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From: Alice Dryden
Date: Mon, Mar 08 2004 3:39AM
Subject: Accessible discussion forums?
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Hi,

We're working on making our website more accessible, with reasonable
success. However, we have a Discussion Forum (message board) area on the
site which was set up by a third party and has a different layout to the
rest of the site. In particular, icons and fonts are often very small.

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with creating an accessible
forum and could give us some pointers. I like the look of the Accessify
Forum (http://www.accessifyforum.com/) very much. Unfortunately I can't link
to our forums as they're in a members only area, but they're powered by
Ultimate Bulletin Board. I assume there is a style sheet somewhere we can
play with...

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Alice Dryden
Website Assistant
British Association/College of Occupational Therapists
106-114 Borough High Street
Southwark
London SE1 1LB

Tel: 020 7450 2310
E-mail: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
<http://www.cot.org.uk>;



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From: julian.rickards@ndm.gov.on.ca
Date: Tue, Mar 09 2004 6:43AM
Subject: RE: Accessible discussion forums?
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Contact Nigel Peck at www.miswebdesign.com - he is the administrator of
accessifyforums.com and has been working on making the forum software
accessible.

Jules

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Julian Rickards
Digital Publications Distribution Coordinator
Publications Services Section
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Phone: (705) 670-5608
Fax: (705) 670-5690

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alice Dryden [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 5:25 AM
> To: WebAIM Accessibility Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject: Accessible discussion forums?
>
> Hi,
>
> We're working on making our website more accessible, with reasonable
> success. However, we have a Discussion Forum (message board) area on the
> site which was set up by a third party and has a different layout to the
> rest of the site. In particular, icons and fonts are often very small.
>
> I was wondering if anyone had any experience with creating an accessible
> forum and could give us some pointers. I like the look of the Accessify
> Forum (http://www.accessifyforum.com/) very much. Unfortunately I can't
> link to our forums as they're in a members only area, but they're powered
> by Ultimate Bulletin Board. I assume there is a style sheet somewhere we
> can play with...
>
> ________________
> Alice Dryden
> Website Assistant
> British Association/College of Occupational Therapists
> 106-114 Borough High Street
> Southwark
> London SE1 1LB
>
> Tel: 020 7450 2310
> E-mail: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> <http://www.cot.org.uk>;
>
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