CMS and WAI
Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:47 am
CSS doesn't have the flexability I need to create fluid designs...
For instance, my current web site has 4 columns
- Left hand side gutter (22px)
- Left hand side navigation menu (180px)
- Content area (100%)
- Right hand side gutter (22px)
With a footer which spanned 100%
This design proved to difficult for me to be done in CSS alone so I used a TABLE layout...
Which doesn't conform to WAI standards
Ah well...
Anyways, the point is...I have my own little CMS which I built to manage the content on my site...not the greatest but it works and uses TinyMCE as an editor...
Like many other CMS's when I need to adjust the layout of my content I again have to use tables as all CMS I have seen don't allow anything but, as the WYSIWYG editors written in JS don't allow for much more...
How would you go about designing a CMS so it was more WAI friendly???
For instance, images...there is no way to force a user to enter an ALT value unless you use an image uploader, etc...which I don't...
I'm thinking of starting work on my next CMS which I will strive to make conform to CSS designs and WAI, etc...
Ideas, comments, opinions, etc???
Cheers
For instance, my current web site has 4 columns
- Left hand side gutter (22px)
- Left hand side navigation menu (180px)
- Content area (100%)
- Right hand side gutter (22px)
With a footer which spanned 100%
This design proved to difficult for me to be done in CSS alone so I used a TABLE layout...
Which doesn't conform to WAI standards
Ah well...
Anyways, the point is...I have my own little CMS which I built to manage the content on my site...not the greatest but it works and uses TinyMCE as an editor...
Like many other CMS's when I need to adjust the layout of my content I again have to use tables as all CMS I have seen don't allow anything but, as the WYSIWYG editors written in JS don't allow for much more...
How would you go about designing a CMS so it was more WAI friendly???
For instance, images...there is no way to force a user to enter an ALT value unless you use an image uploader, etc...which I don't...
I'm thinking of starting work on my next CMS which I will strive to make conform to CSS designs and WAI, etc...
Ideas, comments, opinions, etc???
Cheers