RE: BlindProgramming.com site

  • From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:05:14 -0800


You rock Jamal this is a bit of research I have been meaning to do and you
just simplified it greatly.

Ken 

-----Original Message-----
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:38 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: BlindProgramming.com site

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

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