- From: Steven Dale <sdale@stevendale.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:43:00 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <gdeering@acslink.net.au>
- Cc: <sdale@stevendale.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Lenya is new to me.... looks like it could be a great way to have authors contribute to the website without breaking the accessibility. Have you played with it? -Steve >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven Dale >> Geoff, >> >> I am getting ready to play around with Cocoon with an eye towards >> Accessiblity. I believe it would be a great tool if we can get it >> working in a best practices type of way. Have you played with it? I >> was involved a couple years ago when developing web content for both >> the PCs and WAP phones. I think it would be great to tailor the page >> output based upon the user's preferences. >> >> -Steve > > Hi, > > Lisa Seeman, from UBAccess (http://www.ubaccess.com/cog.html) and WAI-GL > worked on a large project within the last year using Cocoon. I'm pretty > sure that's right, it looked like Cocoon to me, in fact I'm sure it was. > > I put my hand up on WAI-GL to cover server-side techniques, but my > participation rate over there and ATAG is close to zero at present. But > I have the intention to really look into this. > > The people on the Apache/Cocoon list are open to anyone redeveloping > their XSLT so that the pages generated on that site are closer to W3C > standards, so if you want to do that, get on the list and put your hand > up, because if you do, it would showcase what could be done with that > approach. > > I'm just getting it all set up under the same Linux Distro that I host > under, but still working out the pros and cons of installing by source > (RH9) and apt-get (Debian). Cocoon/Java/Lenya install much easier under > Windows. I just need to make sure I can do what I want without too many > dramas. > > Oreilly has just put out an Axkit book, I'm looking at that, because it > is so lightweight compared to Cocoon, but Cocoon is so much more > powerful. > > I am also looking at Forrest for simple site regeneration. Maybe > keeping forrest on my local machine and just copying the generated files > to the site. > > I've been following Apache/Cocoon/Lenya for about 5 years, but it seems > that Lenya has only really come to maturity as far as prime time around > now. > > I do like Cocoons architecture and features, it to me shows the results > of a great collaborative development effort. It makes far more sense > than many other CMSs out there, it's very different, but when you look > at the whole thing, it makes the most sense by far. In just needs a > user interface for content developers with all the required CMS features > (Lenya). > > Geoff
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