Lynne Pope wrote:
> I tend to agree with Bruce,
>> Movable Type
>> Expression Engine
>> Wordpress
> 
> Don't touch either Joomla or Mambo as neither of them meets your needs.
> Neither are accessible "out-of-the-box' and neither can validate as
> XHTML Strict as no matter what your template is, there is too much
> hardcoding of inappropriate tables and other unneccessary rubbish.
> 
> Drupal and CivicSpace are probably overkill for your needs.
> 
> If you site is primarily a blog, look at blogging scripts. Very few CMS
> have robust blogging features. If you are new to CMS software the very
> last thing you need is to have to learn how to hack something to make it
> work for you. Look for whatever is the closest match to your needs that
> has good documentation and an active user forum to help you when you
> have questions.
> 
> Definitely don't touch Xaraya. I use it and love it, but it is a
> framework on which you can build a CMS, it is not an out-of-the-box
> solution. While some people get by with the contributed modules, very
> few of these render as XHTML and editing modules is not a task for
> people who are new to either CMS or coding.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Regards,
> Lynne

Second what Lynne says.. Joomla, Mambo and the other Mambo variants
don't provide out-of-box strict accessibility, and even if they did,
that accessibility would not flow onto any or all of the third party
functionality flowing around for these two systems.  I develop in these
systems and after retrofits for 2 years, it's becoming a tad passe to
have the retrofits only affect core functionality. The core code and how
it's structured in M/J remains fundamentally flawed against
accessibility from where I stand.

MT, Expression and WP, whilst functional for blogs *and* accessible,
don't have the processing grunt of something like Drupal/CivicSpace..
which remains overkill even for a CMS.

In that light, there is nothing in the mid-range CMS/AMS sphere as the
major products in the midrange (Mambo, Joomla, Nukes and the like) don't
come up to grade.

Lawrence Meckan

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Absalom Media
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