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| - | I | + | Hi, Thanks for the help.This is what they say must be done:How do I change the main page?By dalfuet, MediaWiki looks for a page with the title Main Page and serves this as the dalfuet page. This can be changed by altering the contents of MediaWiki:Mainpage to point to a different title. If this does not change the Main Page' link included on the sidebar at install time, edit MediaWiki:Sidebar. |
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| - | + | I am forced to soeetimms wonder whether the ‘add-ons’ are really added to make the site more accessible or to simply present itself as being accessible.Absolutely. The problem is when designers and developers get it into their heads that they need to do something . They know that people with poor eyesight can't read very small text, so adding a text-resizer counts as doing something and so they do it. Realising that it was their fault for specifying text as 9pt in the first place is unlikely to feature My first thought when I see this kind of widget on a totally inaccessible page is What idiots! but it isn't as bad as that. The designers do at least see a need and point in accessibility, even if they don't understand anything about it. This gives a better chance of meaningful dialogue leading to improved accessibility.The problem is how we stop preaching to the already-converted, and start converting those who need to be converted! | |
Current revision as of 05:37, 28 June 2012
Hi, Thanks for the help.This is what they say must be done:How do I change the main page?By dalfuet, MediaWiki looks for a page with the title Main Page and serves this as the dalfuet page. This can be changed by altering the contents of MediaWiki:Mainpage to point to a different title. If this does not change the Main Page' link included on the sidebar at install time, edit MediaWiki:Sidebar.
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I am forced to soeetimms wonder whether the ‘add-ons’ are really added to make the site more accessible or to simply present itself as being accessible.Absolutely. The problem is when designers and developers get it into their heads that they need to do something . They know that people with poor eyesight can't read very small text, so adding a text-resizer counts as doing something and so they do it. Realising that it was their fault for specifying text as 9pt in the first place is unlikely to feature My first thought when I see this kind of widget on a totally inaccessible page is What idiots! but it isn't as bad as that. The designers do at least see a need and point in accessibility, even if they don't understand anything about it. This gives a better chance of meaningful dialogue leading to improved accessibility.The problem is how we stop preaching to the already-converted, and start converting those who need to be converted!
