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mmcfadden
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I am trying to make the search script accessible by the WCAG 1.0, Section 508 standards. So I am trying to replace all <B> tags with <strong> tags as required by WCAG 1.0. I ran a find and replace on the search script and there are no more bold tags in my search script. However on the results page I am still getting bold tags around the search terms that are bold in the results. Where is this coming from?

There are other issues with the scripts accessibility. Most issues can be fixed pretty easily but it would really make my life easier if Webinator software and scripts were published at some level of accessibility. Otherwise I will have to make manual modifications every time I want to use the latest script or when we purchase the next version. If you need help or references to tools that make it easy I can help. This would certainly be a selling point to many customers wanting to buy this excellent tool and a great benefit to a significant percentage of users out there on-line who have disabilities and use Webinator.
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Post by mark »

The <mm></mm> pairs do hit markup. You'll need to <capture> the output and <sandr> it. Something like:

<capture><mm>...</mm></capture>
<sandr "<b>" "<strong>" $ret><send $ret>

Section 508 compliance is something we're planning.
mmcfadden
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Post by mmcfadden »

Are you saying that the bold tags on the results page are hard coded in the database and can only be modified using <capture> and <sandr>?
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