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Introduction

Connect access is a platform that helps managing mediation requests.

Disabled people fill a form with the accessibility problem they have on a specific website, and get contacted by your mediation organization. You can help them with an immediate solution, and if needed contact the organisation responsible for the website to try to find a more sustainable solution of the accessibility problem.

You have also the possibility to fill reports for everytime you contact someone in the process.

Getting started quickly​

You can install quickly the application on your local machine with Docker and Docker Compose.

Here are the commands to build and start the app:

# get the repository
git clone https://gitlab.com/koena/connect-access/connect-access.git
cd connect-access
# create the environment variable files
cp -r .envs/local_template .envs/.local
# activate local enviromnent variables
source .envs/.local/local_no_docker_activate
# build the Docker images
docker compose -f local.yml build
# create the database tables
docker compose -f local.yml run -w /app/backend django python manage.py migrate
# install the frontend dependencies
docker compose -f local.yml run -w /app/frontend django yarn install
# run the Docker containers
docker compose -f local.yml up

The application will be available on localhost:8000.

Deploying to production​

To deploy to production environment please read the documentation page about deployement.

Contributing​

This application is open source, under AGPL V3 license.

To contribute you can start by reading the contribution guidelines, and if you would like to contribute to the code, you will probably need to install the local environment.

Extended version​

A close source extension has been made by Koena to integrate features for partner organizations :

  • A specific interface for each partner, with customizable colors, presentation text and logo, and a dedicated path so that each partner can create a link on his website to redirect to his version of the main mediation request form.
  • An orientation page to inform visitors about the mediation service, and let them choose to go to it or contact the partner directly if the request isn't about accessibility.

You can contact us if you are interested by this extension.