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Why Not Try Designing Your Own Webpage Or Site

If you are reading this page with either a screenreader or screenmagnifyer then there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to write a similar page yourself.
A lack of vision shouldn't hold you back, in fact, it might even be an advantage as your enhanced imagination skills might make your pages an interesting place for others to visit.

In creating the pages of Blindos.net I have used a very simple coding and style written in HTML.
The pages are intentionally simple in style and layout in order to make them as easily accessible by access software users as possible.
By using pictures, sounds, links and feedback links, I've made the pages interactive without using the visual based graphics, animations and banners that mainstream sites rely upon.

There are a number of HTML trainers about, just one search in Google, for example, brings in a ridiculous number of hits. I am happy to forward a copy of the document I used to get me going, just email me a request using the link at the botom of the page or Click the Tutorial Link to download it now.
HTML Tutorial

HTML Hints & Tips


There are a couple of tips that can make the creation of your pages simpler for you.

  1. Create your own starter template. The basic code for a webpage can be saved as a template containing the basic framework for all your pages.
    Every HTML page starts with a "Tag" which is the command that lets Browsers know that the page is in HTML. The corresponding "Tag" to end the page is the last piece of code on the page.
    So the code looks like this:
    <html>
    </html>
    Then you have two sections to the page, the "Head", containing the "Title," which identifies the page and the "Body" which contains the content you want to appear on that page.
    These two parts are created by their own "Tags" and come between the HTML "tags" like this:
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>
    </title>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
    </html>
    This gives you the basic HTML page template.
    Thereafter, you can add as much or as little as you wish.

  2. When creating "strings" of code which you are going to need to use frequently, why not save them in a code page so that you can copy and paste them into the pages you create in the future.
    I have a document entitled "Useful HTML code" in which I keep a number of strings, which I use frequently and this means I don't have to try and remember complicated strings such as the code for embedding a sound in a webpage.
  3. Need a specific command or string to action something you haven't learnt yet? This is my biggest tip. If you don't know how to do it, someone else certainly does so use your favourite search engine to ask the question. I use Google and it's not let me down yet.
  4. Customise your template. Why not take the basic template page as described above and add the items you'll need for each page on your site. E.G. my basic template also contains the colour coding used for my site, the coding for embedding a sound, the string that contains my top line for the page, a link string to return you to the top of the page, a link string to return you to the home page, the signature lines for the bottom of the page.
    All of this coding is saved into my template so I just have to add the individual file references for sound, links etc.

Getting Your Site On The Web

I spent some considerable time, prior to taking the plunge and going live, worrying about how difficult, expensive and accessible the processes would be to create my own domaine and choose a hosting company.
It was nowhere near as difficult as I had imagined. It's probably not correct to name my hosting company here, but there are services out there who specialise in "hosting" for visually impaired web designers.
A good hosting company will make a range of tools available to you to help build, if required, and enhance your pages.

Your first step will be to choose a Domain Name for your site.
A Domain Name is the individual name by which your website is known. E.G. Blindos.net.
In this example, Blindos is the name I've chosen for the site and .net, the extension, identifies the type of site.
Extensions you choose could be, .co.uk for a business in the UK; .com for a commercial enterprise; .org.uk usually indicates a charity or group rather than a business; etc etc.
The Domain Name you want to use may already be in use somewhere around the world so you need to check availablility using a Domain Name Checker.
Blindo's Domain Name Checker Will search the internet for you.
If your search indicates that the Domain you've chosen is available, you will need to register it to secure it's use. the annual cost of registering your name varies according to the extension type and the registration service you use.
At this time, I'm unable to register your domain, though I hope to provide this service in the future.
In the meantime, here is a link to the company I use, who are very reasonably priced.
Heart Internet Domain Registrations


I am happy to try to answer any questions you may have about "Having A Go Yourself" but do not consider myself an expert. If you'd like to chat about creating HTML pages yourself, drop me an E-mail.
Email Net Master
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Last updated on 1 January 2012
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