wordpress.org (home page) should be completely accessible

[adamsilverstein]

Running the automated accessibility suite from tenon.io again the wordpress.org homepage, I discovered several easy to fix accessibiliy issues with the home page - here are the detailed results: ​http://goo.gl/mVYPo8

WordPress should strive to set the bar for accessibility by providing a completely accessible site! These are easy fixes, at least for the home page.

Here is a summary of the issues spotted by the scanner:

• Frames do not have titles (line: 176, col: 5 and line: 179, col: 5) - Frames must have titles which describe the content or purpose in the frame.
• Form element has no label (line: 56, col: 0) - Provide a label for all controls. This allows all users to understand the type of information expected in the field.

The scanner also reports one warning about the search input lacking help links, however this appears invalid because the form is very simple. Automated scanning only goes so far :)

Ultimately we should ensure that the entire site is accessible, fixing the home page is only a starting point.

[ocean90]

In 1794:

wp4.css: Add .screen-reader-text to hide content visually but not from screen readers.

see #735.

[ocean90]

Label to the search form was added in [dotorg10699]. The frames issue applies to the social buttons in the footer.

[ocean90]

In 1806:

Trac templates: Add a label to the search input field.

see ​#735.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Removing 'needs-patch' from components that are not open sourced yet, to help focus on tickets that actually need a patch.

[ocean90]

iframes fixed in [dotorg11464].