Vincent Massol wrote: > Hi devs, > > Can I get some votes on whether we want to do this or not? > > So far I've only received a -0 from Marius but on a specific item and > not in general.
I'm +1 now. Thanks, Marius > > I'd like that we start working on this ASAP by doing the following: > - Execute the tests on XE pages > - Creating discrete jira issues whenever there are problems on pages, > small enough so that they can be tackled one by one > - Start fixing the issues > > Thanks > -Vincent > > On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > >> Hi devs, >> >> We've always tried to follow standards in the XWiki project. I'd >> like to propose that we start adhering to the WCAG ones to make >> XWiki even more accessible. >> >> The reason I'm proposing this is because XWiki SAS has been >> contacted by some Dutch organization promoting the usage of >> standards in Netherlands and they're interested in using XWiki for >> their site. As such they need that the wiki they use also follows >> the guidelines... They've found XWiki since it was one of the wikis >> out there that follows most closely the guidelines. >> >> This is our opportunity to meet the WCAG guidelines and go even >> beyond (since the Dutch guidelines go slightly further I believe, >> see http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english/guidelines/). We would be >> the first wiki to meet this! >> >> If we agree we'll need to find some ways to automate the execution >> of the verifications. Right now we can test pages using this >> validator: >> http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english/test/ >> >> I've started verifying this page: >> http://playground.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ >> >> Result: >> http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english/test/report/74721/179372/ >> >> >> Some examples of failing stuff: >> >> 1) Style attribute forbidden. Everything from CSS. >> >> Ex from home page: >> <div id="globallinks"> <form action="/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch" >> style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"> <div id="globalsearch"> <input >> id="globalsearchinput" type="text" name="text" value="search..." >> size="15" class="withTip"/><input class="button" value="Go" >> type="image" src="/xwiki/resources/icons/xwiki/search.png"/> </div> >> </form> </div> >> ... >> <div class="hidden" id="spSpaceCreateForm"><form action="/xwiki/bin/ >> view/Main/?xpage=create" method="post"> <div> <input name="tocreate" >> type="hidden" value="space"></input> <input class="panelinput" >> name="title" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='Space name'" >> onfocus="if(this.value=='Space name') this.value=''" >> style="margin:auto;" type="text" value="Space name"></input> <input >> type="submit" value="Create"></input> </div> </form> </div> >> ... >> <p style="font-size:0.75em;padding-left:8px;"><a href="/xwiki/bin/ >> inline/Panels/QuickLinks">(Edit this panel)</a></p> >> >> 2) Need to run CSS Level 2.1 validation. Lots of error. For ex on >> home page: http://bit.ly/4x9YlM >> 3) Apparently we made a mistake by choosing to have 2 H1 (one for >> title and for headers). "The document hierarchy contains more that >> one h1 tags .". >> >> Before going further I'd like to ensure that we all agree to follow >> these guidelines and put in our best practices (and ensure we verify >> with some automated tests later on). >> Here's my +1 >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
