even easier than that - for the exmple you give, just ask for fields like 'title' and 'artist' then the alt tag can be alt="image of #title# by #artist#"
even better, build the CMS yourself and make sure it does what you want (no disrespect to those who have built off-the-shelf CMSs, I'm sure they're better than mine)... Ian W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Website accessibility in the UK > Damian Watson wrote: > > > > > > Nah, I use one called CleanFields that I got from devex a while back- > > it’s pretty good (not perfect!) and I lock down the editors quite > > heavily so that users can’t go nuts with crazy paving and what not. The > > HTML produced is generally clean but I was wondering if there were other > > methods out there- Paul, you mentioned your CMS is accessible, so how do > > you handle this? > > Not sure if you were asking me or not (don't remember saying anything > about accessibility on my CMS)... > > Anyway, the way I would go about it (in CF) is by ensuring that the > content created by any user, goes into the correct place in the system, > and can be used correctly by the system. > > An example: if you create a website with images (kinda basic I know), > you create a CMS to administer and store all the images, and retrieve > them as and when. Every time an image is retrieved, if there is > meta-data stating what should go in the alt tag, then put it in. > Otherwise, just put "[image]" or something. > > Basically, don't allow anyone to put in images to HTML except through > specified interface (not even via FTP). We all know this is a little > "pie-in-the-sky" but it's about the only way I know of ensuring > accessibility with content editors who don't know about "standards". > > Let's face it, unless you block of all content editors from the layout > of the site, you will ALWAYS have problems! > > Paul > > -- > These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- > *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* > *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* > *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
