Fwd: accessible web-authoring system

[der.hans]

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 <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Fwd: accessible web-authoring system
>>> Date: April 29, 2017 4:20:51 AM MST
>>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>>> Reply-To: blinux-list at 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" <PLUGd at LuftHans.com>
>>>>> Subject: accessible web-authoring system
>>>>> Date: April 28, 2017 12:32:48 PM MST
>>>>> To: quatsch <PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
>>>>> Reply-To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>> 
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