pally is an accessibility-ready theme that helps you setting up an accessible blog. The name of this theme is a combination of the words all and a11y, the short form for accessibility. It is your pally for building a blog that is accessible for as many people as possible.
How to work with the theme
In order to help with setting up the theme, we put some info together.
Recommended settings
After installing the pally theme, setting the language you want and activating the starter content via the customizer, we recommend to go through the customizer thoroughly. We recommend the following settings:
- Make sure the title and tagline are readable if you are displaying them in the header area. Change the opacity to ensure good legibility.
- Build and insert a footer navigation using these recommended pages: Imprint, Data Protection, Accessibility Statement
- Colours: use the default colours (they have been optimised for accessibility) or choose colours with good contrasts./li>
- Choose to show go to top link
- Use a rather large font size
Recommended plugins
We recommend installing the following plugins:
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WP Accessibility
Please enter this id in the settings of the plugin where it says Toolbar location (optional): #a11yhelper - Accessibility Statement Generator: Helps to create an accessibility statement
Be accessible, stay accessible
We listed some information about creating good accessible content on our accessibility statement page over at our example blog installation.
Accessible blog by points – the digital agency
Widgets
We are using the new block based widgets editor. It is possible using the old widget view by installing the plugin Classic Widgets, but because blocks are also used in the post and page editor and WordPress is heading into the direction of full page editing, this is not recommended.
If you want to insert a widget that has a headline, use a widget group. First, insert the widget Widget Group, then the block widget you want to use, and enter a headline for group.
The old widgets (Legacy Widgets) are still working, but shouldn’t be inserted into a widget group.
Footer Navigation
There is a predefined spot for a footer navigation in the widget area. Use it via Appearance – Widgets, and make sure to create a menu beforehand via Design – Menus.