I assume that you are closing your document with </body> </html> . It is also best if all structures, including headings and paragraphs, has closing tags to match the tags which opened them., such as <p> </p> <h3> </h3> .
The larger an HTML file is, the longer it takes for it to load into the Browse buffer. Firefox is reputed to load large pages like this faster than Internet Explorer. I suspect there is a problem with the page syntax. Unless you have a really small amount of memory on your PC, like 128 MB, you should be able to load a web page of several MB in size. At some point it may be advisable to divide it into smaller pages, though, because it will take some time for it to load without a screen reader, as well. If you wish, I could probably take a look at it at home some time. My home e-mail address is [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> . Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Project Engineer National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress 202-707-0535 http://www.loc.gov/nls The preceding opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Library of Congress, NLS. From: Grant E. Metcalf [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: HTML question I have been coding a large print book for eventual posting on the web which now is about 1.6 MB. When I test-link to it on the web it will download and Internet Explorer 8 will say "460 headings, 119 links." Everything seems to work okay. My problem is that I can no longer get the file to open on my PC and get the information I need, i.e. it only says "460 headings." The links are no longer available and I can only press the up and down arrows and the H for headers which no longer provide any information. Also, Window-Eyes does not read any text on the screen, just "heading 1, heading 2.". Small snipits from the book using the same HTML format do display and read without problems. So my question is: Is there a size limit for an HTML file? And, Is there something I can add to my coding that will resolve this issue? I will include below my code header that I use. Someone else gave this to me years ago and I haven't had any problems with it until now. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> <BODY BGCOLOR="white" TEXT="black" LINK="red" VLINK="green"> I have tried deleting all references to internet links from the file, but this apparently makes no difference when trying to open the file on my PC. Thanks for any help you may provide! Grant E. Metcalf Bartimaeus Alliance of the Blind, Inc. Desk: 650-754-4207 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Website: nartimaeus.us/
