Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-05 Thread L. Robinson
Michael Donnermeyer wrote: TextPattern works well, particularly now that they've released a final version. I used WordPress up until v.1.5 due to TXP being in beta and RC versions, but have since slowly switched to TXP for all my sites. The only site I can think of at the moment that is

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-02 Thread Geoff Deering
Lloyd wrote: Guys, Thanks for all the feedback! Backend is important as one of our content providers is blind. Does anyone know much more about Joomla? They are possibly prepared to upgrade (As they see this is just the same thing). I want to know whether its possible to do this with either

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-02 Thread Rakesh Patil
Plz dont send me any mail onword.. otherwise i'll.!!1 On 12/1/05, Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys,I have been asked to work on a web site and Mambo is the current CMSbeing used. They want to, if possible, keep Mambo as they're CMS but upon

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-02 Thread David Nicol
Hi all, Weused Textpattern for http://www.bustahouse.com/and http://www.selfcateringshetland.com/ It's a really nice solution for putting together sites. My main concern with Textpattern is teaching clients how to use it, as the sections/categories model is sometimes a little tricky for them to

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Bruce
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 reconfigureafter several years of trying

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Bruce
Woops, missed this: If Mambo can be configured easy, as some claim, why has there not been a ton of templates available long ago??? On different CMS type forums I see problems mambo related all the time... Nuff said ;-) Bruce Prochnau BKDesign Solutions - Original Message - From: Lloyd

RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Carlos Revillo
] En nombre de Bruce Enviado el: jueves, 01 de diciembre de 2005 13:26 Para: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Asunto: Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility Woops, missed this: If Mambo can be configured easy, as some claim, why has there not been a ton of templates available long ago??? On different CMS type

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread 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

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Steve Ferguson
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:15:13 +0800 Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, ... 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

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Neal Watkins
What about www.textpattern.com has anyone tried this? ~n uoting Steve Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:15:13 +0800 Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, ... Is there a way to make Mambo compatible (A large reason for the work is to allow blind users to get value from

RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Ted Drake
, December 01, 2005 8:35 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 20:15:13 +0800 Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, ... 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

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Michael Donnermeyer
TextPattern works well, particularly now that they've released a final version. I used WordPress up until v.1.5 due to TXP being in beta and RC versions, but have since slowly switched to TXP for all my sites. The only site I can think of at the moment that is running TXP (and doing a

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Terrence Wood
Lloyd said: 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? Are you refering to the the CMS interface itself (i.e. the admin bits) or to the public facing output? Most CMS's

RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Paul Noone
Except that they still insist on membership before you can view such pages. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Drake Sent: Friday, 2 December 2005 4:15 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Christian Montoya
If you want to find out which CMS is good for your needs, you might want to check out: http://www.opensourcecms.com/ They have live installs of maybe hundreds of CMS, all rated, user comments, organized in categories. The installs are wiped every 2 hours, so you can go in with the demo password

RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Paul Noone
December 2005 8:47 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility If you want to find out which CMS is good for your needs, you might want to check out: http://www.opensourcecms.com/ They have live installs of maybe hundreds of CMS, all rated, user comments, organized

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Michael Donnermeyer
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted Drake Sent: Friday, 2 December 2005 4:15 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility www.GAWDS.org (Guild of Accessible Web Developers) has a fully accessible CMS platform

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread absalom
I've never used it myself, but you might want to take a look at Joomla. It's compatible with Mambo at this point http://www.joomla.org/index.php?Itemid=44option=com_faqcatid=7 and the developers are at least are trying to be compliant and accessible

RE: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Paul Noone
Michael Donnermeyer deftly quothed: ...if you take the time to look. Ahem. Yes. Thank you, Michael. :* ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Vladimir Yashnikov
Hello Michael, I used WordPress up until v.1.5 due to TXP being in beta and RC versions, but have since slowly switched to TXP for all my sites. The only site I can think of at the moment that is running TXP (and doing a good job of it) is Hicks Design (http://

Re: [WSG] Mambo Accessibility

2005-12-01 Thread Lloyd
Guys, Thanks for all the feedback! Backend is important as one of our content providers is blind. Does anyone know much more about Joomla? They are possibly prepared to upgrade (As they see this is just the same thing). I want to know whether its possible to do this with either Mambo or Joomla