WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: recommendations for developers

for

From: Mallory
Date: May 24, 2019 12:49AM

Hi Sarah,
This may be interesting for me. I did front-end development for years and
lately have spent my time doing accessibility audits, as a freelancer.

cheers,
Mallory

On Tue, May 21, 2019, at 10:16 PM, Sarah Ferguson wrote:
> Hi Birkir,
>
> Hi TJ
>
> The bulk of our content runs on templates through a CMS, however we have
> some smaller legacy sites that are not compliant and need updating. In many
> cases the site creators are long gone. For the most part these are fairly
> basic html, however some do have a bit more going on, for example elements
> using javascript and jquery. Right now we are trying to come up with a plan
> for these sites with the administration. I'm trying to do a little prep
> work in case they turn to us and say "hire someone." I'm looking for
> someone who can take notes like "headings do not follow logical structure"
> and run with it, instead of having to be told which <H> level each heading
> should be - that kind of thing. At the moment I'm just collecting names of
> people we could contact to explore this further in the future, if/when we
> are told to do so.
>
> As for time commitment, it is hard to say at this point, but I should know
> more in the coming weeks.
>
> Hope that is enough to go on.
>
> Best,
> Sarah
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 4:12 PM Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > What kind of projects are you considering, how much approximate time
> > commitment?
> > I work with a bunch of developers and they are all learning a lot
> > about accessibility, some of them may be considering some freelance
> > work from time to time.
> >
> >
> > On 5/21/19, Sarah Ferguson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > > Hi Everyone
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a freelance developer they would recommend? I'm
> > looking
> > > for people who are knowledgeable about accessibility, so I wouldn't have
> > to
> > > do too much hand holding when asking them to work on projects.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sarah
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Work hard. Have fun. Make history.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >