accessibility
Skip Navigation
For those of you using screen readers, you are given the option to skip the navigation elements at the start of each page and go directly to the main content. The access key assigned to 'Skip Navigation' is S.
Printer Friendly
The pages on this site are all printer-friendly and only the logo, relevant headings and main content will appear on the printouts. Navigation elements will not be printed.
Resizing Text
As relative font sizes (small, medium, large etc.) and not pixel-based font sizes have been used on this site, you can easily resize the text. To do do so, please follow the steps below relevant to your browser:
- Internet Explorer: View > Text size
- Netscape: Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts OR View > Text Zoom
- Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels) OR View > Zoom
- Firefox: View > Text Size or Ctrl++/ Ctl--
Alternatively, scroll with the wheel of your mouse whilst holding down the control key.
Changing the Style Sheet
If you would prefer to use your own style sheet, follow the steps below relevent to your browser to override the attached style sheet. Please note that if you choose to do this, the intended presentation will be lost.
- Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > General > Accessibility > Tick 'Format documents using my style sheet' > Browse (to your style sheet)
- Opera: File > Preferences > Page Style > My Style Sheet > Browse (to your style sheet)
- Netscape 4: Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Enable style sheets
- Netscape 8.1: View > Page Style
- Firefox 1.5: View > Page Style
Browser Compatibility
The site has been tested and provides full functionality on the following browsers and platforms:
- AOL 9.0 - Windows 2000 Professional
- Camino 1.0 - Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4
- Firefox 1.0 - Macintosh OSX 10.3
- Firefox 1.5 - Linux Fedora Core 4, Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional
- Firefox 2.0 - Linux Fedora Core 4, Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional
- Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional
- Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 3 - Windows XP
- Konqueror 3.4 - Linux Fedora Core 4
- Mozilla 1.5 - Windows 2000 Professional
- Mozilla 1.6 - Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows 2000 Professional
- Mozilla 1.7 - Linux Fedora Core 4, Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows 2000 Professional
- Netscape 4.78 - Windows 2000 Professional
- Netscape 6.2 - Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP
- Netscape 7.0 - Macintosh OSX 10.3
- Netscape 7.2 - Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional
- Opera 6.0 - Macintosh OSX 10.3
- Opera 8.5 - Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP
- Opera 9.0 - Linux Fedora Core 4, Macintosh OSX 10.3, Macintosh OSX 10.4, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP
- Safari 1.2 - Macintosh OSX 10.3
- Safari 1.3 - Macintosh OSX 10.3
- Safari 2.0 - Macintosh OSX 10.4
The following browsers are problematic in terms of display, and as a result, functionality:
- Internet Explorer 4.0 - Windows 98
- Netscape 4.78 - Windows 2000
- Netscape 4.8 - Red Hat Linux 8.0
- Netscape 6.2 - Windows 2000
- Opera 6.0 - Macintosh
As these browsers can easily be upgraded for free and are used by a very small percentage of internet users, it was preferbale to expect users to upgrade their browsers rather than to compromise the design and functionality of the site on more popular, modern browsers.
Browser Upgrade
If you would like to upgrade your Netscape browser please visit:
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp
If you would like to upgrade your Opera browser please visit:
http://www.opera.com/download/
If you would like to upgrade your Internet Explorer browser please visit:
http://www.download-zone-free.com/internetexplorer/
If you would like to upgrade your Firefox browser please visit:
http://www.firefox.org.uk/
As the site is built using CSS2, which is unsupported by IE 4 and below and Netscape 4 and below, it will not display or function as it should. Users of these browsers can still access the information, but without the intended pesentation and a certain loss of functionality. As less than 1% of internet users rely on these browsers, it was decided once again, not to compromise the design and functionality of the site for users of more popular, modern browsers. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.