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From: Jonathan H
Date: Oct 12, 2015 7:40AM

I'm after installing a CMS for a couple of VI people, and the output
needs to be accessible and as close to AIM standards as possible, as
well as the back end being accessible without users having to know
much about markup.

Didn't find much on the Webaim site, but after a couple of hours
googling and experimenting, here's 3 free options I found so far:

Wordpress - popular platform and admin can be stripped down with the
Adminimize plugin.
Pros: THE ubiquitous CMS and blogging platform, I know it fairly well,
actively developed.
Cons: There's a lot of clutter.

Contao say it "allows you to develop search engine friendly websites
that are also accessible for people with disabilities".
I've tried the demo, looks OK, not experimented beyond that.
Pros: Claims strong accessibility base.
Cons: Can't see any yet!

ghost.io - looks incredibly clean and simple, more aimed at blogging
than CMS, but looks like it can be nudged to do CMS too!
I rather like Markdown, but how is it regarded in the VI community?
Pros: Very lightweight and something like the OST theme accessifies
the front end even more.
Cons: A bit "hipster" and I sometimes wonder how long it'll exist for.

So, does anyone else know better? Is there a recently updated
"accessible CMS" comparison site? And by recent, I mean that
comparisons from 2007 are fairly meaningless!

Many thanks.