Webnet is a voluntary organization for any affiliate of the University of California, Berkeley campus who:

Meetings

Webnet will meet three times this academic year

Noon - 1p.m.

All meetings for 2022-2023 will be virtual (Zoom)

Webnet Calendar

Webnet Meetings for 2022 - 2023

October 4, 2022 - Migrating from a hand-coded HTML site to WordPress

Case study of migrating the Cal Performances marketing site to WordPress.  Project evolution, theme selection, migration process, and challenges to be discussed. 


Presenter: Lynn Zummo, New Technology Coordinator at Cal Performances, and Gerrit Brands, GJB Interactive (WordPress developer/consultant)

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February 7, 2023 - Using Siteimprove to improve a website's accessibility score 

Find out how the Library used Siteimprove, along with an overall accessibility mindset, to launch their redesigned website with an improved accessibility score. 


Presenter: Jesse Loesberg, Web Designer, Library Communications

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May 2, 2023 - Manual Testing for Accessibility: Anyone can (and should) do it! 

We talk a lot about Siteimprove for accessibility testing, and Siteimprove is a great tool . . . but it’s an automated tool, and automation only catches between 30% and 50% of accessibility issues. For the rest, you need to test manually. But don’t worry! With just a few basic skills and concepts, you’ll be able to perform manual accessibility tests to address keyboard pitfalls, screen reader gaps, and color contrast issues that most automated tools will miss.


Presenter: Jesse Loesberg, Web Designer, Library Communications

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