Subliminal Web Design - Site Accessibility
Accessibility information:
We have made many efforts to make our web site as user
friendly and accessible as possible. From easy navigation
and readable text content to adding access keys to all of the
important pages within our site. We believe that all users
should be able to use our site to gather information about
our products and services including those with disabilities.
We have followed strict guidelines on the use of html mark up
languages and the web accessibility initiative as monitored by
the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C).
Whilst this page contains information on the accessibility of
our own web site, it also provides an example that can be
set across our clients web sites and indeed anybody who
visits this site for information.
Measures We Have Taken:
We have implemented a range of accessibility benefits to our site:
• We have followed strict guidelines from W3C on the validation of our markup languages. On this site we have used the latest of HTML markup languages known as XHTML 1.1 which is a strict code with no room for errors. You can view our live validation results by using the links to the right of the page!
• We have followed strict guidelines from W3C on the validation of our cascading style sheets (CSS). Cascading Style Sheets remove many of the structural code phrases from the HTML itself such as image placement, text styling and positioning, this makes the HTML code much cleaner, shorter and more importantly: More Accessible! Cascading Style Sheets can remove the need for tables nested within a sites structure. Tables can create a whole load of accessibility issues, especially when used in mass. Our site contains only 1 small table at the top of each page but has been made accessible with special markups!
• We have worked long and hard on conforming to Accessibility Guidelines as W3C has laid out. There are three levels of conformance to achieve within the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, 1: Level A, 2: Double Level A & 3: Triple Level A. We currently conform to a double level A standard and are working towards triple level A. For more information see: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. (opens in new window)
• We have created a separate cascading style sheet purely for printing pages within our site. When the print button in your web browser is pressed on any one of our pages, it will exclude all of the colour consuming images and backgrounds and concentrate only on the important text information within that page. Only one small image will be printed along with the text content in the Mozilla Firefox browser, all other browsers should be just plain text.
• We have added access keys to all pages that contain major information. See below:-
Access Keys:
Navigation around this web site can also be achieved by using the following access keys.
• In Microsoft Explorer you should use: ALT + Access Key + ENTER.
• In Macintosh you should use: CTRL + Access Key
• To return to a previous page you should use: Backspace
• To refresh the page you should use: F5
Main Pages: (Numeric Keys)
• Page= Homepage - Key= 1
• Page= Contact Us - Key= 2
• Page= Terms and Conditions - Key= 3
• Page= Privacy Policy - Key= 4
• Page= Accessibility - Key= 5
• Page= Sitemap - Key= 6
• Page= About Us - Key= 7
• Page= Client Login - Key= 8
Services and Product Pages: (Alphabetical Keys)
• Page= Web Design - Key= W
• Page= Graphic Design - Key= G (will not work if google toolbar is installed!)
• Page= Flash Animation - Key= F (will override the favourites tab in internet explorer!)
• Page= Content Management - Key= C
• Page= Optimisation - Key= O
• Page= Advertisement - Key= A
• Page= Internet Standards - Key= I
• Page= Request a Quote - Key= Q
• Page= Portfolio - Key= P
Resource Pages: (Alphabetical Keys)
• Page= Links Directory - Key= D
• Page= Downloads - Key= S
Accessibility is important, if we all implemented it into our sites, we could make the internet a much better place. Unfortunately, not everybody will want to concentrate on such issues. Others simply just are not aware of what difficulties a disabled person faces when trying to view a web site. We hope that at least some of you will become more aware just by reading the contents of this page.
To all you webmasters, site builders and developers out there that may be reading this: - Just by validating your mark up language is one of the major milestones of web accessibility already taken care of. You can then focus more on helping the disabled further by following the Web Accessibility Initiative Guidelines. (opens in new window)
