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-# www
-Transaction portion of wikimedia.ca
+# 2016 website
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+## Overview
+This repository is the transaction portion of the website updated in fall 2016.
+
+The purpose of this website is to provide an area outside the [www.wikimedia.ca](http://www.wikimedia.ca) wiki for Paypal transactions such as joining the organization or making a donation.
+
+Originally authored by Jeffery Nicholls, the site was rewritten by David Fourney.
+
+**The following major changes were made:**
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+* The folders containing the original Paypal button graphics were removed.
+* Code was updated to HTML5.
+* All styling, including buttons, was moved to a CSS stylesheet `wmca.css`.
+* Language information was added to each page:
+  * `lang` tags added as appropriate
+  * `charset` to Unicode (utf-8)
+  * `hreflang` links added to support SEO
+  * a link to the French/English equivalent added
+* Form code originally provided by Paypal was made accessible:
+   * labels properly associated with inputs
+* Buttons were made accessible:
+  * higher contrast of text from background using CSS
+  * keyboard accessible `focus` state
+  * mouse accessible `hover` state
+  * Button `alt` text was updated to reflect the button's purpose. (The "Join" and "Donate" buttons could now be distinguished by non-visual users.)
+* Updated content and corrected translations.
+
+This site was replaced in the summer of 2017 (see **master** branch).