Designing for Accessibility
Our website includes a number of features to maximise accessibility:
- XHTML is used to structure a page. CSS is used to style it.
- Only common web types of font are used.
- The layout of pages is consistent to enable easy navigation
- Consistent page headings and titles
- Colours are kept to a limited range.
- Elaborate animation is not used.
- Minimum use of Javascript.
Text size
You can change the text size on this application to make it either larger or smaller via the text toggle buttons at the top left of the website. Alternatively, you can download the free Techdis Toolbar which will allow you to customise the text size and colour as well as providing a text reading solution.
Some browsers will allow you to magnify the whole page. To change the text size, follow the instructions below:
Internet Explorer
Click ‘View’ to open the View menu or press ‘Alt’ and ‘V’
Select the ‘Text Size’ option or select by pressing ‘X’
Choose your preferred text size using your mouse or use the up and down arrow keys
Click to select the text size or press 'Enter'
The text size should change to reflect your choice
Firefox
Click ‘View’ to open the View menu
Select the ‘Text Size’ option
Select ‘Increase’ or ‘Decrease’
The text on our site should change to reflect your choice
Safari
Click ‘View’ to open the View menu
Click on ‘Zoom In’ or ‘Zoom Out’ or to use the keyboard shortcuts select
‘Command’ and ‘+’ (plus) or ‘Command’ and ‘-’ (minus)
The text size on our site should change to reflect your choice.
