Accessibility

Shaunwoodward.com is committed to website accessibility. The Shaun Woodward website has been constructed to meet the level 2 recommendations made by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to achieve a combination of an "A" and "AA" rating. This site adheres to W3C standards for XHTML 1.0 strict and is validated to CSS2.

What else are we doing to be accessible?

* Meaningful links titles and page URLs are created throughout the site.
These are used to aid readability, especially for visually impaired people using screen readers to access the site.
* Cascading Style Sheets or 'CSS' are used throughout the site to layout all content which aid accessibility by screenreaders.
* All images related to the content on the site are supported by alternative text or 'alt text' which can be accessed by screenreaders.
* Using clear descriptions and calls to action on hyperlinks.
* No use of frames, which are difficult for special browsers to display.
* Limited use of JavaScript, which doesn't work with some browsers and screen readers.
* Using an easier-to-read non-serif font type set against a white background with no obtrusive background images.
* No pop-ups or obtrusive advertising. The Shaun Woodward website currently carries no external advertising.

Additional Accessibility tools

If you want to alter the way you view our website you can do so using settings in your internet browser.

Internet Explorer

To change font styles, font sizes and colours specified on the website:

* On the browser 'Tools' menu select 'Internet Options'.
* On the 'General tab', select 'Accessibility'

To increase font size or to zoom:

* In the browser 'Page' menu select 'Options' (or simply press 'cntrl –' or 'cntrl +' on your keyboard)
* In Internet Explorer 7 you can simply use the 'Change Zoom Level' tool in the bottom right of your browser window

More changes can be made by selecting 'Internet Options' in the browser 'Tools' menu.

Firefox

To change font styles, font sizes and colours specified on the website:

* Select the 'Content' tab on the browser 'Tools' menu and selct options for fonts and colours

To change the Font Size, Page Style or Character encoding:

* Select the corresponding options in the browser 'View' menu (or simply press 'cntrl –' or 'cntrl +' on your keyboard to de crease and increase the font)

Safari

Similar changes can be made in the Safari browser.

Accessibility references

The W3C accessibility guidelines explain the reasons behind each guideline.

If you would like further information about our accessibility standards or have problems accessing this Web site, please email web@shaunwoodward.com.