http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Sun, 26 May 2013 03:02:20 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-menu-change-the-default-mouseover-text-description#post-5550 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:54:23 +0000 Technokinetics 5550@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi Manuel,</p> <p>As you asked, I just thought I'd offer an explanation of this: "Remove title attributes from Page lists completely (generally improves accessibility)".</p> <p>Title attributes are accessed in different ways by different users, but should be used to offer advisory information about the elements for which they are set. So if you use an acronym (e.g. "FAQ"), you might use a title attribute to explain what it means ("Frequently Asked Questions").</p> <p>By default, WP gives every link in a Page list a title attribute that simply duplicates the link text. That isn't advisory information, it's redundant information.</p> <p>For most users, this isn't a problem, because the content of the title attribute only appears as a tool-tip when a link is hovered over, which is no big deal. However, for a visually impaired user using a screen reader that reads out the link text followed by the title attribute, the repetition of every link is likely to be annoying.</p> <p>It's therefore best to remove the default title attributes, and only restore them when you have some advisory information to attach to a link. Page Lists Plus lets you do this (among other things).</p> <p>I hope that explains why this feature is there.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>- Tim </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-menu-change-the-default-mouseover-text-description#post-4810 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:26:23 +0000 alx43 4810@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Thanks Manuel, problem solved </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-menu-change-the-default-mouseover-text-description#post-4803 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:33:32 +0000 Manuel 4803@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Another plugin to handle exactly that would be <a href="http://www.technokinetics.com/plugins/page-lists-plus/" title="Page Lists Plus WP plugin">Page Lists Plus</a>:</p> <ul> <li>Change the link text in Page lists to something other than a Page’s title</li> <li>Change the title attribute in Page lists to something other than a Page’s title</li> <li>Remove title attributes from Page lists completely (generally improves accessibility)</li> <li>Remove specified Pages from Page lists</li> <li>Unlink specified Pages in Page lists</li> <li>Add a “Home” link at the start of your Page lists</li> <li>Add a “Contact” email link at the end of your Page lists</li> <li>Add class=”first_item” to the first item in your Page lists (useful if you want to use a Page list as a horizontal navigation menu with a separator image before all items except the first)</li> <li>Add a custom class to any list item in your Page lists (useful if you want some links to be styled differently from others)</li> <li>Add span tags inside all list items or anchors in Page lists (again, useful for styling)</li> <li>Redirect links in Page lists to an alternative url (so to add a non-Page link to your Page lists, just create a blank Page and redirect the link to wherever you want it to go)</li> <li>Add target=”_blank” to links in Page lists (so that they open a new browser window)</li> <li>Add rel=”nofollow” to links in Page lists (to tell search engines not to follow the link, usually for SEO purposes)</li> </ul> <p>Huh? Why? Not sure about that one:</p> <blockquote><p>Remove title attributes from Page lists completely (generally improves accessibility) </p></blockquote> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-menu-change-the-default-mouseover-text-description#post-4801 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:27:11 +0000 alx43 4801@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi Chris,<br /> I have the "All in one SEO pack" plugin installed and it gives me the option to add a different title to each page or post. When I put a descriptive page title using the plugin, the plugin automatically fills in the custom fields with the name "title" and the value of whatever title is. I checked the Wordpress codex and it explains that I also have to insert the line: &lt;?php the_meta(); ?&gt; into the loop - I assume that in this case is the loop of the Page Template - page.php, but the loop is not explicit in the page.php as it would be in a more basic theme (i.e. &lt;?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?&gt;)... Can you help me with this?<br /> Thanx, Alex </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-menu-change-the-default-mouseover-text-description#post-4727 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:35:32 +0000 Chris 4727@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>you could define a custom field for this and replace the title tag against the one listed in the custom field. Needs some experience in php and WordPress.</p> <p>Chris </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/thematic-menu-change-the-default-mouseover-text-description#post-4688 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:33:03 +0000 alx43 4688@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I just installed thematic without a child theme. I would like to put in a more detailed text - like a short description for each menu item. The default thematic text displayed on mouseover is the same as the page title (menu item name). How can I change this?<br /> Thanx, Alex </p>