Accessibility Statement
Accessible Angel
In order to make this site as accessible as possible, I have studied accessibility code and am trying to ensure that visitors with screen readers or simply slow connections can access this site without difficulty. I now not only work to produce semantic W3C standard code and a structurally sound site, but also an accessible one, too.
As well as the default layout, all themes should be XHTML and CSS compliant at all times and meet the W3C’s 508 and WIA web content accessibility guidelines, too.
Access Keys
Most of the major browsers support access keys and you should be able to get around this site by using the following keys listed below. Windows users should press ALT + (access key) while Macintosh users need to press CMD + (access key). If you’re not sure how to use access keys with your browser, visit your browser’s home page.
Because of the nature of themes or skins, there are some areas of the site that are linked several times within the site. However, the keys below will take you to all the main areas:
- Access Key 0: Accessibility Statement
- Access Key 1: Home Page
- Access Key 2: Skip navigation
- Access Key 3: About the Author
- Access Key 4: Search
- Access Key 5: About the Site
- Access Key 6: Other Projects
- Access Key 6: Change the Layout
- Access Key 9: Email me
Compliance
- All pages on this site are Bobby AA approved, complying with all the Bobby guidelines.
- All pages on this site is WIA AAA approved, complying wih all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
- All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
- All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.1.
- All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 and H2 tags are used for main titles, H3 tags for subtitles. For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement by pressing ALT+INSERT+3.
Display
- This site has been tested on Internet Explorer 6 and 7 (PC), FireFox (PC), Netscape (PC) and Opera (PC).
- I believe that this site also displays correctly for Mac computers.
- This site has been tested and works correctly on Lynx and text-only browsers.
- This site uses cascading style sheets for all visual layouts. If your browser does not support CSS, the content of each page is still completely readable and semantic.
Navigation & Browsing
- Text size on this site is relative and therefore obeys individual preferences set in your browser’s settings.
- All pages on this site link back to the main index page.
- All pages link to the top of the page.
- A site map is available for ease of browsing.
- This site provides visitors with full ALT descriptions of acronyms and abbreviations.
- A text only version of this site is available.
Links
- All hyperlinks or strongly contrasted or underlined for clarity.
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target.
- All links open pages in the existing window unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- Links that open to external sites are clearly defined.
- Wherever possible, links are written to make sense out of context.
- There are no “javascript:” pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser.
- Hyperlink colours are checked using Vischeck to test colour contrast and link visibility.
Images & Design
- All content images used in this site include ALT descriptions.
- Purely decorative graphics include empty ALT attributes.
- This site uses cascading style sheets for all visual layouts. If your browser does not support CSS, the content of each page is still completely readable and semantic.
Credits
- diveintoaccessiblity.org: Read it, do it and learn from it and you too can have an accessible site!
