I've done some research on the topic of free, open source content management systems, and have the following points to share. I got in touch with the developer of BlindAccessJournal.com, confirmed that he uses Blogger on his site, but also confirmed that he has helped to set up other sites with Drupal and currently recommends it over other content management systems if one has more sophisticated needs than blogging. I concluded that three CMS approaches are worth considering at present: Drupal, Joomla, and Plone. Plone is Python-based, the most powerful, and the hardest to set up and host. HostMonster.com, for example, supports Drupal and Joomla, but not Plone. Plone is more appropriate for a corporate or government site than a home-based one. On the other hand, it has the highest built-in support for Section 508 compliant web pages. One can observe this, for example, on the plone.org and nasa.gov web sites, wich include a standard "skip navigation" link -- a 508 requirement. Joomla is aware of accessibility concerns, acknowledges problems, and is striving to become more compliant during its development process. Drupal has a Tapestry theme that is intended to be 508 compliant, though this is not the default theme, nor even part of the default installation choices as far as I can tell. Joomla is the easiest to set up, but it seems that Drupal offers the best, overall combination of power and friendliness. I thus agree that Drupal is an excellent choice if BlindProgramming.com is to be developed into a more sophisticated web site. A drawback someone told me, however, is that it is not easy to set up an efficient wiki for screen reader users with Drupal. Let me suggest that those able and willing help to apply the customizability of Drupal to create such a wiki module -- one that could eventually be contributed as an optional Drupal module. In case this is useful to anyone else interested in learning Drupal, I have prepared a collection of text tutorials at http://www.EmpowermentZone.com/drup_doc.zip Of course, others may have different perspectives, and the exchange is constructive. I appreciate the information and opinion I have received both on and off list. Cheers, Jamal __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind