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 navigation on this website is CSS-based, and
therefore
accessible to all browsers. Flash header 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).