Re: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial

  • From: "Punit Diwan" <punitdiwan@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:42:15 -0500

Oh! No book found for Drupal 6.  Going with Amazon is the only choice.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial


Hi Punit,
I could not find a Drupal 6 book in electronic form.  If you find one,
please let us know.

Jamal

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> Hi Jamal and Chris,
>     It is great that we are donating them after scanning. Isn't possible 
> to
> get  book directly in CHM or PDF format from these Books Selling Sites.
>     I have seen some sites which sell books in electronic format and of
> course they are in cheaper rates.
> Regards
> Punit Diwan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hofstader" <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:34 PM
> Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
>
>
> Speaking of wives, you worked with my wife Susan before we were married at
> the K School and I had met your Susan at conferences and such before you
> were married.  Frankly, I'm pretty well convinced that there is a 
> conspiracy
> of Susans watching our every move <laugh>.
>
> cdh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:55 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
>
> A Susan makes a lovely wife, indeed!
>
> I just ordered the following two books from Amazon.com, shipped to Chris
> and Susan Hofstader:
>
> Building powerful and robust websites with Drupal 6 ÿÿ
> Should arrive by May 1, and
> Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition (Pro) ÿÿ
> should arrive in July (a pre-order).
>
> I do not need the print versions, so donate to a good cause.  I would
> appreciate help from Jackie, Jim Homme, and any other BookShare volunteers
> in validating the books ASAP after the scans are submitted.
>
> Cheers,
> Jamal
>
> On
> Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Chris Hofstader wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:19:40 -0400
> > From: Chris Hofstader <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
> >
> > Jamal - Today may be your lucky day.  Susan, my lovely wife not to be
> > mistaken with your lovely wife of the same name, has volunteered to 
> > scan,
> > OCR and correct one book per week for bookshare.org as her way of
> > contributing to our cause.  If you order the book you want from Amazon 
> > or
> > some other bookseller and have it shipped to our house, it will be the
> next
> > book that she processes for BSO.  Because we go to Kinko and have the
> > binding cut off to make scanning easier and more accurate, we will not 
> > be
> > able to return it in great condition but, for an additional fifty cents,
> we
> > can have Kinko put a decent binding back on and ship it off to a sighted
> > friend if you have any <laugh>.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > cdh
> >
> > Home address:
> > 3019 8th St. North
> > St. Petersburg, FL 33704
> > ph: 727-896-6393 (h)
> >
> > PS:  This process can take up to a week depending upon Susan's other
> > commitments but she is not bound in any fashion to follow the BSO 
> > mandated
> > book list so we can mix and match books as we find them interesting or
> > necessary.
> >
> > Finally, Susan does not do graphic descriptions beyond what comes over 
> > in
> > the OCR.  This is especially true for technical materials which she may
> not
> > understand although she is pretty good at computing related jargon.
> >
> > -- End
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:03 PM
> > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
> >
> > If you have some influence with your connection there, please do what 
> > you
> > can .... <grin>
> >
> > Jamal
> > On Tue,
> > 29 Apr 2008, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:57:12 -0400
> > > From: Chris Hofstader <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
> > >
> > > It was worth a try.  You should add it to the bookshare.org list of
> > > requested books which really will help a book make it up the priority
> > list.
> > >
> > > cdh
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal 
> > > Mazrui
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:43 PM
> > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, searching for the word Drupal on BookShare.org finds no
> > > matches.
> > > Jamal
> > > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:34:11 -0400
> > > > From: Chris Hofstader <chris.hofstader@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
> > > >
> > > > Are any of the books Wiley?  If so, you can probably get them
> > immediately
> > > > from bookshare.org.
> > > >
> > > > cdh
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal
> Mazrui
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:21 PM
> > > > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Seeking accessible Drupal tutorial
> > > >
> > > > I'm familiar with the generally short, topic oriented tutorials on 
> > > > the
> > > > web site of the Drupal content management system
> > > > http://drupal.org
> > > >
> > > > I also know about the getting started tutorial there.  I'm trying to
> > find,
> > > > however, an accessible version of an extensive, in-depth tutorial on
> > > > Drupal 6 or above.  A few books have been written, but they all seem
> to
> > be
> > > > available in print only -- e.g., no PDF version.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know of such a tutorial?  Has anyone scanned a book?
> > > >
> > > > Jamal
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