Drupal CMS provides tools that empower you to optimize your site and content for accessibility. With one click, you can add additional accessibility tools that can help you evaluate and enhance the accessibility of your content.
By the end of this tutorial, you'll be able to:
- Install the Accessibility Tools add-on in Drupal CMS.
- Find and use the newly-added accessibility tools in the administrative toolbar and content editing pages.
Goal
Locate the features added to the administrative toolbar and content editing pages by the Accessibility Tools recommended add-on.
Back to topPrerequisites
Back to topInstall the Accessibility Tools add-on
- In the Drupal CMS admin toolbar, navigate to Extend (/admin/modules).
- Select the Recommended tab.
- Locate the Accessibility Tools add-on.
- Press the Install button for Accessibility Tools.
Drupal CMS will install and configure the following modules:
- Editoria11y
Try out the Editoria11y assistant
- In the Drupal CMS admin toolbar, navigate to Content (/admin/content).
- Locate the Accessibility Tools demo page content item in the list.
- Click the link to view the page, or choose the Edit option from the dropdown menu.
- In both cases, you’ll see an inline accessibility report with tips about how to improve the page content.
You can use the Editoria11y assistant in your custom content, too.
Back to topAccess content accessibility sitewide reports
- In the Drupal CMS admin toolbar, navigate to Reports > Content Accessibility (/admin/reports/editoria11y).
- Browse the report to identify, and fix, accessibility related issues with your site’s content.
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Back to topWrap-up
In this tutorial, we installed the Accessibility Tools recommended add-on which added features you can use to optimize your content for accessibility. After enabling it, you’ll find the Editoria11y assistant available to content editors both when viewing, and editing, pages on your site.
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