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Accessibility


We are committed to ensuring Bristol.Anglican.org is accessible to all user groups, including the disabled, partially sighted and deaf. The following features have therefore been implemented to improve the site's accessibility.


If you have any questions or feedback regarding the accessibility of this site, or if you experience any difficulty using it please let us know:


Headings and navigation menus
HTML heading tags are used to convey document structure. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 or H3 tags for subtitles, EM or 'strong' for emphasis and so on.  Navigation menus are marked up as HTML lists [see site map] or Flash navigation [see below]. This ensures that the number of links in the list is read out at the start and it can be skipped easily. A site map has been provided that has links to all sections of the site.


Flash navigation
Common issues with Flash have been addressed: Using Flash commonly causes problems for (i) users without a computer mouse, (ii) users without Flash installed on their local computer, and (iii) screenreaders.


(i) - The Flash navigation on this website has been designed to be accessible to KEYBOARD commands so that users without mouse functionality may browse the site quickly and efficiently. Simply using the TAB button gives access to all levels of the Flash interface. Those using Mozilla-engined browsers may be directed to the Site Map to browse manually.
(ii) - The user group of Bristol.Anglican.org will continue to be statistically analysed to verify the impact for users without Flash. Currently less than 4% of users will be impacted, and these users will all simply be directed to install Flash for free, or use the manual browsing process [ie. site map or search].
(iii) - The Flash navigation on this website has specifically been designed to be accessible to screenreaders [specifically one of the very few decent free screenreaders; NVDA] at a higher level than normal, meaning each object should be recognised by the reader.


W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Bristol.Anglican.org has been designed to conform to Priority 1 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, as well as Priority 2 and 3 wherever feasible.


Images
Images used on Bristol.Anglican.org include descriptive alt attributes, including copyright information where appropriate.


Font sizes
You may change the font size of this site to make it larger or smaller as required through your browser:

- If you have a scrollwheel mouse, simply hold CTRL and use the scrollwheel to resize your text
- In Internet Explorer, select "View", then "Text Size", and then your preferred size
- In Firefox select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred increase or decrease


Style sheets
This site uses cascading style sheets (CSS) for layout purposes. If your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets at all, the use of structured semantic mark-up ensures that the content of each page is still readable and clearly structured.

You may import your own style sheet into this website:
In Internet Explorer

- Select "Tools", then "Internet Options", and then "Accessibility"
- Click on any or all 3 checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says, 'format document using my style sheet' then simply browse to your style sheet and click OK

In Firefox/Mozilla

- Select "Tools", then "Options" and then "Content"
- Specify your own colours and fonts


Tables
We have avoided using tables for layout purposes, to ensure the site is accessible to screenreaders. Where they are used (ie. for data), tables have properly scoped header cells, to allow screenreaders to render them intelligently. 


Mobile Internet
The site does not currently have a dedicated mobile internet alias, but is setup so that the first object encountered by a browsing mobile is the site map, directing users to a full page listing.


Forms
All forms follow a logical Tab sequence. Labels are associated with fields using HTML label tags.


Colours
Though this site has been designed to be tonally diverse [ie contrasting for those with colour blindness] please get in touch with any difficulties you may have reading content - the site can be developed to suit the needs of any user.


Scripting
JavaScript is used throughout Bristol.Anglican.org but has been kept to an absolute minimum. All pages and processes are still accessible and usable if JavaScript is not available.

Ajax, JSON, GeoCode data, iframes and PHP have all been used in small amounts to add functionality where relevant and using basic coding to ensure as wide a range of local computer accessibility as is reasonably possible. 

Pages have been designed with Transitional XHTML to be W3C standards compliant, and tested on all major browsers to ensure functionality and style is maintained throughout.


Links
Linking text has been written to make sense out of context. Where appropriate, links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail.


References
We endeavour to make Bristol.Anglican.org comply with guidelines from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1.0 (WCAG 1.0).