Joomla! Website Design Coaching Support Warrington Cheshire Manchester Merseyside UKThe minutes of the Joomla! Project's Production Department meeting held on 5 March 2024 include a reference to the fact that Joomla! is now on the WC Authoring Tools List at:

Read more: WC Authoring Tools List.

The Authoring Tools List provides information on accessibility support in content management systems (CMS), learning management systems (LMS), web page editors, and other 'authoring tools'.

At the time of writing there are 5 organisations listed on the WC Authoring Tools List.

Here is a summary of the Joomla! listing after it was last updated on 10 December 2023.

Joomla! by Open Source Matters, Inc

Joomla! is an open-source CMS used to create and manage websites. It is written in PHP / MySql. Joomla! is open Source and completely developed and maintained by volunteers. It enables inidividual users and agancies building reliable, fast and accessible websites. It is released under the GNU General Public License.

License: free.

Read more: The Joomla! Project Accessibility Statement.

Web-based functionality is accessible.
Alternative content available to editors.
Works with keyboard.
Content can be navigated by structure.
Content searchable .
Supports display preferences.
Previews are accessible.
Generates accessible markup.
Accessible content production is possible.
Editors guided.
Text alternatives can be managed.
Accessible templates available.
Accessible components/plug-ins available.
Provides suggestions to content editor about accessibility problems.

Enough time.

Note: Session time is a global parameter and can be changed, users cannot change the session time.

Helps editor prevent and correct mistakes.

Note: Users can revert changes using a content history. They can use an accessibility checker for their content before publishing.

(Accessibility) features documented.

Note: This is work in progress.

Checks accessibility automatically.

Note: The user can activate a check. It is not performed automatically.

Editing-view presentation can be programmatically determined.
Preserves accessibility information.
Accessibility features prominent.

 

WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Support

We coach, help and support managers with responsibility for Joomla! websites in organisations across Cheshire, Manchester, Merseyside, North West England & the UK.

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