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Site navigation is standard throughout. Pages are linked to their category Directory which in turn is linked to this home page.
Practical Italic Handwriting
Elegant
Italic handwriting for everyday use. Historical overview
and introduction to Chancery cursive writing. Writing
position, pen hold, letterforms and constructs,
references for left-handed writers, practice techniques,
illustrations and exemplars. Go to the Practical Italic
Handwriting Directory.
Hand writing & Binding books
Introduction to Bookhand writing. Letterforms,
constructs, etc. Step by step tutorial for craft binding
single section hand written books using commonly
available materials, without using specialized
bookbinding tools and equipment. Go to the Hand writing &
Binding books Directory.
Roman Coins of the London Mint
The
founding, operation and coinage of the London mint in 296
AD under the Tetrarchs and the succeeding Imperial
Claimants, followed by Constantine and Licinius as
co-Augusti -- subsequently under Constantine alone, until
the mint closure in 325 AD. Go to the Roman Coins of the
London Mint Directory.
Roman Julio-Claudian Coins
Biographical portraits, inscriptions, minting procedures,
denominations, issue, distribution and use of the coinage
of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.
Go to the Roman
Julio-Claudian Coins Directory.
Roman Inscriptional Lettering
Capitalis
Monumentalis lettering in Ancient Rome, and its
modification and adaptation by the coin engravers of the
Roman Empire. Depictions of the difference in letterforms
between the early and late Empire. Go to the Roman
Inscriptional Lettering page.
WW2 in Northern England
My
remembrances of the WW2 Home front in Lancashire, 1939 to
1945, where I was born and grew up. Air raid precautions
and civil defence; air raids; invasion threat and Nazi
propaganda; rationing and shortages; travel; popular
culture and entertainment. Go to the WW2 in Northern
England Directory.
Unsung Heroes of WW2
Personal
stories, anecdotes and remembrances of unsung individuals
who served with honor and valor during WW2. My goal is to
record their exploits before their stories, photographs,
and documents become lost to history. Go to the Unsung Heroes of
WW2 Directory.
The Semantic Web
This next direction of the WWW features an integrated framework of data rather than the present web of documents. Visit The Semantic Web - RDF, RDFa & FOAF for the latest information plus References & Resources.
About this Home page
This page is the Portal to all of my Web
Directories and Pages and was composed using XHTML 1.0
(Strict) Markup. It is served, using Content
Negotiation, as Content-Type application/xhtml+xml to
Browsers that recognize those parameters, and as
Content-Type text/html to MSIE Browsers. The character
set is utf-8 (Unicode). The Markup is styled using CSS
level 2.1. It also features RDF/XML for Dublin Core
Metadata and RSS Feed generation.
Serving of this Page
Following is a depiction of Content-Type for a representative selection of typical Graphical Browser versions (User-Agents), using a HTTP Request and Response Header Viewer.
Source code is displayed for page Header examination.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works
3.0 United States License. Include my name as
original author.
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Web page testing
I test all of my pages for display and function in current versions of MSIE 6, MSIE 7, Firefox 2, Opera 9, Mozilla 2 and Safari 3 graphical Browsers at 1280 by 1024, 1024 by 768, 800 by 600 resolutions, and small screen rendering mode. I also test them for accessibility in the Lynx textual Browser and the TextAloud audio screen reader.
Web Content Accessibility
Each
page of this web site is Accessible to People with
Disabilities in accordance with the prevailing
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Contact Information
Site Author and Webmaster -- jp29@cox.net
Validation Results
Strict Doctypes for all Markup Validation.
Information and notes relating to web page generation and management subjects, plus selected online resources and references.
Site Map
Hierachal listing of internal links to Directories and Pages of this site. Go to the Site Map.
Web Usability
Information and resources relating to Usability for Web page visitors. Go to the Usability page.
Web Content Accessibility (WCA)
Information and resources relating to Web Accessibility for people with Disabilities. Go to the WCA page.
Screen Readers
Information relating to use of screen users by web authors to produce optimally accessible pages. Go to the Screen Reader page.
Web Page Interoperability
Reliable Web page function in all User Agents including Browsers, Screen Readers, Search Engines and Mobile hand-held Devices. Go to the Interoperability page.
Web Page Optimization
Information relating to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Site Maps. Go to the Optimization page.
RSS/Atom Feeds
Emphasis on the use of feeds by Web Site owners. Go to the RSS/Atom page.
The Semantic Web
An overview of the Semantic Web. Online References and Resources. Go to the Semantic Web page.
Serving XHTML documents
Information relating to problems serving XHTML documents correctly. Go to the Serving XHTML page.
An overview of ISO-HTML
Information relating to the International HTML Standard. Go to the ISO-HTML page.
Web Page Authoring FAQ
FAQ and answers Page. A compilation of some of the most frequently asked questions. Go to the FAQ page.
References for Web page authors
Online References for Web page authors. Compilation of selected resources. Go to the Web Author Reference page.
Tools for checking Web pages
Compilation of selected tools for checking, inspecting, and evaluating Web pages for conformance with standards and recommendations. Go to the Web Tools page.
