Proposed Web site redesign (beta)

[Steven Hildreth]

Is w3/wia and w3/HTML compliance a requirement of the replacement
offering? Never was mentioned to me when I offered to create a new
modern, dynamic replacement site.

No CMS stock package I have found (I have tested several for a
previous project including; PhpNuke, PostNuke, Slashcode, eGroupare,
Mambo, and XOOPS) generates either w3/wia or w3/HTML compliant code.

My position is that if it renders well in Mozilla, Firefox, Konqueror
and IE that is ensuring a wide enough target audience. Sure the Links
guys will get pissed, but realistically I think we should ensure
operability with the 99% audience - not degrade the overall visual
impression for all to appease the 1%

Other opinions?

Regards,
Steven (Tallen)



On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:33:06 -0600, Jason Clinton <me at jasonclinton.com> wrote:
> Steven Hildreth wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am working on updating the KcLUG website to be a dynamic content
> > site via the XOOPS engine, other than a few graphics needed here and
> > there I think it is ready for beta-viewing by the group.
> 
> I like the look but the use of tables as a formating tool is explicitly
> discouraged by the powers that be: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
> 
> Specifically, the goal is to make the site make sense when read
> linearly. (As if you were looking at the site in lynx.)
> 
> Here is an analysis of the new page:
> http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/bobbyServlet?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kclug.org%2F%7Eshildreth%2Fmodules%2Fnews%2F&output=Submit&gl=wcag1-aaa&test=
> 
> Here's some other troubles with the content:
> http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kclug.org%2F%7Eshildreth%2Fmodules%2Fnews%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=HTML+4.01+Transitional
> 
> As far as I know, there are no CMS's that use CSS as a layout tool --
> CSS can addresses the WAI guidelines and allow the site to still look
> attractive. I would love to know of any CMS's that do use CSS for
> layout, though. Anyone?
> 
> 
>