Posted by hadi_gsf on February 7, 2012 at 8:09am
hello there
i'm interested to build a website for the blind pilots using microsoft fs simulator.
and i've heard that drupal is verry accessible, and i might want to try it.
i need help about where to start, which drupal i get (i cannot find drupal 8 nowhere) and modules or themes that can help me.
i have my hosting account ready.
so any helps would be appreciated!
thanks
-hadi
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oh, i have forgot something,
oh, i have forgot something, that i myself am a blind user so i use a screenreader too
D7 and Zen is what I use.
Hi Hadi,
Even we are a team from India building our own website in drupal. We are a team into software development run by visually challenged. We found that Drupal 7 and greater releases are very accessible. Among themes, we think that Zen theme is one of the best theme available. We are using Zen as our starter theme. There are 11 others that I remember reading about. But I don't find the URL which I can refer to you.
Siddhant Chothe,
Senior Software Developer at Techvision
Finding Drupal
Hi Hadi,
I suggest that you use Drupal version 7. The "Get Started With Drupal" page can help you download it and get going:
http://drupal.org/start
On that page there are many helpful links, but the "Installation Guide" is probably one good place to go first:
http://drupal.org/documentation/install
Drupal 8 will is not scheduled to be released for another year or so. Drupal 7.12 is the current up-to-date version that you should use. Best Wishes with Drupal,
Brandon
www.pixotech.com
ohthat looks
oh
that looks interesting.
well, from my google results, this just did come to me
drupal.org/projects/zen
i've downloaded drupal and installed it on my hosting server.
now it seems evrrything is right, though from the drupal interface i can tell that it's accessible.
but i should get used to it... i still do not know how to work with links/buttons there.
anyway, is there any user guides that i should read, a specific one for accessibility and stuff?
or i should just proceed with reading the documentations that are currently in drupal.org
edit: thanks brandon. i already installed drupal just right now, now i guess i need to start learning it.
it looks so complex and big
Complex and big
Yes, Drupal is very complex and big. There are thousands of add-on modules, and so much opportunity and flexibility. But it takes a while to learn your way around.
If you are interested in accessibility resources specifically, here is an overview page with links to a lot of that:
http://drupal.org/about/accessibility
But if you are interested in how to use Drupal, I suggest the Documentation (formerly called the Handbook):
http://drupal.org/documentation
There are also lots of books in print and e-books about Drupal:
http://drupal.org/books
Those are a great place to start if you are really going to dive into developing your own add-on modules or creating your own themes.
www.pixotech.com
building a simple site
well,
no i really don't want to dive in to developping since i have no knolledge of PHP/html.
i'm just looking forward to build a simple website.
by the way, do you recommend pre-package installations? or not
re: building a simple site
I don't recommend starting with any installation profiles or full-blown Drupal distributions if you are just building a simple site. For the sake of accessibility, you can start with plain vanilla Drupal 7 and decide what modules you might need to add on one at a time.
www.pixotech.com
simple site
oh, alright.
better, even.
most of the drupal documentations, going directly to advanced stuff, so i really couldn't get out anything of it except some explainations on drupal's interface.
i should take a look at tutorials too anyway.
thanks brandon for the information