Michael HanscomMay 27

Updated to Wordpress 7. On upgrading, was greeted with: "WordPress 7.0 introduces the foundation for AI across the platform, letting you connect your preferred provider and put it to work across your site."

I _really_ need to find time to figure out how to move to a static site generator.

(Narrator: He doesn't have the time, and will continue to choose the path of least resistance and stay on Wordpress while regularly complaining about it.)

#wordpress #ai #wordpress7

Show threadElena Brescacin
@djwudi I would really like to switch to a static generator. But at the moment (unfortunately) WP is the only one with accessibility in mind - the backend mostly usable by blind users- with screen readers and so on. I can do most activities through block editor, it's like working with Lego. And most static generators need a very good CSS skills and sighted people around me, aren't very skilled in CSS usage. Paradoxically I can write the code as it's text. The css I mean. But then I have no control on appearance.
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Show threadMichael HanscomMay 27

@elettrona Unfortunately, that doesn't really surprise me. I'm fortunate enough to not need an accessible backend (…yet…), but do appreciate WP's ongoing work on both back- and front-end accessibility, especially when paired with a well coded theme.

Really, part of the friction in moving to a static site generator would be my goal of making sure the front end was accessible. I've experimented enough to get the backend running locally and I (more or less) understand the high-level process, but the nuts and bolts of making sure I had, found, or hacked together a theme that passed muster would, I suspect, be a very non-trivial exercise.

Show threadElena BrescacinMay 27
@djwudi Many folks are talking about empathy, solidarity, anti-AI ideology. Then, when I pose concrete problems (not always alternatives cover all needs) the tower falls down. Smashing.