Accessibilty features of the Craft ACT website

Craft ACT is committed to ensuring universal access to its web site and online services, consistent with the recognised usability principles for ease of use. Our focus is on keeping it simple, so that people can quickly find and use the information they require. To help us in this task, we would value your comments and feedback on how usable and accessible you find this web site.

• The website is expandable and can be viewed at a variety of resolutions from (1024 x 768) to (1600 x 1200).
• The size of the text on the website pages can be altered either through the browser settings or by stylesheet commands.
• Tab navigation is provided to links and content.
• Jump links are provided to allow you to skip repetitive content.
• A print stylesheet allows printing of page content only.

Every page on this site offers five jump links at the top of each page.

1. [Skip to navigation] The first link will take you to the site's main navigation bar.
2. [Skip to page content] The second link will take you to the page content.
3. [Search] The third link will take you to the site search facility.
4. [Site map] The fourth link will take you to the site map.
5. [Contact us] The fifth link will take you to our contact page.

Making the text bigger

• Using Internet Explorer, go to the menu item View > Text Size, then select the size you want
• Using Netscape, go to the menu item View > Text Zoom, then select the size you want

Changing the site colours and contrasts

To change the colour of the text and background your browser displays you need to find the 'Colors' option dialogue box.

• Using Internet Explorer, go to the menu item Tools > Internet Options > Colors, then uncheck Use windows colors and select the colours you prefer.
• Using Netscape, go to the menu item Edit > Preferences > Colors then select Use my chosen colors.

Tabbing

The default tabbing order of links has been reordered to make access to primary content links more efficient. The revised order is:

1. Jump links at the top of each page
2. Breadcrumb trail</>
3. Site sections navigation menu
4. Footer links

Technical information and customisation

Craft ACT's website has been coded using semantic HTML markup, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and server side scripting. Font sizes are relative and will appear larger or smaller depending on the user's personal preferences. These preferences can be adjusted on the user's computer by changing the browser accessibility options or using a personal style sheet.

Page layout and navigation

A consistent page structure is maintained across all content on Craft ACT's web site. Each page is formatted using a standard design template that divides information into logical blocks of content. The sequential flow of information from top of page is:

1. Skip links provide quick access to important parts of the site, such as jumping directly to the main content on the current page, search box, site map and accessibility tips
2. Banner includes logo/branding for Craft ACT web site
3. Global navigation links to the main top level areas on the web site
4. "You are here" links provide orientation to your current location within the site structure via the most direct path from the home page
5. Section navigation includes links to other related pages in the same section (if available). Visually they appear as indented links in the left-hand navigation menu.
6. Main content heading usually begin with H3
7. In page navigation includes a return link to top of page. Links to external pages and noted with a small arrow symbol. (Alt = "Ext")
8. Footer with Craft ACT's address and email contact for general enquiries, copyright and date page was last modified