Accessibility

Standards
At UKWAS, users come first. Our main purpose in producing this website is to communicate, so accessibility has been a priority. Our designers, McKinstrie Wilde, have built this site to comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model and have followed W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines. The World Wide Web Consortium was created in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability.

What standards does this website meet for accessibility?

Although this site is entirely written in a "cutting edge" universal interoperable language – extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML 1.0) with Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 – we have taken care to ensure compatibility with earlier browsers.

As part of the design process, the code was validated against the W3C recommendations for XHTML and CSS.

The design of the website conforms to the W3C WAI-A Web Accessibility Guidelines 1.0: conformance level A ensuring that, wherever possible, the content is accessible to people with disabilities.

 

Access Keys
Access keys are shortcuts to provide quick and easy access to common pages without the need for a mouse and have been included to assist users with disabilities navigate around the web site. Access Keys are available for the following pages:

1 = Home
2 = About Us
3 = News & Events
4 = The Standard

M = Sitemap
A = Accessibility

How to Use Access Keys:
The use of access keys varies depending which browser software and platform you are using.

If you use Internet Explorer

• Press and hold the ‘Alt’ key
• Press the required letter
• Release the keys and press the ‘Enter’ key

If you use Netscape Navigator

• Press and hold the ‘Alt’ key
• Press the required letter

If you are using a Mac

• Substitute the ‘Ctrl’ key for the ‘Alt’ key

Access Keys are not supported by the following browsers:
Internet Explorer 4.5 for Mac
Netscape versions earlier than 6