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From: Rich Pedley
Date: May 8, 2007 12:20PM

On 08/05/2007 16:15, John E. Brandt wrote:
> 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.

I'll have to have a good play with the admin side as I hadn't
considered Drupal before. The last time I did a serious search for
CMSs' was several years ago, and something back then put me off Drupal
- though I can't remember what it was now.

> 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.

Thanks for the link, will come in handy.

I'd probably amend existing templates, bringing them upto scratch
where needed - depends on how intensive the templates are.

> 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.

Exactly, which is why choosing one isn't always that simple - they all
have different good and bad points.

> 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.

Yes... which is why I will be overseeing any content changes and
amending as necessary. Even the best of us make mistakes and it is
good to have a second set of eyes go over things.

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

Thanks.

Though before I can even implement it I have to await for the people
hosting it to give me MySQL - promised by the end of the month!

Rich