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Re: Best accessible CMS

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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Feb 8, 2017 10:22AM

Hi Peter,

Back in the day - the number of accessible CMS available was very small.
In that they could output/build an accessible UI as well as have an
accessible backend for SR users - or other groups.

It looks like today you have more choice - you mentioned Wordpress, and
I've been very impressed with the backend accessibility of the system as
well as the great work being done by Joe K O Connor/ Joe Dolson, people
in the Wordpress A11y team like Rian Rietveld, Graham Armfield - and
many others in improving the accessibility of themes, backend
functionality etc.

So it is a good choice for many reasons, one - aside from good
accessibility, is that WP is a simpler CMS for many users (with and
without disabilities) to understand and use. This is very important IMO.

For example, again back in the day - Drupal was the de rigeur CMS of
choice for accessibility aware devs etc *but* for content authors/end
users it was total overkill. It's complex, nerdy etc - powerful and all
- but some very simple things were overly tricky for many to do.

So my advise is to strike a balance between good usability for all
users, against a level of accessibility for AT users that is acceptable,
if not perfect.

HTH

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Joshue O Connor
Director | InterAccess.ie