[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16436: Use <article> in theme markup

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#16436: Use <article> in theme markup
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 Reporter:  Malcjohn     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by ericmann):

 Replying to [comment:4 andrewryno]:
 > It's still a theme issue because the themes only take the content and
 wrap it in whatever HTML the theme developer wants.

 Exactly my point.  If you want WordPress to put out HTML5, that's up to
 the theme you're using.  If you want it to render XHTML instead, that's
 also up to the theme.  It's a decision made not by core, but by the
 designer/coder of your front-end.

 > I would vote for sticking as is since IE doesn't support all of the new
 elements well enough for the change.

 The biggest advantage of using WordPress over other systems has always
 been compatibility.  As Matt said once at a WordCamp, you can take pretty
 much any well-put-together theme from 2.0 and drop it on a 3.0 (or 3.1)
 installation and it will still work.  We don't break things for people
 using older systems - for a bundled theme, we should take the same
 approach.

 While HTML5 is all shiny, new, and cool ... IE doesn't properly support
 it, and IE is still the market leader.  I'm a big proponent of "decisions,
 not options" so while having the *option* to use HTML5 for TwentyTen would
 be nice, I think we should keep things as-is and leave that specific
 option available for a child theme.

 And building a TwentyTen child theme that uses `<article>` and `<header>`
 and `<footer>` isn't too difficult.

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