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Technical Info

This site has been developed to comply with WCAG-AA guidelines with the aim to working towards achieving AAA status. Below are some of the accessibility issues that have been considered in the development of this site:

Resolution

This site has been optimised for a screen resolution of 800x600 and above

Structure

This site has been semantically structured using XHTML purely for structure and CSS for visual design. Header elements have been used to convey specific headings to aid in accessibility and search engine ranking.

Text

Text can be scaled using the browser functionality to increase (+) and decrease (-) the font size.

• On Internet Explorer (PC) select: View > Text Size
• Firefox (PC): Ctrl + or Ctrl -
• Firefox (Mac): Option + or Option -

Images

Images all contain 'alt' tags that describe the images, and also 'title' tags that enable the user to hover over images and links to find out more information in the form of a tool tip.

Colour

Colours have been chosen to contrast effectively, and colour has not been used exclusively to convey any information or navigation.

Browser Compatibility

• Internet Explorer 4.x +
• Netscape Navigator 4.x +
• Mozilla Firefox 1.0 +
• Safari 2.0 +
• (On Windows & Macintosh Platforms)

Audio

This site is 'Browsealoud' enabled. Browsealoud is a piece of screen-reading software that reads internet pages to users. If you would like audio assistance using this site then please visit www.browsealoud.com to download the latest version of the Browsealoud screen-reader.

If you have any problems using this website then please contact us at info@hft.org.uk