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From: John E Brandt
Date: May 21, 2013 10:00AM

Jo,

If you are asking about the back end, I will defer to Joshue who appears to
know.

As far as front-end, user-experience...much of the accessibility will be
related to template being used. Some templates are better than others. Look
for ones that are built to WC3 standards.

The "core" function of Joomla is currently fairly accessible (depends on
what standards you are needing to meet). The only thing that shows up on all
my Joomla sites - so I suspect it is a problem with the core - is the lack
of a LANG declaration. I have not been able to figure out (yet) how to get
the language declaration into Joomla. Anyone got a hint?

And of course one has to always remember that a CMS is only as good as the
people who create content! Training is essential.

~j

John E. Brandt
www.jebswebs.com
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207-622-7937
Augusta, Maine, USA

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Subject: [WebAIM] joomla accessibility

Hi Gang, we are setting up an institute project using the joomla web
template. Need to know how accessible this platform is and whether there are
any tools that will assist.
Thanks,
jo

Jodie Hoger
Teacher Consultant (Vision), Equity Services TAFE NSW - Illawarra Institute
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food for a day. Teach a person to fish and they will have food for life.

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