Final touch, getting rid of bar in footer
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Hello wordpress community, I have a question I hope somebody can help me resolve.
I am just about finished designing my wordpress blog via CSS but there is a lingering element from the original theme (Ocean Mist) that I cannot seem to locate in the code and get rid of. If you view my site and go to the very bottom, below the footer is a blue bar. I would like it to disappear and allow the orange bar to continue to the bottom.
I have scoured the code and it doesn’t appear to be a part of the footer itself.
If anybody has some advice it would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Alex~
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I can’t help you with that. I’m just weighing in as a visually challenged person, who is not color blind to tell you that the transparent overlay over the background renders the theme very poolur in terms of accessibility. Aside from making your site accessible to visually challenged readers, including those who are colorblind, did you know that:
(1.) An accessible website is more likely to be ranked well with the search engines than an inaccessible website;
(2.) By designing a colorblind accessible website, you are also targeting PDAs, 3G phones, iphones, notebooks, ipads, and similar technological devices that are used for web access. -
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Thanks dev! I didn’t realize that was a border… Good catch.
Timethief, what do you mean by “accessability”? I can understand your concern with readability, particularly with the visually impaired. But being that this site is meant to mirror our corporate site (mlkishigo.com) as well as the rest of our branding, the translucent panels are an element that must stay. But along the lines of your argument, I will be adjusting the typography to maximize readability.
Alex~
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Yay! I can now read your blog without going crazy trying to focus on the fonts that lacked contrast on the transparent overlay, which was overlaid over a gray swirly background.
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops strategies, guidelines, and resources to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.
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Thanks for the info on WAI. I will look into that.
Funny thing is that I haven’t made any changes to the site. I wonder if the visibility thing was an issue on your side? The layout is pretty simple black text in white 75% translucent panels with the image of traffic in the background. I didn’t think it was overly hard to read… but knowing my super 20/20 vision is better than most and do need to compensate for average eyes.
Thanks for the input
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When I first viewed this blog there was a blurry gray background traffic image with a translucent panel overlays. It was so busy and blurry it was hard to focus on. The next time I viewed it the background was gone – alleluia! I could read with ease. Now the blurry gray background traffic image is back again. :(
It’s not my computer. I had my husband and an employee who have excellent eyesight view the blog on this computer and on another one using FF 3.5.8 and IE7, and IE8. We are all artists. We voluntarily work with people who have disabilities and web accessibility is a big issue for us.
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Ok I see it is just your issue with the design of the site. I appreciate your input and have tried to make some adjustments with that in mind. (lightened the bg)
Conversely I have had a number of fellow designers look at it and they have all said it looks readable AND aesthetically pleasing.
Being that you’re a professional and “blog-tips blogger” I would recommend, with all due respect, you attempt to be a bit more diplomatic about how you approach people. I am the thick skinned type; but being a blogger myself and a self proclaimed “discourse-analyst” it’s my opinion that your tone may at times deter readers rather than attract them.
But again, thank you for the WAI info. I am sure it will be invaluable.
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I’m a professional librarian and paralegal researcher who is also an artist. I am self employed. I’m also an amateur blogger. I’m so sorry you didn’t really want to hear what I had to say. I give your feedback all the respect it deserves.
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My apologies, I didn’t mean to give the impression that I didn’t appreciate your feedback. I just wanted to impart an observation (as I see you post quite often to the forums) that may help you communicate better among the members.
I know tone doesn’t translate well across short posts, so I didn’t take it the wrong way, however your reply could have come across a bit condescending. But perhaps me airing that in the thread wasn’t the most tactful response either (guilty… and guilty again… where are the direct messages when you need em’?).
I look forward to your advice and seeing you around the forums.
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