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From: Sarah Horton
Date: Mon, Feb 05 2007 7:06AM
Subject: Request for links to how-to articles and tutorials
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Hello. I recently posted an online version of my book, Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, here:

http://universalusability.com/

One of my goals for the online version is to link guidelines from the book, which explain what and why, to articles and tutorials that explain how. So, for example, on this page I describe the what and why of providing text for audio content:

http://universalusability.com/access_by_design/audio_and_video/text.html

And under "Further reading," I provide links to various "how-to" resources. I'm writing to ask for help building out those links.

I know there are many on this list who know of or have authored articles and tutorials that would be useful to readers. If you have a chance, please take a look around the site and send me link suggestions, preferably in the following format so I know which page you are suggesting links for:

- The URL or title of the page at Universal Usability
- The URL of the page or pages for inclusion

Thanks in advance for your help!

Sarah

Sarah Horton
Academic Computing
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH USA
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From: Laura Carlson
Date: Mon, Feb 05 2007 8:30AM
Subject: Re: Request for links to how-to articles and tutorials
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> - The URL or title of the page at Universal Usability
> - The URL of the page or pages for inclusion

> Universal Usability Resources
> Web Sites, Articles, and Tutorials

Web Design Reference
An educational resource to instruction in standards based web design
and development. It is a learning source for those engaged in projects
that require construction of web sites. It also serves as an
educational reference for advanced web designers who want to learn
standards based techniques, theory and best practices or for those who
want to refresh their knowledge. About 6,000 resources are currently
listed. http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/

Events and Conferences
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/events

> Document Structure

Structure (and Web Accessibility)
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#structure

Structure (and Web Standards)
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/standards#structure

> Text

Typography
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/type

Relative Sizing
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#relative

> Images

Alt Attributes and Alt Text
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#alt

> Data Tables

Data Tables (Accessibility)
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#tables

Data Tables (CSS Techniques)
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/css#tablesdata

> Layout Tables

Layout Tables (CSS Techniques)
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/css#tableslayout

> Frames

Frames Usability
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/usability#frames

> Lists

Lists (CSS Techniques)
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/css#lists

> Forms

Forms Accessibility
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#forms

Forms Usability
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/usability#forms

> Links

Link Navigation
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#link

Link Text
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#linktext

Link Color
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#linkcolor

Skip Links
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#skiplinks

Related Link Navigation info
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/navigation#relatedlink

> Color

http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color

Color Tutorials
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color#tutorials

Color Theory & Models
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color#theory

Comprehensive Color Sites
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color#compsites

Color Contrast
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color#contrast

Color Vision Deficiencies
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color#deficiencies

Color Tools
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/tools#colortools

Color Articles
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/color

> Audio and Video

http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/accessibility#multimedia

> Interactivity

JavaScript
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/javascript

Ajax
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/javascript#ajax

Flash
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/flash


The Web Design Reference sitemap may list other sections useful to you:
<http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/sitemap.html>;

Also the WDR has a newsletter for site updates:
http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdevlist

Best Regards,
Laura

From: Sean Keegan
Date: Tue, Feb 06 2007 3:50PM
Subject: Re: Request for links to how-to articles and tutorials
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Hi Laura,

Under the section for Accessibility (Plugins, PDF, PowerPoint, etc.), I have
updated some of the information on PDF and accessibility on our site:

http://www.htctu.net/publications/conferences/csun2005/start.html

And

http://www.htctu.net/publications/conferences/ahg/pdf_forms.html


The link to "Authoring for Accessibility with Adobe PDF Documents" is going
to be removed from our site.

Thank you,
Sean

From: Emma Duke-Williams
Date: Thu, Feb 08 2007 10:12AM
Subject: Re: Request for links to how-to articles and tutorials
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I've got no recommendations for the links, Sarah, but I'd like to
thank you for putting your book online - it's one that I have
recommended to students for some time now, but getting them to get
into the library and/ or buy a book is quite difficult...

Emma

On 03 Feb 2007 11:25:35 -0500, Sarah Horton < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Hello. I recently posted an online version of my book, Access by Design: A Guide to Universal Usability for Web Designers, here:
>
> http://universalusability.com/
>
> One of my goals for the online version is to link guidelines from the book, which explain what and why, to articles and tutorials that explain how. So, for example, on this page I describe the what and why of providing text for audio content:
>
> http://universalusability.com/access_by_design/audio_and_video/text.html
>
> And under "Further reading," I provide links to various "how-to" resources. I'm writing to ask for help building out those links.
>
> I know there are many on this list who know of or have authored articles and tutorials that would be useful to readers. If you have a chance, please take a look around the site and send me link suggestions, preferably in the following format so I know which page you are suggesting links for:
>
> - The URL or title of the page at Universal Usability
> - The URL of the page or pages for inclusion
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Horton
> Academic Computing
> Dartmouth College
> Hanover, NH USA
> = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>

From: Sarah Horton
Date: Thu, Feb 08 2007 10:13AM
Subject: Re: Request for links to how-to articles and tutorials
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Emma Duke-Williams wrote:
> I'd like to thank you

Thanks, Emma - it's great to hear the book is useful. And many thanks to Laura for the wealth of links.

Everyone, when you stumble on something useful, please send it my way, and send me announcements (like the one from Norman Robinson about Section 508) to post on the home page (http://universalusability.com/). Thanks!

Best regards,
Sarah

Sarah Horton
Academic Computing
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH USA
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