Accessibility
Accessibility is really important to us and we have taken measures to make sure that our Web site meets the AA standard as set out by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. All pages were validated using Bobby.
Alt Tags
To ensure that people using text browsers, slower internet connections or a screen reader can interpret our content, all our images have ALT tags on them.
CSS
CSS has been used to overcome the difficulty screen readers have when interpreting tables.
Content Structure
We have tried to structure our content into a two tier hierarchy, and we have broken the content down into manageable chunks, using headings and paragraphs.
Contrast
When deciding on the colour scheme we ran the colour palette through Snook to make sure that we had adequate contrast between the foreground and the background.
Access Keys
Access keys are essentially keyboard shortcuts on a website 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 highlight that link on the page, you then press ' Enter ' to select that link.
If you are using a Mac pressing the ' Command ' key in combination with the access key will automatically send you to that specific page.
The following are the access keys across Whale Hill Community Association pages:
' Alt ' + ' 0 ' - link to Site Map
' Alt ' + ' 1 ' - link to Homepage
' Alt ' + ' 2 ' - link to About Us
' Alt ' + ' 3 ' - link to What's On?
' Alt ' + ' 4 ' - link to Community
' Alt ' + ' 5 ' - link to Awards
' Alt ' + ' 6 ' - link to Projects
' Alt ' + ' 7 ' - link to Youth Club Homepage
' Alt ' + ' 8 ' - link to Contact Us
' Alt ' + ' 9 ' - link to Accessibility
' Alt ' + ' G ' - link to Youth Club Games
' Alt ' + ' R ' - link to Club Rules
' Alt ' + ' C ' - link to Calendar
' Alt ' + ' R ' - link to Revision
' Alt ' + ' P ' - link to Photo Gallery
| Browser | What to do |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 5+ (PC) | Hold down the ' Alt ' key, press the number of the Access key, release both keys then press ' Enter ' |
| Internet Explorer 4 (PC) | Hold down the ' Alt ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac) | Hold down the ' Ctrl ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Konqueror (Linux) | Hold down the ' Ctrl ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac) | Access keys are not supported |
| Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac) | Access keys are not supported |
| Netscape 7 (PC) | Hold down the ' Alt ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Linux) | Hold down the ' Alt ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (PC) | Hold down the ' Alt ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Firefox, Mozilla (Mac) | Hold down the ' Ctrl ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Safari and Omniweb (Mac) | Hold down the ' Ctrl ' key and press the number of the Access key |
| Opera | Hold down the ' Shift ' key and press ' Escape ' , release both keys, then press the number of the Access key |