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From: Tricia Sutton
Date: Fri, Feb 21 2014 1:10PM
Subject: Website Content Management System Recommendations for Accessibility?
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Hi,

I am working on a project that includes evaluating technology and options for accessibility, including the client's website (and more than the website). Do you have any recommendations on content management systems (CMS) that improve accessibility for the blind and deaf-blind to use when building a new website? I do understand a lot of accessibility has to come from the web designers and developers following good practices related to alt text, layout, format and more. Aside from that though:

* Do any specific CMS work better or help make sure the accessibility features are built in?

* Are any CMS more accessible to use for staff members who have varying degrees of impairment (on the continuum from partial vision loss to fully blind and fully deaf-blind)?

Thanks in advance for your ideas and input.

Tricia Sutton
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From: Bo Nilsson
Date: Sat, Feb 22 2014 3:12PM
Subject: Re: Website Content Management System Recommendations forAccessibility?
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Hi Tricia!

As a screen reader user I have done some testing for my own use regarding
the backend accessibility of a few CMS. My findings are:
- Drupal is the only one I should dare to use.
- Wordpress seems yet to be too hard .
- Frog, a little CMS with much use of php and html, seems to be rather
accessible.
- There are some more open source CMS said to be accessible, for instance
Joomla, but I have not tried any of them.
I have also looked at a few commercial alternatives, but all of them have
failed.

Should be interesting to hear of other findings. The backend of CMS is
really a problem!

/Bo Nilsson


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> Hi,
>
> I am working on a project that includes evaluating technology and options
> for accessibility, including the client's website (and more than the
> website). Do you have any recommendations on content management systems
> (CMS) that improve accessibility for the blind and deaf-blind to use when
> building a new website? I do understand a lot of accessibility has to come
> from the web designers and developers following good practices related to
> alt text, layout, format and more. Aside from that though:
>
> * Do any specific CMS work better or help make sure the
> accessibility features are built in?
>
> * Are any CMS more accessible to use for staff members who have
> varying degrees of impairment (on the continuum from partial vision loss
> to fully blind and fully deaf-blind)?
>
> Thanks in advance for your ideas and input.
>
> > Tricia Sutton
> Note: The contents of this electronic communication, including
> attachments, are considered confidential information and should not be
> reproduced or shared with any outside parties without prior written
> permission of the sender.
>
> > >