[Nfb-krafters-korner] Update on my Website

[Amanda Matheny]

I'm glad you like the site. I just barely figured out the store thing.
I am using one that's a wordpress plugin called Simple ecommerce. It
seems good but I wrote the developer to ask how to do a few things.

I'm experimenting with themes at the moment. Still working on getting
that the way I want it.

I've been taking my pictures with my iPhone, sending them to myself
via mail and selecting the small option, which is good for display on
a website and not very big, and then I use a free program called JPEG
auto rotater which fixes the problem of the iPhone messing up
orientation. Actually it's not Apple that messes it up but rather a
bunch of windows programs that don't read the tags correctly.

I believe an almost totally blind person can take the pictures, yes. I
don't have a ton of sight myself and I do it, but you may want to get
a sighted person to help just with the first few, so that you can get
the hang of how to position the camera. Once you are comfortable
positioning it and getting a good shot, you can do it yourself. It
just takes a little practice.

I'm not an expert on the visual appealing thing. I do have some sight
but it's deteriorated considerably since I was a kid and my color
vision sucks. However I do remember colors. One cool way to make a
site visually appealing and yet still accessible is to play with the
text and background colors. For example, most sites use white on black
as their high contrast option. However, for someone like me who uses
high contrast but also doesn't want the status quo, or for totally
sighted people that just want a little character on the site, you
might try using a dark blue, like a navy or midnight blue background
color with a bright yellow text color. This will keep the high
contrast look while simultaneously catering to the sighted or
partially sighted community for visual appeal.

If I think of any more tips I think might help, I will send them, but
that's all I have for now.

On 4/18/14, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:
> Hi Amanda,
>
> I cannot speak from a visual standpoint but really like your site. I have
> not used this but have you looked at having something like an Etsy store?
> This may make purchasing of products from your site easier, but this is not
> my area of expertise, but I know there was a discussion of taking payments
> a
> couple months ago.
>
> I am curious to learn what you find out about themes, site layout, and
> pictures. I am currently building a blog about my crafting experiences and
> while I want to market it to the blind, I want it to be visually appealing
> and professional looking. I am particularly curious about pictures. Can
> they
> be taken from a phone? How much photo editing has to be done? Can a almost
> totally blind person take and post pictures independently? Also, how in
> general can you make a site more "visually appealing."
>
> Thanks
>
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Update on my Website
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have received emails from several people on these lists who were
> interested in visiting the website I mentioned in my intro message but it
> was down for over a day because the host was having server issues.
> It is now back up and I wanted to let you all know since there was a lot of
> interest.
>
> As I said it's still very new and a work in progress, but feel free to
> check
> it out, send me feedback or topic suggestions, watch out for the posting of
> my handmade needlepoint items, and stay tuned for updates to the site. I
> have a few really great ideas in mind for it that have not yet been
> implemented.
>
> You can visit the site by going to
>
> www.craftyfrugalmom.com
>
> or follow me on Twitter at
>
> @craftyfrugalmom
>
> Anyone who has experience with Wordpress driven sites, feel free to contact
> me. I'm especially interested in discussing screen reader accessible themes
> that are also pleasing to the sighted world. My current theme is ok, but
> not
> all that visually appealing and I want to find a way to have the best of
> both worlds. I do not want a site that screams blind. I want something with
> character.
>
> Well, gotta run now because I'm off to a day at a local amusement park with
> my family, but I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks!
>
> --
> Amanda Matheny
> Twitter: @craftyfrugalmom
> Website: www.craftyfrugalmom.com
>
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Amanda Matheny
Twitter: @craftyfrugalmom
Website: www.craftyfrugalmom.com