Accessibility
CVC Circuit Riders are committed to making its web pages as user-friendly and accessible as possible. To this end, we have used several techniques to help our visitors make the most of the web pages.
Accessibility and usability of our site
Our website strives to uphold the principles and best practice of the WCAG 1.0 AAA guidelines. While we aim to comply with the WCAG guidelines, we recognise that web technology has moved on since their creation, and a number of them are less applicable than at their time of publication. Our central objective is users finding our site accessible and usable in practice. As with all sites we create, attention to the accessibility of the code and extensive end user testing ensures that this is the case.
Access keys
Most modern browsers support the use of access keys. These enable a user to jump to specific pages, or to specific points within a page, by using key combinations instead of mouse-clicks.
- Throughout this website we have used the following access keys:
- Access key C - Skip navigation and go to main content
- Access key H - Jump to Home page
- Access key R - Regional Working page
- Access key S - Case Studies page
- Access key A - Accessibility page
Using access keys
- Windows Firefox use ALT/Shift + an access key
- Windows Internet Explorer 7 use ALT and access key then Enter
- Windows Internet Explorer 6 use Alt and access key then Enter
- Mac Safari use Ctrl and access key
- Mac Firefox use Ctrl access key
- Opera: Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey
Visual Design
This site uses cascading style sheets (CSS) for visual layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
Help in making our pages look the way you want
My Web My Way was developed by AbilityNet and the BBC as a source of accessibility help for all computer users. It includes information on changing not only the colours and text size and style of our website, but will explain how these changes can be made to affect every site you visit if you wish.
Resizing text
You can resize text using your browser settings.
If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or below go to View > Text Size.
In IE7 you can use Ctrl ++(Ctrl plus the + sign) to zoom in on the page.
If you are using Mozilla Firefox you can use Ctrl++ (Ctrl plus the + sign) to increase the text size, or Ctrl+- (Ctrl plus the - sign) to decrease it. Ctrl+0 resets to default size.
If you are using Opera, click + to increase and - to decrease the text size.
'Skip to' Navigation Link
At the top of every page is a hidden link that is spoken by screen-reading software and will appear when 'tabbed to' using a keyboard. It is the first link and, when selected, will make reading skip past the rest of the menu items and commence at the beginning of the main page content.
Feedback
We welcome feedback on the accessibility and usability of our website. If you have had any problems or any issues while using our site, we would like to hear about it!
If you have any questions about the CD or the software, please email us: contact@walescvccircuitriders.org.uk or call 01437 771197
