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ABOUT CRO-MAR

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT CRO-MAR

 

About This Portfolio - Who I Am and Why I Built This Website

 

Services - Key Skills for Small Business Websites, My Background

 

Certifications - IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)

 

About Web Accessibility - Areas of Specialty, Basic Rules to Consider, Contact Call To Action

 

 

 

About This Portfolio

 

I am an independent contractor, and I developed this Cro-Mar.com website as my portfolio - to demonstrate my knowledge and skills, and to be used for seeking employment (remote only please). Note that I was working remotely before working remotely was a 'thing'.

 

You can use this portfolio website to test these pages for accessibility and for learning about web accessibility practices through experiencing the demos within this website.

Note:

The external websites I link to may have some work required for accessibility - they are forever in progress!

 

As I learn more, I'll make improvements to the pages in this site. Accessibility is not a once and done task!

 

 

Services

 

SMALL BUSINESS:


WordPress   Website Development
Database     Technical Writing
Marketing     Consulting

 

My background:

My name is Marian Cronin. I have over twenty years of experience as an IT web specialist. My professional background consists mostly of automation testing of websites, systems automation, and virtual testing lab administration.

I've focused my most recent training in the areas of web accessibility, front-end development and design using HTML5, CSS3, Javascript and PHP, MySQL database development, and search engine optimization. I am an IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist.

I desire remote-only, freelance work.

My key skills are:

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • WordPress®
  • WooCommerce
  • Shopify

 

My resume is available upon request.

 

 

Certifications

 

IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)

 

 

About Web Accessibility

 

With everything moving to digital platforms and given our population is aging, the need to provide accessibility to our ever increasing number of individuals with low-vision, motor control issues, and cognitive impairment, rises along with it.

 

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Did you know that all aspects of your website must be accessibility compliant, or you can be sued? An accessible website performs better for everyone - those without disabilities as well as those with! Cro-Mar.com can perform an audit of your public website and give recommendations
 

 

In addition, putting accessibility practices in place results in improving the experience for all users, those without disabilities as well as those with!

 

I specialize in consulting in these areas:

  • Retrofitting and modernizing your small business website for accessibility - Some resolutions are very simple to implement!
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  • Working accessibility into your design templates - Adding accessibility compliance features to your templates is the best way to avoid many of the common, simple issues encountered.
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  • Analyzing your webpages, or consulting on tools you can use to analyze your webpages - These are the same tools that if a website owner is being sued for non-compliance, lawyers representing either side can download and use to test the questionable site.
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  • Prioritizing your resolutions - Start with retrofitting the features which prevent a screen reader user from navigating your site or filling out your contact form.

 

Some basic rules considered:

Basic rules:

  • - Keep the visual design simple, and the content itself should also not be complicated.
  • - It should be clear where the focus is while tabbing with the keyboard to elements such as links and buttons, and follow a logical flow such as left to right and top to bottom.
  • - Text should NOT be prevented from being resized.
  • - Text should NOT overflow a container it is held within when just the text in the page is resized to 200%. The page should still retain the layout when only the browser text is resized.
  • - Elements should not overlap in the desktop browser when the page itself is resized up to 200%, and it is best when horizontal scrolling does not result when the page is resized.
  • - Provide ample space around clickable page elements.
  • - Look for ways to improve accessibility, because they can always be found!

 

 

The goal is to create completely keyboard accessible components (using native HTML5 where possible), and add just the right amount of semantic ARIA enhancements. This will ensure better accessibility considering that there will be increasing use of screen readers, magnification software, and other assistive technologies.

 

 

Here are the guidelines: WCAG standards Opens web content accessibility guidelines in a new window

 

Do you need an IAAP-certified Web Accessibility Specialist to perform an audit of your public website? Do you need an accessible small business website built, or do you need your existing small business website retrofitted for accessibility? Do you need transcripts for your videos written? If so, contact me!