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From: Dean Hamack
Date: Tue, Jan 06 2009 1:30PM
Subject: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?
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Hi Folks,

Finally found a good way to build a theme switcher that doesn't rely on js.
I've noticed several calls on the WordPress forum for a high contrast theme,
so I figured I would wrap it into one I'm building, and offer it for public
download.

I figure I'd place the link in the upper right hand corner, just above the
site search box. Since I want people to be able to switch back to the
default theme if they want, I figured I'd create a select menu for
switching. My question is, how do you think I can best word the label and
select menu text.

Is a label that says "change theme" with options of "high contrast" and
"default" easily understood?

From: Karl Groves
Date: Tue, Jan 06 2009 2:05PM
Subject: Re: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?
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Dean,

Have you considered that perhaps folks who *need* high contrast would
already have either modified their desktop settings or employed assistive
technology on their computer which handles this for them?

Regardless, to answer your question, I think your options of "High Contrast"
and "Default" are fine.

More importantly, IMO, is to just ensure that the default theme already
contains sufficient contrast to begin with.

Karl

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> Subject: [WebAIM] Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher
> link?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Finally found a good way to build a theme switcher that doesn't rely on
> js.
> I've noticed several calls on the WordPress forum for a high contrast
> theme,
> so I figured I would wrap it into one I'm building, and offer it for
> public
> download.
>
> I figure I'd place the link in the upper right hand corner, just above
> the
> site search box. Since I want people to be able to switch back to the
> default theme if they want, I figured I'd create a select menu for
> switching. My question is, how do you think I can best word the label
> and
> select menu text.
>
> Is a label that says "change theme" with options of "high contrast" and
> "default" easily understood?
>
>
>

From: Dean Hamack
Date: Tue, Jan 06 2009 2:35PM
Subject: Re: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?
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Hi Karl,

The idea to do it came from posts like these:

http://www.timobrienphotos.com/2008/11/call-for-a-high-contrast-wordpress-th
eme/

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/154988

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/151576

If people who needed high contrast were already covered, I'm guessing people
wouldn't be asking for high contrast themes and theme switchers.



On 1/6/09 1:02 PM, "Karl Groves" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> Dean,
>
> Have you considered that perhaps folks who *need* high contrast would
> already have either modified their desktop settings or employed assistive
> technology on their computer which handles this for them?
>
> Regardless, to answer your question, I think your options of "High Contrast"
> and "Default" are fine.
>
> More importantly, IMO, is to just ensure that the default theme already
> contains sufficient contrast to begin with.
>
> Karl

From: M Akram Danish
Date: Wed, Jan 07 2009 9:50PM
Subject: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?
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Hi,

It is not that a person always use his / her own computer that is setup according to his / her own needs. We access Internet from public computers, also.

so as far as I can think having an option on screen is good idea. not only for contrast but also for the font size option as many people don't know they can enlarge the text from the browser menu. We can add the instruction how to do that from menu but, on screen option are much quicker and easy for user.

Akram
www.danishkadah.org.pk

From: Keith Parks
Date: Thu, Jan 08 2009 1:10PM
Subject: Re: Recommended text for high contrast theme switcher link?
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On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Dean Hamack wrote:

> Is a label that says "change theme" with options of "high contrast"
> and
> "default" easily understood?

On Jan 8, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Dean Hamack wrote:
> Hi Randy,
>
> Initially, I am making the theme switcher part of a Wordpress theme.
> I'm
> sure it could be built into a Joomla plugin as well. I have some
> friends who
> work with Joomla a lot. Perhaps I can get them to help with the
> project.
> I'll keep everyone on the list posted.

While I imagine the term "theme" is understood by those folks building
content in Wordpress, I'm not sure that it has much meaning to average
*visitors* to the pages.

Maybe something more specific/direct, like "change text/background
colors"? If those are the aspects of the theme that would change.

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