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[Jackie McBride]

Thanks, Marius. IMO, there's really no excuse for this, because,as you
know, accessibility standards have been around a long time now, & it
seems to me they've simply chosen not to comply w/them. But I'll see
if I can find an accessible irc. Many of them are old & don't work
well w/present technology.

On 5/27/15, Marius Jensen <funman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll chime in here real quick from observing accessibility with Slack.
>
> Seems they are really struggling with screen readers and the recommended
> approach last I saw was to use the irc gateway so that a normal irc client
> can be used to connect as they work really well with readers.
>
> There are instructions on how to use the gateway on the
> make.wordpress.org/chat page, but we would of course be more than happy to
> help with the setup if you have any issues or concerns.
>
> On Thu, 28 May 2015 01:59 Kathryn Presner <zoonini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Jackie - I never did get a reply back from my friend who works at
>> Slack about your screen reader issues, but I'm willing to give it
>> another try. It pains me to hear how it still just won't work for you.
>> Would you give the app another try and let me know if it still doesn't
>> work, and send me all the details about your setup, i.e. OS version,
>> browser version (or if you're using the standalone app, what version),
>> etc.? I'll see if I can get anywhere this time.
>>
>> kp
>>
>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello, Mika.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately, as I indicated to James Huff in an earlier post
>> > regarding this, Slack locks my screen reader up hard, requiring a
>> > reboot. I wish I could use it, but the 1 & only time I tried, the
>> > results were pretty undesirable, to say the very least--& that's the
>> > really polite & extremely edited version. I suppose I should go up &
>> > try again, justifying doing so that they may have made changes, but
>> > somehow I can't help but think that the definition of insanity, i.e.,
>> > doing the same thing & expecting different results likely still
>> > applies. So unfortunately for me, this is pretty much the only way I
>> > have at present to communicate w/other volunteers, unless you have
>> > another idea, which I'd gratefully accept.
>> >
>> > On 5/27/15, Mika Epstein <ipstenu at halfelf.org> wrote:
>> >> This email is not for support, but for people who give support to
>> >> communicate (though we do generally use Slack these days).
>> >>
>> >> That said:
>> >>
>> >> a) Yes, 2010 is fine though make sure he updated it to the latest
>> version.
>> >>
>> >> b) Really fast, try changing the theme (in the db, wp_siteID_options,
>> edit
>> >> template and stylesheet to 2015 or whatever).
>> >>
>> >> ——
>> >> Mika E. (実佳) aka Ipstenu
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On May 27, 2015, at 6:53 AM, Jackie McBride <abletec at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi, all. I wanted to see if anyone happened to have any ideas
>> >>> regarding the forum topic in the subject line. The site url is:
>> >>> www.soutarwriters.co.uk
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm not as much an expert on multisite as I'd like, but I responded to
>> >>> this gentleman because no one else had for several days. In essence,
>> >>> he's getting 504 errors when he tries to log into his dashboard.
>> >>>
>> >>> He's running the current version of WordPress, but the 2010 theme.
>> >>> Server error logs are not available due to hosting provider's
>> >>> policies. I had him set the debug line in wp-config.php to true. He
>> >>> reset this, so I can't show you what I saw (I did ask him to reset it
>> >>> again in case anyone might like a look), but, in essence, even before
>> >>> the doc type statement, was an error about add_option being depricated
>> >>> on line 3510 of wp-includes/functions.php. I've seen that error in
>> >>> association w/custom scripts, etc., but generally not the first thing
>> >>> out of the box.
>> >>>
>> >>> So I guess I'm wondering:
>> >>> a) Does 2010 still work w/the current version of WP?
>> >>> b) Does anyone have any other ideas? I guess I'm a bit concerned,
>> >>> given where that message appeared, as to the possibility of a site
>> >>> compromise, but I know that since that's where my expertise tends to
>> >>> lie, I might be focussing too narrowly, i.e., when you specialize in
>> >>> hammers, everything looks like a nail.
>> >>>
>> >>> Appreciate anyone's input. Everyone have a blessed day, please!
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Jackie McBride
>> >>> Author of the Upcoming Book
>> >>> "Beyond Baffled: the Technophobe's Guide to Creating a Website"
>> >>> www.brighter-vision.com Where Visionaries & Technology Unite
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>> >>> www.screenreaderscripting.com
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Jackie McBride
Author of the Upcoming Book
“Beyond Baffled: the Technophobe’s Guide to Creating a Website”
www.brighter-vision.com Where Visionaries & Technology Unite
Jaws Scripting training
www.screenreaderscripting.com