[Promotion-technology] Accessible Content Management Systems

[Nimer Jaber]

With the size and scope of your project, you might need to utilize a
mixture of CMS systems...varying systems have strongpoints that you
could take advantage of. Ones I've played with are Drupal, Wordpress
and Joomla and I would agree that Wordpress and Drupal are very
accessible. My recommendation for you only because of the scope of
what you aim to do is to utilize Drupal. It is very extensible, it has
many, many plugins, it gives you lots of control...it doesn't assume
that you need or want anything. Because of it having a myriad of
options, it can be a bit daunting to find out the best solution for
what you are attempting to do, however many modules and forums exist
to help you out. Wordpress is powerful and is used alongside Drupal
for many sites...however most of the time Wordpress on its own is used
for smaller to maybe more medium-sized projects. It isn't as
extensible and does things slightly different. It tries to make things
easier for you and to hold your hand a bit more than a Drupal will.
There are guides on the net about the general differences between the
two that will outline them better than I have. Again, both systems are
accessible and both potentially could accomplish your needs, although
I think you'll find that Drupal with a larger project like the one
you're talking about will work a bit better...and again it might be
something where you utilize multiple content management systems to
maximize your productivity and results.

Thanks.

On 9/19/14, Jeanine Lineback via Promotion-technology
<promotion-technology at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Michael, I have done a lot of work with CMS is I could tell you that in
> general WordPress is the more accessible of the ones I've seen and had the
> opportunity to use. However as David points out Drupal has also done a
> considerable amount of work in the area of excess ability. I know both the
> leads for the excess ability teams on WordPress and Drupal. And both teams
> are very committed to excess ability. Some of this comes down to what type
> of CMS you need and what you need it for to determine which will work best.
> Drupal is a very complex and configurable CMS. WordPress is more simplistic
> but still very powerful. I think that I could give you more information off
> list. So please email me and I Will share with you my experiences with both
> CMS systems.
>
>> On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:29 AM, "Andrews, David B \(DEED\) via
>> Promotion-technology" <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> You might try asking on the nfb-web list, where people might have more
>> experience in this area.  I don't know the answer, but if I had to guess,
>> I would guess Word Press.  I also think Drupal has done some work in this
>> area.
>>
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>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Promotion-technology
>> [mailto:promotion-technology-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Bullis via Promotion-technology
>> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 10:26 AM
>> To: promotion-technology at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Promotion-technology] Accessible Content Management Systems
>>
>> I'm beginning a very large web project involving tens of thousands of
>> videos, forums, blogs and a back-room database.
>>
>> I'm wondering if those of you who know far more than I can tell me what
>> the most accessible cms is out there, what are its shortcomings and strong
>> points, Etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Our goal is to hire blind people and people with other disabilities and we
>> want to make sure we are starting out with the most accessible product on
>> the market, even if we have to make modifications.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Mike Bullis
>>
>> Baltimore Maryland
>>
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