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Joined: 10/30/2008
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Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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Hi Guys,
I am trying to determine whether Umbraco is the tool for the job for a quote I am putting together. I've only used DotNetNuke in the past but am wondering if its time for a move. A couple of requirements are not things I have tried to do before so I am looking for comments as to how possible/easy the following are in Umbraco:
"Given the nature of people who may access the website and in line with our value base we would like people to be able to change the font size, type and colour and the background colour in order to make the site more accessible."
"We would like rollover buttons that change colour when the mouse cursor is on them, possibly with the option of sound when the mouse is rolled over an icon. e.g. have spoken word so that when a user points the mouse cursor onto an option, that option is said aloud."
Any comments on how to meet these requirements in Umbraco appreciated.
Cheers,
Dale
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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 6/24/2008
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Hey Dale,
Umbraco is just a content management system and doesn't help you do any of the things you mentioned. But in one sense that is the very reason you should use Umbraco. Umbraco doesn't touch your xhtml, css, javascript, etc., so that give you the complete flexibility to do whatever you want. Changing font-size, type and colors dynamically is best handled with CSS and Javascript. To add sound to rollover buttons I would suggest looking into flash.
Good Luck,
Jon
C2 Group
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Joined: 10/20/2008
Posts: 83
Location: USA
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It sounds like you are trying to create an accessible site which means that people with disabilities (sight, hearing, range of motion, etc.) should be able to use the site. As mentioned, Umbraco will not do any of this for you, but you might consider the following resources for solutions related to accessibility: Screen Readers- http://www.screenreader.net/- http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/software_jaws.aspSection 508 for general accessibility standards - http://www.section508.gov/W3C and the Web Accessibility Initiative - http://www.w3.org/WAI/All good resources to help get you on the right track. Hope this helps. Best, Nik
Level 1 Certified / www.scandiaconsulting.com
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Rank: Aficionado
Joined: 1/19/2008
Posts: 182
Location: Belgium
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CoolKiwiBloke wrote:Hi Guys,
I am trying to determine whether Umbraco is the tool for the job for a quote I am putting together. I've only used DotNetNuke in the past but am wondering if its time for a move.
Coming from DNN as well, I would recommend to make the move and never look back.
Converting a DotNetNuke site to Umbraco : Follow it here
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Rank: Newbie
Joined: 4/9/2008
Posts: 21
Location: UK
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Hi Dale,
As others have already said, Umbraco is the way to go!
I think that the difference is that Umbraco doesn't create markup on it's own, you define exactly the xhtml you wish to produce. (Less so for using standard asp.net controls obviously.)
I recon you could produce that requirement using Javascript, along with Umbraco to do the CMS side of it. Just make sure the markup you produce follows the standards and guidelines so that it degrades.
Have a good move ;-)
Ed.
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