Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
"Drupal Tables Filter Module" without the "summary table" tag- not barrier free, not w3c compliant, SEO deficient
The Drupal table module patch was developed for the Drupal Service Arlmedia project - international web presence for an orthopedic hospital in Freiburg, Germany. The international web presence of orthopedic Gelenk-Klinik Freiburg is implermented on Drupal 6.x .
We used the Drupal table module to develop a price list for orthopedic procedures .
We like the Drupal table module a lot: tables could be either directly edited in html, but that would in the long term be error-prone and not very intuitive.
For better handling, we opt for the table filter module http://drupal.org/project/tables. A handy little module that supports tables definition intuitively.
The Drupal Table Module however does not display the html table summary tag.
A summary of the table that is used by screen readers by blind persons to read a summary of the HTML table. Also, the summary will be used by search engines (SEO). Without summary tag a html table is not w3c validated.
To resolve these problems Arlmedia Drupal Service has developed a patch that implements the summary tag in the Drupal table module. The revised source code of the Drupal table module is on http://drupal.org/node/968612 to download and free use under the GPL.
How do I add the summary tag ?
The Summary Table can now be written to the head of the table:
[Table = js-table summary = "your_summary" first column | etc | etc
We used the Drupal table module to develop a price list for orthopedic procedures .
We like the Drupal table module a lot: tables could be either directly edited in html, but that would in the long term be error-prone and not very intuitive.
For better handling, we opt for the table filter module http://drupal.org/project/tables. A handy little module that supports tables definition intuitively.
The Drupal Table Module however does not display the html table summary tag.
A summary of the table that is used by screen readers by blind persons to read a summary of the HTML table. Also, the summary will be used by search engines (SEO). Without summary tag a html table is not w3c validated.
To resolve these problems Arlmedia Drupal Service has developed a patch that implements the summary tag in the Drupal table module. The revised source code of the Drupal table module is on http://drupal.org/node/968612 to download and free use under the GPL.
How do I add the summary tag ?
The Summary Table can now be written to the head of the table:
[Table = js-table summary = "your_summary" first column | etc | etc
"Drupal Tables Filter Module" ohne "table summary" Tag nicht barrierefrei / w3c konform / SEO gerecht
Die Drupal-Agentur Arlmedia hat den Auftrag für http://joint-surgeon.com, die internationale Webpräsenz, der Gelenk-klinik Freiburg, aufzusetzen. Als Basis der Webpräsenz entscheiden wir uns für Drupal 6. Zur übersichtlichen Bereitstellung von Preisen http://joint-surgen.com/node/11 setzen wir eine Tabelle ein. Tabellen könnte man zwar direkt in html editieren, aber das wäre bei der langfristigen Bearbeitung fehleranfällig und wenig intuitiv. Zur besseren Bearbeitung entscheiden wir uns für das Tables Filters Modul http://drupal.org/project/tables. Ein kleine praktische Modul, daß es ermöglicht Tabellen intuitiv zu setzen. Leider hat das modul einen Mangel an Barrierefreiheit und SEO. Es verzichtet auf den Table Summary Tag. Eine Zusammenfassung der Tabelle, die etwa von Screenreadern benutzt wird um Blinden eine Zusammenfassung der Tabelle vorzulesen. Auch von Suchmaschinen wird die Zusammenfassung verwendet. D.h. auch dort wird SEO verschenkt. Um diese Probleme zu beheben, habt unsere Drupal Agentur einen Patch entwickelt, der den Summary Tag implementiert. Die revidierte Fassung steht auf http://drupal.org/node/968612 zum Download und Nutzung unter der GPL zur Verfügung.
Wie lege ich den Summary Tag an?
Die Table Summary kann nun in den kopf der Tabelle geschrieben werden:
[table=js-table summary="your_summary" firstcolumn | etc | etc
Labels:
Barrierefrei,
DRUPAL MODUL,
GPL,
SEO,
W3C konform
Monday, March 15, 2010
"Cumulus" in Drupal: are animated tag clouds useful or just troublemakers?
There is some debate about the pros and cons of static and animated tag clouds.
Opponents see them as a waste of already scarce screen real estate for display of redundant information. Proponents of tag clouds see the tag clouds provide an X-ray image of a semantic depth: content behind static menus always has to be deducted in a logical - knowledge based - process within a hierarchical set of concepts. However tag clouds show an inductive way to the site-content.
Opponents see them as a waste of already scarce screen real estate for display of redundant information. Proponents of tag clouds see the tag clouds provide an X-ray image of a semantic depth: content behind static menus always has to be deducted in a logical - knowledge based - process within a hierarchical set of concepts. However tag clouds show an inductive way to the site-content.
Cumulus auf Drupal: Sind animierte Tag Clouds nützlich oder überflüssige Unruhestifter?
Es gibt viele Debatten über den Sinn und Unsinn von statischen und animierten Tag Clouds.
Die Gegner finden, dass auf dem ohnehin knappen Webseitenplatz kostbare Flächen für eigentlich redundante Informationen verschwendet werden.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Glossary Drupal Module Bug: When linked to "Nodes" "Glossary" Starts to link to "Taxonomy"
The Drupal module Glossary links to a "taxonomy" page instead of "glosssary" whenever other nodes are linked to one glossary term. This sudden change of linking behavior after adding nodes to a glossary term really makes no sense.
Drupal Glossar Modul Bug: sobald "Nodes" verknüpft sind erfolgt der Link nicht auf "Glossary" sondern auf "Taxonomy"
Das Drupal Glossar Modul verlinkt die Taxonomy-Seite, sobald Nodes an einen Begriff verknüpft sind. Das macht wirklich keinen Sinn.
Change Drupal 6 Glossary Search mode: Drupal 6 Module Glossary search terms as a "term"
Drupal Glossary looks for terms as "term". That produces quite a few false negative searches.
Labels:
drupal 6,
Glossary,
Modification,
Module,
Source
Drupal 6 Glossar Suchmodus ändern: Drupal 6 Glossar Modul sucht Begriffe als "term"
Die Suchfunktion des Glossarmdouls sucht per Default nur Begriffe in der höchsten Spezifität mit "term" (term = gesuchter Begriff).
Das führt zu vielen falsch negativen Suchen.
Das führt zu vielen falsch negativen Suchen.
Labels:
defaultsuche,
drupal 6,
Glossar,
Modifikation,
Suchfunktion
Aggregator module of the Drupal 6 core cuts feeds off after a maximum of 16 weeks
If you want to subscribe to the core module Drupal6 aggregator blogs such as as press releases or news feeds there is only a maximum of 16 weeks available.
Quite obviously the time periods are hard coded into the source code of Drupal. We will show you how to edit the source code of Drupal6 aggregator module in order to achieve a greater range of periods.
Labels:
Aggregator,
drupal 6,
rss-feed,
timelimit
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