/access-genesis

My first attempt at an accessible Genesis Child Theme - based on Leiden Theme - https://github.com/RRWD/leiden

Primary LanguageCSS

Leiden

Contributors: rianrietveld Tags: Tags: accessibility-ready, accessible-ready, WCAG, Genesis, web standards, a11y Requires at least: 3.8 Tested up to: 3.8.1 Stable tag: 1.0 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

WCAG 2.0 AA accessible child theme created for the Genesis Framework.

== Accessible Genesis Child theme ==

Version 1.0.0

== Description ==

Do you need an accessible WordPress theme right out of the box? Take a look at Leiden, an accessible child theme for the Genesis Framework and the plugin Genesis Accessible.

Leiden and Genesis Accessible together provide you with a WCAG 2.0 AA accessible-ready WordPress website.

== So what do you need ==

  • WordPress: First of all: have a recent version WordPress (http://www.wordpress.org) installed, preferably version 3.8 or higher. Also take a look at the requirements for WordPress (http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
  • Genesis Framework: The Leiden child theme and the plugin Genesis Accessible are written for the Genesis framework version 2.0 or higher. This excellent framework is not free, but doesn’t cost much and is totally worth the money. You can buy and download it at studiopress.com, you only need the basic framework (http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/).
  • The plugin Genesis Accessible (for the time being here at the GitHub).
  • The Genesis child theme Leiden (https://github.com/RRWD/leiden.git).

== Installation ==

  • Install WordPress (http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress) or download it in the version of your language.
  • Install the Genesis Framework version 2.0.1 or higher (http://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/)
  • If your site is in another language than English: install and activate the plugin Genesis Translations http://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-translations/
  • Install and activate the Genesis child theme Leiden
  • Install and activate the plugin Genesis Accessible
  • Go in the Dashboard to Genesis → Accessibility Settings and select the options you want to add.
  • Go to the Dashboard to Genesis → Theme Settings and select Content Archives: Display post content and Limit content to the amount of characters you want (e.g. 500)
  • Go to the Dashboard to Genesis → SEO Settings and uncheck "Use semantic HTML and section thoughout site?"

== Support and documentation ==

Look for support and documentation on http://genesis-accessible.org

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =

  • First release