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	<title>Accessible Themes &#187; web standards</title>
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		<title>Why aren&#8217;t other Wordpress Templates accessible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accessibility FAQs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some are &#8211; but most designs would admit that it would be fair to say that this is often more luck than judgement. Designers are starting to realise how important  web standards are but often mistake these standards as guaranteeing disabled accessibility. Sadly, they don&#8217;t.  In fact sometimes, WC3 they directly contradict the needs of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some are &#8211; but most designs would admit that it would be fair to say that this is often more luck than judgement. Designers are starting to realise how important  <a title="web standards" href="http://www.w3.org/">web standards</a> are but often mistake these standards as guaranteeing disabled accessibility. Sadly, they don&#8217;t.  In fact sometimes, WC3 they directly contradict the needs of disabled people which is why they have been trying to make new ones for nearly ten years now.</p>
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<p>However, some of the basic design elements that are used by almost all wordpress templates, such as fixed widths, table-based layout, using headings and inline code for visual styles all make wordpress sites (and all other community, open source blogs) sadly very inaccessible.   Many designers learned their trade long before the blogs and social networking exploded onto the scene and simply don&#8217;t realsie how old style (and by old we mean 1990&#8217;s!) coding causes problems for both newer browsers, hardware and for disabled people.</p>
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		<title>Why are Accessible Themes different to other Wordpress themes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accessible Themes have three main elements that make them different

They are written to web standards but also employ multiple visible and &#8216;behind the scenes &#8216; aids that allow users with disabilities access to your information and/or service and products
All our themes are tested by REAL people &#8211; both able bodies and disabled.  Although we use [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Accessible Themes have three main elements that make them different</p>
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<li>They are written to <a title="web standards " href="http://www.w3.org/">web standards </a>but also employ multiple visible and &#8216;behind the scenes &#8216; aids that allow users with disabilities access to your information and/or service and products</li>
<li>All our themes are tested by REAL people &#8211; both able bodies and disabled.  Although we use some automated testing when checking our sites meet the HIGHEST access standards, we also actually test them ALL individually.</li>
<li>All our themes have also been tested on everything we can lay our hands on &#8211; from the most beaten up pc with a small crappy monitor to the most state-of-the-art phone with web &#8216;n&#8217; walk and small screen rendering. Accessibility for disabled people also means you website will work everywhere  and on everything! </li>
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