Your page might read well with Jaws, but that doesn't mean that you're on the right track. Sighted people tell me that most pages that blind people make by hand look like text terminals from the 1980's. This is because most blind people have no conceptualization about how to use different fonts, colors, or layouts other than the standard flow layouts in HTML (headings, paragraphs, etc). Plus, without some basic use of backgrounds and icons, your page looks like it came from the 1990's. That is why these pre-rolled web site systems are a good thing. They make you actually seem like you know what looks good. Even their generic form letter templates, the same templates that are used by thousands of other web sites, look better than what most blind people will assemble. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Dew Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:36 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: website accessibility I created my own web site myself. You just need to know html code. Its not hard and a blind person can do it his self. You can check out my website at: http://www.markdew.com After you load the page, you can check out the code by going to the view menu of your browser and arrow down to source press enter. Here you can view the code that makes up my main web page. Mark At 06:38 PM 3/20/2009 -0400, you wrote: > I know some of you have your own websites on here as I do. What are the >most effective methods you've discovered for the best accessibility for >us? Doing things like: uploading our music, etc? The person who set up my >website used joomla, and I'm now learning to navigate with that, but some >of it is java-based, and jaws won't work with it. Any simpler suggestions? > Thanks. Omar Binno AIM: LOD1116 >Skype: obinno1 >Website: www.omarbinno.com PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq