Re: [WSG] Mambo & Accessibility

[Justin Thorp]

I am a big fan of Wordpress [1].  I personally use it, as well as use it on a lot of projects for clients.  I have found it very easy to configure.  If you know a HTML and a little PHP, it is very versatile. For one project, I was tasked with taking a look at the accessibility of Mambo and the feasibility of making it accessible.  After going over the documentation, it just felt very daunting. You may want to check out the W3C's Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) [2].  It is a good measuring stick for quality in a CMS (or any authoring tool) as far as it's ability to be accessible.  You can ask the CMS vendors how they measure up to ATAG. Sincerely, Justin Thorp [1] http://www.wordpress.org [2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/atag.php On Dec 1, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Bruce wrote: I gave up trying to do anything with Mambo. _expression_ Engine, Movable Type, and Wordpress are Standards based and simple and easy to configure, All three validate out of the box and don't require a two year course and beating your head on the desk to reconfigure....after several years of trying to use other systems I gave Mambo and all nuke related  up as a lost cause. Bruce Prochnau BKDesign Solutions ----- Original Message -----  From: "Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:15 AM Subject: [WSG] Mambo & Accessibility Hi Guys, I have been asked to work on a web site and Mambo is the current CMS being used. They want to, if possible, keep Mambo as they're CMS but upon inspecting it I am surrounded by tables and poor markup. It does not even seem possible (Without hacking the source) to add ALT text to some images! Is there a way to make Mambo compatible (A large reason for the work is to allow blind users to get value from the site) with accessiblily and hopefully web standards? Is there another CMS that you would mention which may suit my needs? Regards, Lloyd *************************************************** Justin Thorp Technical Assistant Michigan State University Academic Computing & Network Services - Applications Programming http://approg.msu.edu/ Principal; Web Developer & Accessibility Specialist MyCapitalWeb.com LLC 3016 S. Deerfield Lansing, MI 48911 [EMAIL PROTECTED] my NEW personal blog - http://www.justinthorp.com my web development blog - http://thinkthentype.blogspot.com