[nabs-l] my IT class and html questions

Sun Jan 22 21:28:06 UTC 2012

I don't understand the problem. You will specify a background color
and font in your html code, so as long as you know what you want you
should be fine. Am I missing something?

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On Jan 22, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Amy,
> Thanks. I already plan to work with the professor in office hours. They did install jaws in the lab we are using.
> She taught us to use notepad. But, I don't know if jaws will tell me the background colors and color of font. Maybe I will need a sighted person to do this with me?
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Amy Sabo
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:06 AM
> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] my IT class and html questions
>
> Hello Ashley,
>
> To answer some of your it and html questions here's my views and what I somewhat know.
>
> As for doing stuff in html I did it in notepad since that's how my exboyfriend does his web page but, when it came to doing the layout and all I couldn't make it look professionally.. I know all of this because when I was at ucd I took a web design class and, I had this problem myself. I unfortunately, had to drop the class since I couldn't get a tutor/reader for the class and, the classroom that we were using for the class was one of the computer labs on campus and the network administrator wouldn't let me use a software/or let me put jfw on a certain computer with a software package to make the software accessible for me to do the work in the class. So, make sure that your professor/network administrator will let you do this! Also, work as much if you can at home with the manual and, also work with the professor  at his office hours for his expertise on how it's looking.
>
> Besides Microsoft FrontPage there's a software to use web sites with the accessibility with jfw called webtab. Unfortunately, I don't have the web site for it but, if you google it will be able for you rto find it!
>
> As for graphics and, all that's something that you will need your prof for or sighted assistance from a classmate too. And, for the manuals for the above products I'm sure that they have accessible manuals and, I'm sure that your prof can provide those for you.
>
> As for free sites for providing domain names for you to produce your work I don't know of any of them personally. But, I'm sure that others here on this list can provide that or you can always use your school's server for that. My exboyfriend when he was in college did this before he got his own domain name which was fine but, not everyone could access it and, if you want all access that might not be for you.
>
> I hope this information is helpful for you with your it class. Take care and good luck with it!
>
>
>
> Hugs,
> amy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:20 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] my IT class and html questions
>
> Hi all,
> As you might remember I’m in an introduction computer concepts class. I want the knowledge to be a wise computer consumer and user. We are learning about computer components like the CPU and motherboard and types of memory.
> We also have to learn basic html and website design. We publish these small webpages on our school server eventually. That is just one of many assignments; we also go over the microsoft office suite.
>
> So my questions for those familiar with website making.
> 1. What software do you publish with? I’m curious. I know many are not accessible. Maybe microsoft office front page?
> We are taught to write the html codes in notepad and save it as a html file.
> We don’t need software for the class.
> Also, any accessible tutorials about html or website design? Our professor gave some to us, online tutorials. I’ll see if they’re readable with jaws.
>
>
> 2. How do you handle the visual stuff such as graphics, color of text, and background color? Will jaws read the colors when you open it up in a web browser? I suspect you just have to see it with low vision if you have it or ask a sighted person.
>
> 3. What is the difference between hyperlinks with relative and absolute paths? My instructor doesn’t explain much about the codes; we just look at the lab assignment and type it in. There is a code for each hyperlink put in.
>
> 4. Any tips for learning the color and font system called CSS, cascading style sheets? Do I just memorize the codes and what they mean. Not that we are getting that fancy though.
>
> 5. Are there free places to publish websites? I do not think you have to purchase web software or a website domain. Doesn’t google have something free? I doubt I’ll publish, but wanted to know in case I decide to make websites in the future.
> I’m using Word to read the lab assignment and find it challenging to remember all the code and type it in exactly as it says in notepad. I do a few words and characters at a time. What is interesting to me is that there are six types of heading levels; 1 is the biggest and six the smallest.
> So one number in the code makes a difference! the code is <h1> or a 2 for heading 2.
> Thanks.
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