Butgereit, LL2010-02-042010-02-042009-09Butgereit, LL. 2009. National accessibility portal and facebook: a case study. 11th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2-4 September 2009, pp 1-10978-0-620-45215-1http://www.zaw3.co.zahttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/393211th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 2-4 September 2009The National Accessibility Portal is a web respository of information for South Africans living with disabilities. Information stored on the portal include copies of legislation applicable to people with disabilities, lists of schools for children with disabilities, lists of accessible tourist venues, mailing lists, discussion forums, book reviews, etc. In an effort to reach a wider (and possibly younger) group of potential users, a Facebook application was developed which could be installed in a Facebook profile. This made it easier for people to keep up-to-date with what is new on the National Accessibility Portal without leaving the popular Facebook portal. The Facebook application could be shared, posted in a profile, and invitations could be sent to Facebook friends. This paper discusses the technical issues, problems encountered, and lessons learned in creating a Facebook front end for a traditional web site.enNational accessibility portalFacebookDisabilitiesSocial networkingWorld wide web applicationsConference PresentationButgereit, L. (2009). National accessibility portal and facebook: a case study. Cape Peninsula University of Technology. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3932Butgereit, LL. "National accessibility portal and facebook: a case study." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3932Butgereit L, National accessibility portal and facebook: a case study; Cape Peninsula University of Technology; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3932 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Butgereit, LL AB - The National Accessibility Portal is a web respository of information for South Africans living with disabilities. Information stored on the portal include copies of legislation applicable to people with disabilities, lists of schools for children with disabilities, lists of accessible tourist venues, mailing lists, discussion forums, book reviews, etc. In an effort to reach a wider (and possibly younger) group of potential users, a Facebook application was developed which could be installed in a Facebook profile. This made it easier for people to keep up-to-date with what is new on the National Accessibility Portal without leaving the popular Facebook portal. The Facebook application could be shared, posted in a profile, and invitations could be sent to Facebook friends. This paper discusses the technical issues, problems encountered, and lessons learned in creating a Facebook front end for a traditional web site. DA - 2009-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - National accessibility portal KW - Facebook KW - Disabilities KW - Social networking KW - World wide web applications LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2009 SM - 978-0-620-45215-1 T1 - National accessibility portal and facebook: a case study TI - National accessibility portal and facebook: a case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/3932 ER -