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Re: New homepage for LUGNET part 2
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lugnet.admin.suggestions
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Sun, 3 Dec 2006 10:03:30 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Rene Hoffmeister wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm pleased to announce a first draft for the new LUGNET homepage. Before
> visiting the site, please note the following:
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> 1) The site is formatted using CSS. It means, the final page could look
> totally different than this example, without fiddling around with the Mark-Up
> (which is XHTML 1.0, btw). It's possible to provide different styles later,
> as well as user-defined homepages. XHTML and CSS both should are valid as
> checked via the W3C validators. Anyway, please report any syntax error so I
> can straighten it.
>
> 4) The site is designed to get rated "Triple-A" according to the WCAG (see
> here: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/>). Please, if you know people with
> disabilities, I would be [very] glad to hear about their opinion. But please
> note, that only the new homepage is designed considering WAI thus far, not
> any page behind the links (not yet)!
>
>
> PLMKWYT!
>
> Leg Godt!¬
> Rene
Hi Rene,
Nice improvement for Lugnet ! "Triple-A" accessibility, what a such target !
I like this new style, really refined.
I'll not comment the style itself 'cause I'm not a really good designer, but for
the technical part, some remarks :
- the page is not xhtml valid : there is a <div> and a <p> problem. The 'legend'
element should be used into a 'fieldset' element.
- about accessibility :
* the folding top stories are really disturbing. Someone who has difficulties
with a mouse would be disconcerted.
* all the 'a' elements have to have got a 'title' attribute
* the 'a' element for top stories are too long. Only the title would be
sufficient.
* the lists 'Popular newsgroup' and 'helpful links' are not semanticly correct.
For the first one, you mix titles of groups and subgroups. For the second one,
you mix questions and answers. For each case, two overleaped lists would be
better.
* you can add accesskey attributes which improve the navigation. Some common
values are :
** 0 : accessibility page ( which describe the policy of accessibility)
** 1 : home page
** 2 : jump to the content
** 3 : map site
** 4 : search field
** 5 : FAQ
** 6 : navigation help page
** 7 : contact
** 8 : Terms of use
** 9 : feedback
* Add more "Back to top of page" links (which can be hidden in css). Usually, a
such link should appear every 20 lines.
* What about a print stylesheet ? :)
Thank you for this big work.
Erik (FreeLUG co-webmaster)
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