On Nov 10, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Vincent Massol wrote:

>
> On Nov 5, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:
>
>> On 11/04/2009 03:09 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
>>>
>>> On Nov 4, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok the vote is passed.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sarting to work on it:
>>>> - 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
>>>> - I'll flag issues with the "wcag" keyword in jira
>>>>
>>>> However for the implementation work (ie fixing the jira issues)  
>>>> I'll
>>>> need all devs' help.
>>>
>>> I've started documenting our rules (what we've agreed at so far -  
>>> will
>>> keep adding as we agree on rules) at:
>>> - http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/XhtmlCssCodeStyle
>>
>> We should also follow the ATAG guidelines:
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php
>
> I think we should focus on WCAG first and look at this later on so  
> that we have a chance of finishing something :)
>
> Re WCAG I've found this other checker:
> http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php

Ok found another one which is by far the best I have found so far. The  
webstart app is cool:
http://www.tawdis.net/taw3/descargas/jws/es/taw3.jnlp

Online: http://www.tawdis.net/ingles.html?lang=en

-Vincent

> Seems like it's giving some different result than the Dutch  
> Guidelines checker (it allows to test against WCAG 1.0 and 2.0 and  
> with the different levels).
>
> Still haven't found a java source for automated WCAG tests though.  
> Still looking...
>
> -Vincent
>
>>> - 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

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