That is exactly why I have a sighted person look at my site. You can have an excellent site with out all the graphics crap. It all boils down how hard you work at it and what you are trying to achieve. I have music to offer not a hollywood website. I just want folks to enjoy my music. At 01:49 PM 3/24/2009 -0400, you wrote: >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?subjectsubscribe >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 > > 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