Andrea - we have used Wordpress fairly extensively over the last few
months, although we are still only just beginning to understand its
features and limitations.
We've been exploring the capacity of Wordpress 2.2 to publish small
sites (including our own at simulacra.com), plus using the free
Wordpress.org version for standalone blogs. 2.2 has advantages in terms
of being much more customizable and flexible for integrating with web
sites, but the .org version is also very intuititive.
I've also heard good things about Movable Type
(http://www.movabletype.org/) which projectsetc.org is based on.
They've just released version 4 as OpenSource.
Martyn
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Andrea Cordani
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Subject: Web 2.0, accessiblity and integrated blogs
On a related (but not identical) topic, we are looking into integrating
some blog software into our Intranet.
Has anybody used Wordpress or other open source stuff recently?
Or have any other recommendations? I agree that the same accessibility
issues apply...
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Thanks Jim
It looks like a couple of listers have recommended Vanilla - so we'll
look into that. PhBB is mentioned a few times in replies so far - but I
hear some gripes about it too. Anyone else used it in our sector?
We've been told that ELGG ( http://elgg.org/features.php) is a good
solution - but I can't see many people using it, and I'm not sure about
the technology used. Anyone else used it?
It certainly seems that as a sector we need to look into positive ways
to engage with web 2.0 if we want to promote accessibility effectively.
User groups, as mentioned by Jim O'Donnell below, seem to be a good way
forward.
It would be great to be able to access some recent case studies where
access research into web 2.0 apps has been carried out by user groups
from the target communities - can anyone help with this?
Thanks for your replies so far!
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>
>Do any MCG listers have observations about accessibility and web 2.0
>apps
There was some discussion of this at @media last week. Joe Clark has
done some testing with disabled users performing tasks on Basecamp. The
javascript/ajax bits make tasks more difficult to complete, but not
impossible. There was some discussion as to when this means
"inaccessible" - when a task takes twice as long to complete? One and a
half times?
Gez Lemon and Steve Faulkner have written some stuff about Jaws, Window
Eyes and dynamically updated content, which you can find on
http://juicystudio.com/
The thing to look for would be an application which works with
javascript disabled. Then, at least, you can offer users the option to
turn off ajax bells and whistles.
Isn't 24 hour museum in the same building in Brighton as Clearleft? You
could pop downstairs and have a word with Jeremy Keith :)
>or, come to that, recommendations of good simple, open source forum
>apps we can look into?
>
If you want a bulletin board, PunBB has been getting some good press on
accessify forum: http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4785
Jim
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