Accessibility

This site is a bit of a showcase for how a standard delivery framework like phpSiteFramework can assist in delivery of a web site with good accessibility characteristics. The site is designed, and is intended, to conform to web accessibility best practices such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG V1.0). It is still a work in progress.

Access keys

Using access keys in different web browsers

Text only version

Access Keys

The site uses as sub-set of the defacto standard acccess keys (as defined in the UK Government access keys standard ):

• S - Skip navigation (to contents)
• 1 - Home
• 3 - Site Map
• 0 - Access key Details

UK Government accesskeys standard (not currently implemented):

• 2 - News (What's New)
• 4 - Search
• 5 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• 6 - Help
• 7 - Complaints procedure
• 8 - Terms and conditions
• 9 - Feedback form

Using access keys in different web browsers

Internet Explorer 5+ (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER.

Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape 7+ (Mac OS X)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Safari and Omniweb (Mac OS X)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 4 (Windows)
Hold down the Alt key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down the Ctrl key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.

Netscape 6 and earlier (All platforms)
Access keys are not supported, please use a different browser.

Text only Version

The current text only pages are generated (by phpSiteFramework ) from existing pages processed by machine to be 'text only'. This has its limitations and known problems and should probably be considered 'a work in progress'.