Posted 4 months ago #
Hi folks. I would like to contribute to WordPress project. My idea is to create fully HTML 5 compatible theme for WordPress. This theme would be based on HTML 5. Is it a good idea to do this? Is it a good topic for my diploma? What do you think, what is your opinion? Thank you.
Tibor
What would an HTML5 theme offer that an XHTML1 theme couldn't? I do appreciate that there are some new features in the HTML5 spec but I'm curious as to which you would use in the theme and how you would ensure that any HTML5-specific markup worked cross-browser.
Posted 4 months ago #
What would an HTML5 theme offer that an XHTML1 theme couldn't? Semantics and other great new elements, which make html code better and more suitable for CMS.
This article is a great example, which elements you can use in a HTML 5 theme for Wordpress
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-html5/
HTML 5 is the future of the web and in the near future most of the web browsers will support HTML 5. At the present Firefox 3.5 and browsers based on Webkit core support some HTML 5 elements.
The main idea is to do this for my diploma work and also to improve Wordpress.
I'm 110% for semantics but many of the people who download and use themes wouldn't know what semantic is and most probably wouldn't care. So I'm curious as to how you'd promote the theme to non-technical site owners. Right now, if it doesn't work in IE 7 & IE8, I can see it being a non-starter.
Doesn't mean that it's not a good idea and that future themes won't be HTML5. Just that perhaps it's a little too early and the spec is too poorly supported to be of any great use just yet.
How about a theme that conforms to WCAG 2.0 AA? Or even AAA?
Posted 4 months ago #
I found out that there is also strong support for HTML 5 in IE8. I will think about WCAG 2.0 theme, but I think HTML 5 is better and more academic topic for my diploma work.
Posted 4 months ago #
waste of time.
bearly any browser support right now and html5 is constantly changing your code may break:http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html
Making one for personal use is a good idea. I plan on doing it.
Posted 4 months ago #
@dutchmastiff
i agree with you.....
Posted 4 months ago #
supolka, while I encourage you to create a WP theme developed with HTML5 for your diploma work (I am reading up on it as well), I agree with esmi and the rest about practicality of HTML5 WP theme specially when cross-browser compatibility is very important for any website, WordPress or not. Disregarding IE 7/8 users is not an option for any self-respecting webmaster as well, when IE is still the most widely used browser around the world even if many web developers hate it :-)
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