Comments on: Simplish version 2.1.9 http://simplish.pomfolio.com/dev/2009/05/26/simplish-219/ is a kind of Scribbish Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:29:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: josh http://simplish.pomfolio.com/dev/2009/05/26/simplish-219/comment-page-/#comment-84 josh Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:14:38 +0000 http://labs.utopian.net/blogs/simplish/?p=92#comment-84 After <a>Brianna</a> enlightened me a bit on the <a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/" rel="nofollow">WAI-ARIA</a> proposals, I finally had time to get some education on the specifics of the <code>role</code> attribute. While the W3C validator will flunk the <code>role</code> attribute, several other validators tentatively accept the proposed additions. The unofficially-declared WordPress preference is for <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9408" rel="nofollow">accessibility over validation</a>, so Simplish will follow that. The <code>role</code> attribute will remain in Simplish via the core engine's <em>get_search_form</em>. If the resulting no-go at the W3C validator is a major problem at your site, you can override the default search form through several fairly well-known options, some of which are hinted at in <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10108" rel="nofollow">this thread</a>. After Brianna enlightened me a bit on the WAI-ARIA proposals, I finally had time to get some education on the specifics of the role attribute.

While the W3C validator will flunk the role attribute, several other validators tentatively accept the proposed additions. The unofficially-declared WordPress preference is for accessibility over validation, so Simplish will follow that.

The role attribute will remain in Simplish via the core engine’s get_search_form. If the resulting no-go at the W3C validator is a major problem at your site, you can override the default search form through several fairly well-known options, some of which are hinted at in this thread.

]]> By: josh http://simplish.pomfolio.com/dev/2009/05/26/simplish-219/comment-page-/#comment-83 josh Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:06:03 +0000 http://labs.utopian.net/blogs/simplish/?p=92#comment-83 Discussion of the invalid attribute <code>role</code> is <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/280103" title="WordPress forums" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Discussion of the invalid attribute role is here.

]]> By: josh http://simplish.pomfolio.com/dev/2009/05/26/simplish-219/comment-page-1/#comment-82 josh Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:04:57 +0000 http://labs.utopian.net/blogs/simplish/?p=92#comment-82 A known issue in Simplish v2.1.9 with WordPress ≥2.8 is that the <em>get_search_form</em> function produces output using a <code>role</code> attribute not yet valid for XHTML 1.0. <code>Role</code> is apparently part of (the stillborn?) XHTML 2. So pages will fail most validators because of the search box in the sidebar. No fix or change is planned for this issue. It will be remedied upstream in the core WordPress code. A known issue in Simplish v2.1.9 with WordPress ≥2.8 is that the get_search_form function produces output using a role attribute not yet valid for XHTML 1.0. Role is apparently part of (the stillborn?) XHTML 2.

So pages will fail most validators because of the search box in the sidebar.

No fix or change is planned for this issue. It will be remedied upstream in the core WordPress code.

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