Accessibility statement in the Norfolk Broads
High contrast layout
There will be a high contrast, single column, large type layout available sson. It is a bit experimental at the moment, but please do try it out and let me know what you think. A link to switch between the high contrast and normal stylesheets will be available on each page, in the page header.
Accesskeys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. This is a potentially very useful feature for many users. However, accesskeys oftan conflict with keyboard shortcuts defined by the browser or operating system. Because of this, our website has been created to not use accesskeys. More information on the problems related to accesskeys is available in many blog post, use a search engine and search for 'Accesskey problems remain in XHTML 2'.
Standards and Accessibility compliance
This site is built on valid HTML 4.01 Transitional for structure and valid CSS for presentation. The site is also built to pass the verification tests for Section 508 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Priorities 1, 2 and 3.
A modern web browser like Firefox, Safari or Opera is needed to make the most out of this site, but thanks to the separation of content and presentation it should be accessible to any browsing device, including Internet Explorer.
Navigation aids
Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article). Whenever possible, links are written to make sense out of context.
There are no javascript: pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off. There are no links that open new windows without warning.
