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Joomla! Accessibility

You're reading from   Joomla! Accessibility A quick guide to creating accessible websites with Joomla!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2007
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847194084
Length 156 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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What Will Joomla! Not Do?


While creating accessible websites with Joomla!, it is also important to understand the limits of the technology.

Joomla! will not magically transform anything the developer or author throws at into structured and accessible content. Although, sometimes we may wish this happens! We often, on a subconscious level, believe that new technology will automatically be able to fix everything so that we could then spend more time hanging out at the beach. However, this is unrealistic. Technological advances have not lead us to lives of leisure, rather we often work harder, deal with more diverse tasks, and for longer hours!

Within the context of using a Content Management System like Joomla! the old adage "garbage in—garbage out" holds true. It is important for you to understand that much of what you can do to create accessible websites comes from what you have acquired over time, with good development and design practices.

The manner in which you approach your web development...

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