If you are running Windows XP either Home or Professional on your computer Internet Explorer 7 is now available for download from Microsoft Updates and has enhanced Accessibility features.
All the pages on this site have been Validated using the W3C HTML 4.01 and W3C CSS valuation process and have passed the validation with No Errors or Warnings.
In addition all our pages complie with all of the automatic checkpoints of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidlines (Validation Web Xact). Manual checks have also been carried out in accordance with the ict Hub (AbilityNet Accessible Websites Document dated 2006).
Unlike most websites you visit, our website has been written in such a way that any changes you have already made in your web browser prior to visiting us are automatically reflected.
The following information will 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 site you visit if you wish.
This section includes information on the following:
- Changing the size of the text
- Changing the style of the text
- Changing text and background colours
- Please use the Drop Down Menu above to select the various options
Access Keys.
This site uses access keys. Access keys are essentially keyboard shortcuts on a web site that give a keyboard or screen-reader* user quick and easy access to all the main areas of the site.
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. Press Enter to select that link.
If you are using a Macintosh pressing the CTRL key in combination with the access key will automatically send you to that specific page.
The following are the access keys used on this site:
- Home - Alt + 1
Accessibility- Alt + 2
Although every attempt has been made to produce an accessible site, the large number of web browsers and software available make it difficult to test fully. If you cannot access a particular part of our site, please let us know where the problem lies and what type of internet browser you are using, so that we can make the necessary adjustments in order to enable a wider audience to use our pages. |
