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From: Joseph K O'Connor
Date: Apr 19, 2013 1:17PM

Whitney,

I recommend WP Accessibility by Joe Dolson. Among other things it fixes the "Read more" links. I also recommend using short titles, but that is a religious issue I won't debate here.

http://www.joedolson.com/articles/wp-accessibility/

Thanks,

Joseph

On Apr 19, 2013, at 6:25 AM, Whitney Quesenbery < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm working on a site being built in WordPress. Posts are displayed in a
> pretty normal way:
>
>
> [LINK] Title of the Article
> By [LINK] Author
> Extract text about 25 words long [LINK] Read more
>
>
> The problem is the repeated "Read more" links
>
> The obvious solution is to change them to be the text of the article title,
> but the titles are long (mostly 8-10 words). That makes them both visual
> and auditory clutter.
>
> I could just remove the links entirely. The position of the link is the
> right one: immediately after the information about the article has been
> presented.
>
> Putting the title text in a TITLE attribute won't work because most screen
> readers ignore it.
>
> Are there any other ideas/tricks for how to customize this link so that it
> does not repeat AND does not clutter up a the presentation?
>
>
> If it makes a difference, the site is for design/IT/usability professionals
>
> --
> Whitney Quesenbery
> www.wqusability.com | @whitneyq
>