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accessibility statement
This is the accessibility statement for the Ben Lawers web site. This statement applies only to the Ben Lawers web site and not externally linked pages such as the Google Maps page.
Access Keys
Windows users can navigate through the key elements of the site using the ALT+Accesskey (defined below).If you are a Mac user, use CTRL+Accesskey. Please note that some Internet Explorer users may need to hit the return or enter key to activate a link. Firefox browser uses Shift+Alt+Accesskey.
| Access key | Function |
|---|---|
| 0 | Accessibility statement |
| 1 | Home page |
| 2 | Skip to main content |
| 3 | Contact |
| 4 | Search |
Tab Key Navigation
Users who prefer to navigate through the site using the tab key can access main content and navigation features (top navigation bar and side panel navigation).
Standards Compliance
The pages within the Ben Lawers web site comply with all priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. We are working on reaching compliance with priority 3 guidelines. The pages within the site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and all pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H2 tags are used for main titles, H3 tags and lower for subtitles. The cascading style sheets used are validated to the Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 (CSS2) Specification, as defined by the W3C.
Navigation
At the top of each page there is a 'Skip to main content' link mapped to a transparent graphic. This allows users of assistive technologies (e.g. screen readers) to bypass navigation links and go straight to the main page content. There are two global navigation bars on each page. One sits to the left of the main content - a vertical menu with pop out navigation to lower tier links where necessary - the other bar is positioned at the very bottom of each page. A 'breadcrumb' navigation bar sits immediately below the main navigation bar of each page. 'Breadcrumb' navigation helps users to see where they are within the site structure and allows them to navigate back up the tree if necessary. The sitemap has links to all the pages on the site.
Images
All content images used in this site include descriptive 'alt' attributes. No flashing graphics are used. Javascript is used to display some of the images but images will display if Javascript is disabled.
Visual design
This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified 'text size' option in visual browsers. Style sheets are used to designate font size and colour, both in 'ordinary' text, linked text and layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.