So I actually work with Drupal and have some experience wrt accessibility at the University. I'll be at coffee hour tomorrow if anyone wants to chat more about Drupal and accessibility - some tools for WCAG compliance - contrast tools (how they are not working great) and what we are doing at the W3c wrt accessibility and how you can get involved. On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 2:30 PM, der.hans wrote: > Am 19. May, 2017 schwätzte der.hans so: > > moin moin, > > and another device popped up. > > https://plus.google.com/+adafruit/posts/6NH2VfeutQ1 > > ciao, > > der.hans > > > Am 29. Apr, 2017 schwätzte Eric Oyen so: >> >> moin moin, >> >> a post about a real-time braille converter from MIT reminds me that I >> didn't report back on the demo for the accessible web-authoring tool. >> >> Here's the braille converter post. >> >> https://plus.google.com/+adafruit/posts/eLygbwBhra2 >> >> The demo ended up using WordPress and was well received. The committee was >> impressed, but it will be some time before an official response is given. >> >> Thanks again for the feedback. It was quite helpful. >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans >> >> well, here is a suggestion from one of the blind users of Linux who does >>> a lot of web authoring.. Der Hands, you got this one? >>> >>> -eric >>> from the central office of the Technomage Huild, Datasphere projects >>> office >>> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>> From: Linux for blind general discussion >>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: accessible web-authoring system >>>> Date: April 29, 2017 4:20:51 AM MST >>>> To: blinux-list@redhat.com >>>> Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com >>>> >>>> Tony Baechler here. I'm sure others will chime in, but here are my >>>> thoughts: >>>> >>>> 1. The most accessible is plain, static HTML. Obviously not practical >>>> for large sites, but for a few pages, it's good enough. >>>> >>>> 2. WordPress is the most popular. It's generally very accessible. There >>>> are things which could be made better, but it's good enough to design >>>> decent sites. I ran a podcast with it. >>>> >>>> 3. Drupal is also very good, but the latest major release (8.0.X) is >>>> very difficult to use and far from accessible unless I missed something >>>> obvious. I had it running on a server and it was so bad that I gave up. 7.X >>>> should be better, but will reach end of life in a year or two and only gets >>>> bug and security fixes. >>>> >>>> Joomla is very inaccessible and should absolutely be avoided. I >>>> couldn't do anything with it, but that was a long time ago. The key is if >>>> the admin interface is accessible or not. I would go with WordPress due to >>>> the huge number of themes, frequent updates and overall decent >>>> accessibility. >>>> >>>> Another option is wiki software. There are a lot of wiki packages out >>>> there. I liked ikiwiki when I looked at it. It obviously depends on the >>>> site you're designing. Of the above, I think only ikiwiki is fully >>>> accessible with a text browser, but WordPress is tolerable. You can do most >>>> functions with wp-cli if you like the command line. Drupal has drush, but I >>>> couldn't get it to work. WordPress is much easier to upgrade and can do >>>> minor updates itself. >>>> >>>> On 4/28/2017 3:43 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> >>>>> hey guys, >>>>> I forwarded this over from the Phoenix Linux Users Group. Perhaps one >>>>> of us can help out? >>>>> >>>>> -eric >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>>> >>>>> From: "der.hans" >>>>>> Subject: accessible web-authoring system >>>>>> Date: April 28, 2017 12:32:48 PM MST >>>>>> To: quatsch >>>>>> Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list >>>>>> >>>>>> moin moin, >>>>>> >>>>>> anyone have experience with an accessible Free Software web-authoring >>>>>> system? >>>>>> >>>>>> A friend works in accessibiilty ( all sorts of physical and mental >>>>>> handicaps ) and is asking for a recommendation. >>>>>> >>>>>> I presume Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress have plugins to help, but I >>>>>> have >>>>>> no experience. The closest thing I have to experience is demos from >>>>>> some >>>>>> blind guys using emacs for their own infrastructure. Amazing, but not >>>>>> the >>>>>> first thing to suggest. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> Blinux-list@red >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> > -- > # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.PhxLinux.org/ > # Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- > # I took the one less traveled by, > # And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost > # I, OTOH, prefer to just go stomping through the desert... - der.hans > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >