Accessibility
On this page you can read about:
- Accessibility standards
- Navigation bar and links
- Site map
- PDF's
Accessibility standards
The SWGfL website is designed to be accessible to as many people as possible, including those with disabilities of one form or another, which could be sensory or motor disabilities. We have followed World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WAI recommendations. A website can be rated at one of three Web content Accessibility Guidelines conformance levels - A (Priority 1), AA (Priority 1 and 2) and AAA (Priority 1, 2 and 3). For this SWGfL website we have aimed to adhere to AA.
- Access Keys - these are intented to provide keyboard shortcuts as an alternative form of navigation around the website. With Windows-based systems press the 'Alt key', the access key and the 'Return' key. With the Macintosh system press the 'Ctrl key', the access key and the 'Return' key.
- S - Skip Navigation
- 1 - Home Page
- 2 - Contact Us
- 3 - Site map
- 4 - Search
- 5 - Learning
- 6 - News & Events
- 7 - Services
- 8 - Links
- 9 - Help
- 0 - Accessibility & access key details
- Skip Navigation - A skip navigation facility has been provided on this site for the benefit of users with screen readers. It can be implemented by using the skip navigation access key i.e. ALT + S + Return. Implementing skip navigation on any given page allows the user to bypass the navigation areas and go directly to that page's main content.
- Modify Font sizes - The RNIB website provides useful information on 'How to make the text larger in your web browser, without using any special software'.
- [Text-only -There is always a text-only alternative to any pages on this site, to enable those who have accessibility problems or who don't have a sufficiently good internet connection to access equivalent content.]?
Navigation bar and links
Every page on the website has a 'navigation bar' along the top of the page, underneath the SWGfL banner. Clicking on any 'link' in this navigation bar will take you to a page which will show what else is included in that section. You can then go to another page by using the links that appear in the navigation bar or the links within the text itself.
In addition to the navigation bar there are links to all the main sections at the bottom of every page.
Site map
On the top of every page there is a link to our Sitemap. This is a list of all the main pages on the site, organised under the relevant section names. It's simply another way of showing a hierarchically organised website: if a page name is indented compared to the one above it then it is considered to be at a level below that page - it is a 'child' of that page. You can click on any page name shown on the sitemap to go to that page.
PDF's
Some of the information on this website is provided as PDF files. You will need Acrobat Reader, but the good news is that this software is free. To find out more about reading PDF's and using Adobe Acrobat Reader, check out the Adobe website.