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fix: move footer to main layout and improve contrast for WCAG compliance #542

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fix: improve footer text contrast to meet WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
cuteshaun May 30, 2025
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fix: move footer from sidebar to main layout template, to meet access…
cuteshaun Jun 3, 2025
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fix: add anchor_icon component to avoid pre-commit prettier issue, re…
cuteshaun Jun 3, 2025
94fe733
fix: replace new footer color with body text color
cuteshaun Jun 3, 2025
e2bbcf0
fix: ignore Liquid template expressions in link checker
cuteshaun Jun 3, 2025
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Merge branch 'main' into cuteshaun/fix-footer-a11y
cuteshaun Jun 3, 2025
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Ignore includes.
samcunliffe Jun 4, 2025
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions .github/workflows/links.yml
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Expand Up @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
# necessarily not real links - i.e. demos and to be filled by
# cookiecutter values.
args: "--verbose
--exclude \\{\\{.*\\}\\}
--exclude https://forum.image.sc/
--exclude https://stackoverflow.com
--exclude http://www.gnu.org
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions docs/_config.yml
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Expand Up @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ url: https://UCL-ARC.github.io/python-tooling

color_scheme: dark

layouts_dir: _layouts

aux_links:
Source repository: https://github.com/UCL-ARC/python-tooling
aux_links_new_tab: true
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions docs/_includes/components/anchor_icon.html
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<svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" aria-hidden="true">
<use xlink:href="#svg-link"></use>
</svg>
25 changes: 25 additions & 0 deletions docs/_includes/sidebar.html
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{%- comment -%} Include as: {%- include components/sidebar.html -%} Depends on:
page(?), site. Results in: HTML for the side bar. Includes: title.html,
components/site_nav.html, nav_footer_custom.html Overwrites: nav_footer_custom.
Should not be cached, because nav_footer_custom.html might depend on page. {%-
endcomment -%}

<div class="side-bar">
<div class="site-header" role="banner">
<a href="{{ '/' | relative_url }}" class="site-title lh-tight"
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Oh! I'm sorry for doubting you, dear link-checker. I take back the yellow card.

>{% include title.html %}</a
>
<button
id="menu-button"
class="site-button btn-reset"
aria-label="Toggle menu"
aria-pressed="false"
>
<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="icon" aria-hidden="true">
<use xlink:href="#svg-menu"></use>
</svg>
</button>
</div>

{% include_cached components/site_nav.html %}
</div>
44 changes: 44 additions & 0 deletions docs/_layouts/default.html
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<!doctype html>
<html lang="{{ site.lang | default: 'en-US' }}">
{% include head.html %}
<body>
<a class="skip-to-main" href="#main-content">Skip to main content</a>
{% include icons/icons.html %} {% if page.nav_enabled == true %} {% include
sidebar.html %} {% elsif layout.nav_enabled == true and page.nav_enabled ==
nil %} {% include sidebar.html %} {% elsif site.nav_enabled != false and
layout.nav_enabled == nil and page.nav_enabled == nil %} {% include
sidebar.html %} {% endif %}

<div class="main" id="top">
{% include components/header.html %}

<div class="main-content-wrap">
{% include components/breadcrumbs.html %}
<div id="main-content" class="main-content">
<main>
{% if site.heading_anchors != false %} {% capture raw_anchor_svg %}
{% include components/anchor_icon.html %} {% endcapture %} {% assign
anchor_svg = raw_anchor_svg | strip_newlines %} {% include
vendor/anchor_headings.html html=content beforeHeading="true"
anchorBody=anchor_svg anchorClass="anchor-heading"
anchorAttrs="aria-labelledby='%html_id%'" %} {% else %} {{ content
}} {% endif %} {% if page.has_toc != false %} {% include
components/children_nav.html %} {% endif %}
</main>
</div>
</div>

<footer class="site-footer">
This site uses
<a href="https://github.com/just-the-docs/just-the-docs"
>Just the Docs</a
>, a documentation theme for Jekyll.
</footer>

{% if site.search_enabled != false %} {% include
components/search_footer.html %} {% endif %}
</div>

{% if site.mermaid %} {% include components/mermaid.html %} {% endif %}
</body>
</html>
22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions docs/_sass/custom/custom.scss
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html,
body {
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
}

div.site-header {
max-height: 15em;
height: 15em;
Expand All @@ -6,3 +12,19 @@ div.site-header {
div.site-logo {
background-position: center center;
}

.main {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
min-height: 100%;
}

.main-content-wrap {
flex: 1;
}

.site-footer {
position: static;
width: 100%;
color: $body-text-color;
}
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