[Hudlug] created a web page

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

Hi!
I will keep your suggestions in mind.
I am only using Word to write my pages at the moment as I am using 
Windows, possibly I might use Writer or something else under Linux 
unless I have a crack at writing pages in raw HTML.
I think the problem I had linking to the Hudersfield Linux usergroup 
site was that the File Manager I used which comes with my ISP by default 
which is done through Geocities split the URL onto two lines for some 
reason I can't understand.
When I put my email address on my site, I created a Hyperlink in Word 
and typed it into the edit field. It may be another problem with me 
using Geocities or a MS Word problem.
I don't know if this is going to happen yet but I am in discussion with 
my dad about possibly purchasing a Braillenote which is a Braille 
Display but it does more than just Display Braille as it is a Notetaker.
It works on Windows CE but in theory it should be usable as a terminal 
in Linux if Brltty supports it but I suppose it depends on the connection.
I say I am in discussion with dad about purchasing one as they are over 
4000 pounds and also as I am currently studying Spanish at Huddersfield 
Tec so it is something I am thinking of purchasing for my course as I 
need access to Braille and I am not sure if the translation software 
they have for their embosser at Huddersfield support Spanish code.


Ben Fowler wrote:
> On 15/09/06, MICHAEL WEAVER <michaelweaver1 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I now have a presence on the web.
>
> Michael, it is good, it is very good.
>
> Indeed why bother with Linux if you can do all that in Word!
>
> Next time we meet, could you go over the steps you carry out to create
> and/or update a web page using your chosen Windows tools. I would very
> much like to be able to be set up the same workflow under Linux. I
> will freely admit that I cannot see any way of doing this that is as
> easy as I would like.
>
> You are very welcome to put some pages on the Birstall and Howden
> Clough site if this suits you. We ought to be thinking about blogs
> (exempli gratia Wordpress http://wordpress.org/about/ ) for B&HC LUG.
>
> I have viewed yoiur site in MacLynx, and would make these suggestions
> and comments:
>
> * Main Page
>
> MICHAELS WEB SITE could be MICHAEL'S WEB SITE
> web site hosting could be web page creation/writing
>
> You needn't have mentioned that you are blind. It is not obvious from
> anything that has gone before; and I would add that your breaking up
> the text into paragraphs (which blind people often do not do), tends
> to indicate that you are happy to come across as an individual rather
> than a blind individual. But that is up to you. Could you say what you
> want to about purely visual content worded in such a way as would not
> need any comment about blindness...
>
> I am not sure that you have the mailto: link quite right, but using
> Lynx as I am, I am not suggesting anything wrong with it. The "About"
> link is fine, but you may have misplaced the tags in the link to
> HUDLUG.
>
> See http://www.eklhad.net/cli.html and
> http://www.blind.state.ia.us/ASSIST/chong-bio.htm for examples of high
> quality sites. I thought that I had a couple of slightly more
> pertinent examples - these are more objectives to aim at rather than
> targets that can be easily met - but I can't seem to find them.
>
> * About Me
>
> I would not state my correct age on a web site. Do you mean to update
> it? You could say: "I am a child of the Thatcher era" (if you feel
> that you are); or "I was born in the same year that Adrian Mole turned
> 15 and 1/4". Again there is no need to give quite as much detail
> (unless you want to, or find it helpful) at this stage: "... I was
> born with a condition in which the fluid in my eyes was solid, but I
> don't notice it much. I spent most of my childhood at Boarding School
> and later at College." - but it is up to you.
>
> You might want to capitalise Assistants, or even clarify by saying ...
> the Actresses who played the parts of his assistants ..., and it is
> Somerset.
>
> distrobution => distribution, but we do say "distro" don't we?
>
> I hope that the Radio side of things goes well, and we must get you
> started with some Linux programming.
>
> I mean what I say when I claim that I do  not yet know of a Free
> Software tool chain that can do what you have done, and this needs
> looking into.
>
> Ben
>
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