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Done.

Semantics is a matter of opinion. My view is that provided a paragraph is inside a <p> then that is semantically appropriate. Since in the real world divs and spans have no real semantic meaning then you cannot say they are semantically incorrect, they actually don't alter the semantics one jot. A paragraph tag nested 1000 deep in divs has for all practical purposes the same sentantic meaning as a paragraph on its own.

People confuse the use of divs and spans with semantics. If you think there are too many divs and spans thats an argument about markup style, nothing to do with semantics unless you think a div or span has been used in place of a semantic tag.

What is or is not a paragph is also a matter of opinion. The board title could just be one word and one word is a text snippet not a paragraph. Anybody care to suggest what the semantically appropriate tag is for an isolated word of text thats not a heading?

As for a text breadcrumb divider being easier to style. The text would be in the markup or the language file but the arrow is merely a background image so the argument is nonensene.

There is a much simpler solution. Don't let people use html in the description. If somebody wants something fancy at the top of their board then they generally leave the descpription empty and replace the titlel with their own banner. I've never actually been able to work out why we allow this.

Fear I guess.

Thanks. Fixed and committed.

I see the problem. Strange thing is it rendered fine in FF2 on XP.

Personal preference stemming from wanting to avoid putting links immediatelly under the main menu links which I think detracts from the importance of the menu bar. In fact, my preference is for adding "New posts" to the main menu but I keep getting overruled

Rich: not an accessibility issue really and its the index page. As for the table captions (I read that article several time already), I did have them but they really just duplicated the h2 headers which appear on top of each table. I didn't think they actually added anything useful particularly as a summary is provided. Plus they would have to be invisible and one browser was refusing to shift them even when absolutely positioned into the heart of the Gobi desert. I will think about it again though because I think the stubborn browser was either FF1.5 or Opera 8.5 neither of which are current.

Don't forget that it is customary for me to completely rename every class 3 minutes before final release just to be an awkward bastard.

Go to the admin console. While still on the start tab hover over the categories or forums submenu items.

EDIT: Just upgraded to Opera 9.25 and the problem vanished. One less thing to do.

Actually the tabs don't work on Opera 9 Win. That Konq bug is annoying because I had exactly the same thing on IE and cured it.

Rich. First of all thanks for taking the time.

As regards divitis. The board description can take html. If I were to use a <p> I guarantee somebody would put a <div> inside it. If I were to use a <p> in the default title then I guarantee somebody would add a title with no markup so we are back to juse a single div. You ar probably right about the title part though.

Quick post form. An oversight on my part. Should be the same as the main post form.

Tables. I will do some research regarding id's. I'm sure when I showed somebody a versio with id's they said it was overkill for a simple table but I will look into it further.

Last post link. I can't come up with a solution either. Just putting in an id or something as hidden text is just a hack to satsify the checkpoints and would actually make things worse.

Links. I will look into it.

Profile avatar. Its required because it needs a value before submitting the form otherwise you are submitting a form which does nothing. My favoured solution would be to remove the required indicator and then change the error text which appears if you submit the form to "You must select a file to upload before submitting this form". That traps the mistake without misleading people. I could also add help text under the field which is part of the label which says the same thing.

search results. That was actually on my list.

EDIT: Rich, just checked the quickpost form and the required text is in the label, same markup as the main post forms.

Fixed but not committed yet.