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Don’t leave users guessing: why query loops belong in lists

22.09.2025

Building accessible websites starts with clean HTML. In this article from the Greyd Series, we look at why query loops should use lists, how the Post Slider Variation makes this possible, and how the right structure improves navigation for all users.

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The silent sales killer on your site

17.06.2025

Your site looks polished, your funnel is solid, yet conversions lag behind. Often, it’s not the design or the offer, but an invisible accessibility issue quietly breaking the flow for users who rely on assistive tech. You won’t see it in your layout, but you will in your numbers.

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The e-commerce industry’s billion-pound mistake

04.03.2025

In 2019, in the UK, E-commerce businesses lost £17.1 billion yearly to inaccessible websites. With disabled shoppers holding £24.8 billion in spending power, accessibility isn’t optional. It’s a competitive advantage.

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GSAP animations and accessibility: yes, you can have both!

02.03.2025

Many designers believe accessibility means saying goodbye to animation, but that’s far from the truth. With GSAP, you can create stunning, accessible motion that respects user preferences while keeping your designs engaging.

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Is there life after page builders?

07.05.2024

It’s this question that I asked myself about two years ago when I began researching to see if I could find another solution to efficiently build accessible, sustainable websites for my customers.

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Greyd, the redesign and relaunch

03.04.2024

Greyd did an exceptional job on relaunching their site! The incredible agency growth potential Greyd.Suite offers is apparent at first glance.

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Elementor Anchor Link Accessibility Issue and Fix

10.01.2024

This is the smooth scroll accessibility workaround for Elementor. At this point in time (January 2024) Elementor has not been able to fix it, which may be related to backwards compatibility. But now YOU can do it right on your site!

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Making the GREYD.SUITE menu accessible

04.10.2023

On the day we started this project, Jakob and I walked through the greyd.de site using keyboard navigation and a screen reader (voice over, on Mac) and tripped over the menu.

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Greyd.Suite improves on alt text

18.09.2023

An improvement that enables you to create a more accessible experience for your visitors, and to really improve on SEO, instead of only appeasing score taking analysis tools!

From left to right: Thomas Koschwitz, Anne-Mieke Bovelett and Jakob Trost. All three are wearing dark gray sweatshirts with a white version of the GREYD logo.

The journey of making GREYD theme accessibility-ready

25.03.2023

A contact request from Thomas Koschwitz on LinkedIn, a year ago, marked the start of an accessibility love affair. This site runs on the GREYD block theme, and we’re publicly sharing the journey of making it fully accessible. It’s a work in progress.

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Low color contrast is like a faint but lingering bad smell

29.05.2022

Often it’s hard to convince people with 20/20 vision why contrast is so important on their sites. Here’s an easy-to-understand analogy of how bad color contrast results in people leaving a web shop or site.

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Accessibility Advocate Humor

28.04.2022

There are days when I want to scream, curse and morph into an acid oozing dragon to torch the bliss out of some people’s ignorance. But getting angry never works. Humor does.

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Why I have affiliate links on my site – full disclosure

27.04.2022

Are you wondering why I have affiliate links on this site? I already sponsor and donate to open source developers and accessibility activists. With affiliate commission earned, I can go beyond my personal limits, and donate more!

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ADHD is my superpower

27.04.2022

This is one of the facts that I don’t have to apologize for: I have ADHD, and it’s actually one of the qualities that makes me successful at what I do.

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About accessible coding in general

19.04.2022

Often heard: “There’s so much to learn about accessible code, I don’t even know where to start.” As your accessibility mentor I will guide you in such a way that you will always know where to start, in any project.

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Accessible design is profitable design

18.04.2022

A great online shopping experience makes happy returning customers! And that’s best explained by examples of a bad experience. Let me take you on a little journey of examples in daily life.

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Why captioning videos is beneficial in more than one way

18.04.2022

The difference between closed captions and open captions, is that the latter are auto-generated, lack punctuation (which sucks for anyone following your video with audio off) and you miss out on a massive SEO opportunity: closed captions are indexed.

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Accessibility with Elementor – Social Icons widget

18.04.2022

The social sharing icons widget in Elementor is a comfortable way to quickly add in the symbols of your social media channels, and their links. You can make these accessible by adding aria-labels in the attributes field.

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What triggered my journey into online accessibility

12.04.2022

In short: it was an emotional tweet by the daughter of a blind father. Five short lines that catapulted me into wanting to learn all about online accessibility. In that process, I realized that the online world needs accessibility made accessible to the people who, directly or indirectly, can make online accessibility happen.

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Elementor User Power on GitHub

24.03.2022

A short pointer how to report your feature request or your bug report effectively to Elementor. GitHub is THE place where we, as a community, really get to flex our muscles towards Elementor. And it’s not happening nearly enough.

About accessible content in general

18.04.2021

Accessible content is content without barriers. If it is accessible to people without having to jump through hoops with or without their assistive technology, it is also accessible to search engines!

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Accessible Social Sharing Plugin

11.04.2021

At this time (April 2021) the Share Links widget in Elementor Pro is not (yet!) fully accessible. Here’s a great alternative plugin for you to use!

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How To Make A € 50.000 Website Crappy With Just One Plugin

07.03.2021

What if you think your site is like a Mercedes SLK, but when you look closer, door handles are missing, and the wheels are square. That’s what it is, when it’s not designed, coded and populated with accessibility in mind.

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No message, no effort = no connection!

11.04.2020

Have you ever been successful in connecting with someone at a business event, simply by mindlessly throwing your business card in their face? I don’t think so.

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Why Functional Design Matters

12.03.2020

A proper Functional Design, for any online project, prevents exceeding budgets, unwanted dependencies, and it’s an important tool for expectation management!