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

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 devs(a)xwiki.org http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs