We are happy to present a new update release of JM Commune Offices Joomla public institution template. It comes with improvements for WCAG and ADA compatibility and bug fixes. Let's take a closer look at the most interesting of them.
WCAG 2.1 improvements
We have implemented some of WCAG 2.1 guidelines which are officially recommended from June 2018. Let's see them.
- Added autocomplete attributes for fields in Registration, Login and Single Contact according to Success Criterion 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose
The purpose of each input field collecting information about the user can be programmatically determined when:
- The input field serves a purpose identified in the Input Purposes for User Interface Components section
- The content is implemented using technologies with support for identifying the expected meaning for form input data.
- Added button "Readable text" in WCAG font buttons to add letter-spacing: 0.12em and word-spacing: 0.16em to BODY according to Success Criterion 1.4.12 Text Spacing
In content implemented using markup languages that support the following text style properties, no loss of content or functionality occurs by setting all of the following and by changing no other style property:
- Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;
- Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;
- Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;
- Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.
Exception: Human languages and scripts that do not make use of one or more of these text style properties in written text can conform using only the properties that exist for that combination of language and script.
- Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size according to Success Criterion 1.4.12 Text Spacing
In content implemented using markup languages that support the following text style properties, no loss of content or functionality occurs by setting all of the following and by changing no other style property:
- Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;
- Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;
- Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;
- Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.
Exception: Human languages and scripts that do not make use of one or more of these text style properties in written text can conform using only the properties that exist for that combination of language and script.
Other WCAG and ADA improvements
There are many other improvements for WCAG and ADA compatibility. Here is the full list:
- Added hover style to the linked image in slides of DJ-ImageSlider
- Changed anchors to buttons in the contrast/layout/font switcher for better compatibility with various accessibility validators
- Added link underlines for the default and night version
- Added focus style for .btn class (buttons)
- Changed icon for WCAG "Default font" button
New features and improvements
We have added a new feature and improvement:
- New template parameter to hide the Joomla-Monster.com footer link or replace it with own
- Improved debug messages in the error page
See the full list of changes in the templates' changelogs
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