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The results for [URL="http://www.packtpub.com/article/drupal-wins-overall-2007-open-source-cms-award"]The Packet[/URL] [URL="http://www.packtpub.com/article/drupal-wins-overall-2007-open-source-cms-award"] 2007 Open Source CMS Award[/URL] have been announced today.

Drupal has won the Overall 2007 Open Source CMS Award with 18,000 votes, Drupal succeeds Joomla last years winner.

Sadly [URL="http://php-fusion.co.uk"]PHPFusion[/URL] did not win any of the awards which is a shame, Im sure that will not surprise some of you though. lol but hey V7 is getting released around January, Febuary so mabee it will be in with a chance next year.

To view the full Results for the Awards Click [URL="http://www.packtpub.com/award"]HERE[/URL].

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kneekoo wrote:
PHPFusion will evolve, that's for sure. But the main concern will always be keeping it so simple almost anyone (if not everyone) will be able to use it. It might seem strange but keeping things simple while doing complicated things takes more effort than one may suspect.

PHPFusion's simplicity and performance are what got us all together in here and created a lot of fans, keep that in mind. If we want this CMS to continue it's tradition we will have to be very careful what we put in it.

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lelebart wrote:
* using 'html validator' mozilla's addon, i can count 986 advices about accessiblity (AAA)

By AAA you mean level 3 of accessibility, right? OK. Now think about the first level of accesibility. Let me tell you what I think about it.

[...] The idea was to lighten up the so called WAI issue. PHPFusion is really close to become a W3C (X)HTML error free CMS out of the box if it's not already there, but having all the WAI recommendations inside the core would increase it's size greatly and I don't know if you're willing to suffer the consequences:
1. Pay more for the same hosted website
- or -
2. Be unable to use many free web hosting services
3. Wait longer for a page to load
4. Risk the user satisfaction because of #3
5. Modify and maintain the core more difficult just to keep an eye out for WAI issues - like W3C (X)HTML is not enough
...and so on

It's nice to be standard friendly but it really depends on your target and I don't know how many people really need this excessive care for details. What do you think about all these? B)

ops, you are right, I've set it to the third level! ^________^
I'll like to use PF for an "institutional[1]" site, and my target is all the people who need to read the site, and by law[2] it must be accessible.
what I think about accessibility?
on one hand, yes, size increased maybe twice (up to 4MB ), on the other practically everyone could enjoy the site contents! (isn't it?)
then, «be unable to use many free web hosting services», no, I don't think so..
slower site? no, I don't think so.. neither #4 because of #3
about modifying the core code I agree with you: it's a huge work, but about the maintain.. via mysql?

thanks for the questions, I thought a lot to answer you (I'm not very able with english)

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[1] is the site of the "consulta provinciale degli studenti di venezia" (sounds something like "advisory body of student of venice's province" )
[2] Stanca' law: http://www.pubbliaccesso.it/normative...109_n4.htm
edit: english documentation: http://www.pubbliaccesso.it/english/i.../index.htm

Edited by lelebart on 27-11-2007 21:17, 16 y

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