connect-with…) is very basic. I'm using WPForms Lite, but improving it would require manually adding fields since advanced features are locked behind their premium plan.

I’ve tried the Fluent Forms plugin, but I didn’t find it accessible. Can anyone recommend a free, #Accessible contact form plugin that allows for creating more robust forms? Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

#Blogging #Tech #Technology #WebDevelopment #InclusiveDesign #WebAccessibility

Po dlouhém odkládání jsem se dnes dokopal k předělání webu naší "produkční skupiny"

gradefilm.cz

Možná toho budu litovat, ale sypte sem připomínky. Díky!

#website #WordPress #Elementor #gradefilm

Anyone thinking about starting their own blog this year?

I thought I'd share my DigitalOcean referral link that gives you $200 to spend within the first 60 days:

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#indieweb #website #NotAnAd #referral

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But on the other hand (see toot above) I am interested by "fastest" at least you can advertise that this is the #fastest ;) I'll have to take a closer look at @gohugoio again and get to grips with it one way or another.

«Hugo: The world’s fastest framework for building #website's»

⚙️ gohugo.io

The world’s fastest framework for building websites

^gohugo.io

«Eleventy, a simpler static #site generator»

I don't know it (yet) but @eleventy it seems to be a modern solution for smaller #website's. What I've read about #11ty on 11ty.rocks so far is exciting, do you know it and what do you think of it: Would you also use this for customers who are absolute #web laymen and may also have special requests?

🦝 11ty.dev

11ty Rocks!

A collection of Eleventy (11ty) starters, projects, plugins, and resources created by Stephanie Eckles (@5t3ph).

^11ty.rocks

I have a question regarding a semantic HTML construct, and I'd like to know what the current consensus is (if there is one). So here goes:

Should navigation links be placed in an unordered list in a <nav>?

The spec doesn't recommend anything, but examples from MDN (developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do…) and WHATWG (html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage…) consistently use lists unless the contents are written in prose. Is this still the preference more broadly?

I have some other questions in this area. Safari removes list semantics if you remove the bullets (with exceptions, such as if the list is a child of "nav"), due to alleged "list-itis". At what point do lists become inappropriate? If I have a list of blog posts, and I format them as cards, with a heading, publish date, summary, and an image, is that too much content for each <li>?

Also, MDN and WHATWG point out not all links should be contained in navs (such as footer links), and "nav" should instead signal major blocks of navigation links. Would my prior example of a list of blog posts count as a major block? Should I enclose my list of blog posts in a nav? Does that extend to all section, category, and tag pages listing pages in that section/category/tag?

Feel free to respond if you have opinions, but keep it civil, and boosts are appreciated.

#HTML #semanticHTML #WebDev #website #accessibility #a11y

: The Navigation Section element - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

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#website

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youtu.be/usfiAsWR4qU?t=7

Händel Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus

Georg Friedrich Händel - Oratorio - Messiah, HWV 56Part 2, No. 44 ChorusHallelujah ChorusPerformed by The English Concert & ChoirHallelujah, for the Lord God...

^YouTube

One of the great things about coming over to Mastodon has been raising my awareness of alt text for images.

Including this by default when uploading files is a great move. Not only is it better for accessibility on this platform, but it upskills people on how to do this creating content elsewhere online.

One of the best resources I have found and can highly recommend is this webpage from Harvard: accessibility.huit.harvard.edu…

#mastodon #accessibility #website #AltText

Write good Alt Text to describe images

Alternative (Alt) Text is meant to convey the “why” of the image as it relates to the content of a document or webpage. It is read aloud to users by screen reader software, and it is indexed by search engines.

^{accessibility.huit.harvard.edu}