We have worked hard to make this website as accessible as possible. The following accessibility features have been incorporated into the design of this website to enhance the usability and to ensure that as many people as possible can access it.
Change the Colour Scheme of our Website.
By selecting the different colour schemes below, you can change the colour scheme to best suit your needs. Whilst a number of pre-defined colour schemes are provided, you also have the option to view the website in the colours you have chosen in your browser by selecting the System Settings option. Once you have changed the colour scheme, all pages viewed on the website will reflect the change.
Additional Accessibility Features.
On every page a 'Skip Navigation' link enables direct access into the main content. Although hidden in graphical browsers such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, it can be accessed by Access key 's'. It will also be the first link spoken by screen readers.
All text is percentage based and not fixed pixel based. This means that you can make it smaller or larger in your browser dependent upon your personal requirements. To help you to change not only the colours and text size and style of our website, but will explain how these changes can be made to affect every website you visit if you wish, visit Visit My Computer My Way for information on how to change the text size, text style and text and background colours in your browser.
A breadcrumb navigation trail is detailed at the top of each page to enhance navigation.
The website has been tested in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 5, Netscape 7.1, Netscape 4.8, Opera 7, Mozilla 1.6 and Lynx to ensure it is accessible in a wide range of browsers.
Helpful alternative text is provided for all images.
Acronyms are fully explained. Acronyms used within the website will be highlighted with a dotted underline which when hovered over, the full definition will be displayed. An example of how this is displayed is: CSS
Menu items are coloured to enhance the usability.
All pages use semantic structural mark up - H1 for main headings, H2 for sub-headings and so on. This enhances the readability of the content whilst assisting users accessing via assistive technologies.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have been used so that presentation and content are separate. In addition,if the browser you are using does not support style sheets or if you have turned style sheets off,the content is still accessible.
All pages validate to the W3C XHTML1.0 Transitional Specification.
All pages have been designed to meet the W3C guidelines on accessibility, to priority level 3.
Access keys have been used to give quick and easy access to different areas of the website without the need for using a mouse:
Home
About Us
Locations
Forum
Accessibility
Contact Us
Site Map
Links
If you are using Windows, pressing the ALT key in combination with the
access key will give focus to that specific link on the page. Then, press Enter
to select that link.
If you are using a Macintosh computer you press the CTRL key in
combination with the access key.
Please note: Your browser may or may not support access keys.
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