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From: John E. Brandt
Date: May 8, 2007 9:20AM

You may also want to add Drupal (www.drupal.org) to your list. I found it
was easier to learn "out of the box" than Joomla! But I agree Joomla is a
very good product.

If you choose Joomla, you may want to consider using the a8ejoomla
accessible template http://www.a8ejoomla.com/ and then you'll have to look
around for some "skins"/templates that meet XHTML/CSS standards or write one
yourself.

I've found that by playing around with several of these that they each have
something to offer - I sometimes think I would like to see a marriage of
several of these systems.

I would also STRONGLY echo Gareth's comment about authors and accessibility.
None of these system are designed to prevent authors from intentionally or
unintentionally creating inaccessible content. The big issues I am finding
are: knowledge of the correct methods for adding images; and problems
created when people cut and paste content from other sources.

Good luck with your search - let us know how you make out and what you learn

~j


John E. Brandt
Augusta, Maine USA
www.jebswebs.com



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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Rich Pedley
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 8:02 AM
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Subject: [WebAIM] accessible CMS

I realise this gets discussed every so often, so apologies for bringing this
up once again.

I am looking for a 'free' CMS that has accessibility features, or at the
very least has accessibility in mind.

Currently my top runners are:
PostNuke - http://www.postnuke.com/
Joomla - http://www.joomla.org/
XOOPS - http://www.xoops.org/
TYPO3 - http://typo3.org/
MySource Matrix - http://matrix.squiz.net/

I am leaning toward TYPO3 at the moment.

I would use my own CMS, but it lacks some extra features, and the up-grade
ability, of the larger packages.


Has anyone any thoughts on any of these, including ease of use on the
admin side of things, overall accessibility etc etc.

I haven't yet run any accessibility checks on these systems, but would
appreciate comments from first hand experience of any of these systems.


thanks in advance

Rich Pedley