Re: [tdf-discuss] user forums ?

Hi,

At 05:52 10-11-2011, Augustine Souza wrote:
> For the new forum ...
> My request is that "background images" for functional content be kept
> to a minimum for reasons of accessibility.
>
> Some people may want to have a different color for the page background
> because they find white painful. (There are such people.)

I would like to add a few more accessibility considerations:
* If phpBB is chosen for the forum, please take a look at
  <http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=17254>:
  "An accessible style for PhpBB".
  (You can also get in touch with the owners of AccessifyForum,
   which is based on phpBB.)
* Another forum solution with good accessibility out of the box is
  PunBB <http://punbb.informer.com/>.

Best regards,

Christophe



> If the person uses css to change the background color, many background
> images are no longer visible. This is quite common with phpBB. Buttons
> such as "new post" or "quote" or "reply" disappear when the background
> color is changed using css. There maybe workarounds such as the alt
> tag but that's no longer pretty.
>
> If anyone is interested I can give a couple of examples.


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