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From: Carolyn Baggoo
Date: Thu, Oct 09 2008 2:30PM
Subject: Where can I learn all this?
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I am a newbee to both Web Design and designing Accessible Websites. I really want to make it my mission to help make the web a better experience for the disabled. I have been following these threads with awe. You guys are so wonderful to share your knowledge with us all. I wanted to ask, Is there a book you would recommend I read first that you think is above the rest?

Carolyn
Barrier Free Website Design, Print and Video Media
www.bfwd.biz
http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10560721


--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Dean Hamack < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> From: Dean Hamack < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Optimum position of asterixes on web forms
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Received: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 4:03 PM
> That's semantically incorrect. An asterisk is not an
> abbreviation. Proper
> use of abbr is like so:
>
> <abbr title="Telephone
> Number">PH:</abbr> 206.905.8575
>
>
> On 10/9/08 12:50 PM, "Andy Mabbett"
> < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
>
> > Wouldn't that be better as:
> >
> > <h2>* denotes mandatory
> field</h2>
> > <label>Name:<abbr
> title="mandatory">*</abbr></label>
> >
> > or perhaps:
> >
> > <h2><abbr
> title="required">*</abbr> denotes
> mandatory field</h2>
> >
> <label>Name:<abbr>*</abbr></label>
>
>
>

From: Moore, Michael
Date: Thu, Oct 09 2008 2:40PM
Subject: Re: Where can I learn all this?
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Carolyn wrote:

Is there a book you would recommend I read first that you think is above
the rest?

Mike's Answer:

Web Accessibility, Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance by Jim
Thatcher et. al. ISBN 1-59059-638-2.

This book is the most thorough, understandable, and easy to use that I
have found.

Mike



From: Dean Hamack
Date: Thu, Oct 09 2008 3:10PM
Subject: Re: Where can I learn all this?
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Hi Carolyn,

I've been building websites for almost a decade and honestly, I didn't
really learn to do it correctly until about a year ago. And I'm still
learning, so don't feel too bad.

I've learned more about best practices from the following site than any
other resource. There are articles on just about every topic you can think
of from proper form design to image spriting to proper use of headings. They
also have some great newsletters you can subscribe to:

http://www.sitepoint.com

I would also recommend taking a basic HTML and CSS course from a local
community college. Usually, you can find good 1 or 2 day classes in the
continuing education departments for a couple hundred bucks. The one I take
classes from even has a web accessibility workshop course.


On 10/9/08 1:25 PM, "Carolyn Baggoo" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> I am a newbee to both Web Design and designing Accessible Websites. I really
> want to make it my mission to help make the web a better experience for the
> disabled. I have been following these threads with awe. You guys are so
> wonderful to share your knowledge with us all. I wanted to ask, Is there a
> book you would recommend I read first that you think is above the rest?
>
> Carolyn
> Barrier Free Website Design, Print and Video Media
> www.bfwd.biz
> http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10560721


From: Carolyn Baggoo
Date: Thu, Oct 09 2008 3:40PM
Subject: Re: Where can I learn all this?
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Oh my goodness, thank you everyone so much for these links and books. I just ordered the book "Web Accessibility, Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance" by Jim Thatcher and I will definitely read the online book, "Just Ask Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design." Then when I get though those I will order the CD from WebAIM. You guys are the best!!!

Carolyn
Barrier Free Website Design, Print and Video Media
www.bfwd.biz
http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10560721


--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Jennifer Sutton < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:

> From: Jennifer Sutton < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Where can I learn all this?
> To: "Carolyn Baggoo" < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
> Received: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 5:03 PM
> Hello:
>
> I agree with the post you received on list. spend time on
> Jim
> Thatcher's site, including his "What Not to
> do." Start at:
> www.jimthatcher.com.
>
>
> I apologize for the rush, but if you want to watch people
> with
> disabilities in action on the Web, you might search for the
> videos
> from DoIT at the University of Washington. The WebAIM folks
> also
> offer training, and they have a CD you can buy, instead of
> attending
> their training.
>
> Finally, you might take a look at this book:
> Cover Just Ask Integrating Accessibility Throughout
> Design:
> http://www.uiaccess.com/justask/
>
> It's available free online.
>
> Good luck, and thanks for doing what you can to support a
> more accessible Web.
>
> Jennifer