[access-uk] Re: anyone on here who knows drupal very well?

  • From: Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:49:36 +0000

Hi Ian.
Right. lets see if we can pool resources then because i'm in the same boat as you. what theme are you using for your installs at present? and is the layout of your theme as i described i.e menu, search and bread crumb first? as i say i've already tried to adjust the block positioning to make them appear first in the adaptive and responsive-bartik themes to no avail. the menu's in the right place, but the search box and bread crumb are still after the main page content which is really annoying me even though i've set the positioning in the blocks. i know that other themes like the default bartik theme have the correct positioning the way i want it, so i know its possible. i just can't figure out why certain themes are behaving differently. surely responsive-bartik is the same as bartik but adjusted for a mobile friendly layout. that's the only thing i can think of. the themes are mobile friendly, but to make the theme mobile friendly content is moved around and but unintuitive for a screen reader... 

all the best,

Mo.


all the best,

Mo.

On 22/02/2015 19:37, Ian Macrae wrote:

Hi Mobeen, I use it on a regular basis.  Feel free to give me a try though I 
would say I’m a regular user not an expert.

On 22 Feb 2015, at 19:20, Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Everyone.

I've hit a problem which i can't seem to solve, despite searching on countless 
online forums and hope someone can help. I have been trying to find a 
responsive, accessible theme for drupal that works well on mobile devices as 
well as desktop layouts. I've found plenty of themes and tried a few, but i 
can't seem to make them operate the way i'd like. my current theme layout to a 
screen reader is as follows.
you have the skip to main content link, then the logo, then the main menu, then 
a search box, then the bread crum, then the main page content. but the current 
theme which is the default drupal bartik theme is not mobile friendly 
apparently. so i've been searching for an alternative.
whenever i switch to another theme, for example the adaptive theme, the menu 
stays the same, but the search box and you are here sections are placed below 
the main page content despite me specifying for them to be above the content 
area, in other words in the side bar. i'm told that visually the pages look 
fine, its just how the page is presenting to a screen reader. the BCAB website, 
(not a criticism), is a prime example. if we take my above example, its like 
its upside down. you have the main content first, then the search box, then the 
menus. this could be seen as intuitive depending on your outlook, i personally 
have never found it intuitive to place the menu last for screen reader use. 
again interestingly, visually the website looks fine.
so my question is this.
is there an accessible theme for drupal which works out of the box that is also 
mobile friendly and accessible? so far i've looked at adaptive, zen, genesis, 
and beauty theme. they're all doing the same thing despite me reordering my 
blocks. if anyone can help i'd really appreciate it.

thanks for reading,

Mo.

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