Re: [xwiki-devs] [VOTE] Following Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [SUMMARY]

On 11/04/2009 03:09 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: We should also follow the ATAG guidelines: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php

> - http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Testing > > Thanks > -Vincent > >> On Nov 2, 2009, at 10:41 AM, 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'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