Accessibility

 

This page provides hints and tips on how to use the website, a statement of intent and access keys.

Hints and Tips
Access Keys

Hints and Tips

We hope that the text and style is readable to all our users. We have selected Arial size 12 equivalent font as this appears to be most suitable for most people. If you are having difficulty in this area the following suggestions may be of use to you.

Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 enable you to change the text size by selecting View - Text Size. Five options are available, the default, generally Medium, is marked with a bullet, position the mouse above an alternative option, say Larger, and click the left mouse button once.

If you cannot see the Menu bar with the View option in Internet Explorer 7, left click the Tools icon on the bar above the displayed web page. The Tools icon has a picture of a cog. On the drop down list left click on Menu Bar.

Internet Explorer 7 has another method of changing the size of text and this can be found on the bar immediately below the displayed page. Typically it shows the default value of 100% with a picture of a magnifying glass to the left. Clicking on this icon allows you to select a range of magnifications.

Using Mozilla Firefox version 2 you can change the font size by selecting View -Text Size from the Menu bar.

Google Chrome Web Browser - To enlarge text size hold the Ctrl button and press +. To reduce text size hold the Ctrl button and press -. To display the normal text size for the web site hold the Ctrl button and press 0 (zero).

 

Level of Accessibility

We will be updating our site to be compliant with level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the Guidelines.

Access keys

You can use the following Access keys to navigate around our site:

Mudlarks
Access Key

UK Recommended Standard Access Key

Mudlarks Page
 
S
  
 
1
 Home page
 
2
  
 
3
 Site map
 
4
  
 
5
  
 
6
  
 
7
  
 
8
  
 
9
  
 
0
 Access key details
a
  Help Us (Assistance)
c
  Contact
h
   History
i
  Info
m
   Map
p
   People
o
   Aims (Objectives)
t
   Tour
u
  About Us
v
  Plants (Vegetation)

Use of standard access key mappings

As of 2004, a standard emerged using numbers, which promotes consistency and enables users more easily to predict keyboard shortcuts on different sites. These include, for example, 1 to go to the homepage, 4 for search, 9 for contact, and others. This scheme is now is use on popular sites such as ft.com and bbc.co.uk , as well as being built into popular message board software such as vBulletin and ultimatebb.

Listed below is the recommended UK Government accesskeys standard:

  • S - Skip navigation
  • 1 - Home page
  • 2 - What's new
  • 3 - Site map
  • 4 - Search
  • 5 - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
  • 6 - Help
  • 7 - Complaints procedure
  • 8 - Terms and conditions
  • 9 - Feedback form
  • 0 - Access key details

 

How to use Access keys in your browser

Browser What to do
Internet Explorer 5+ (PC) Hold down the ‘ Alt ’ key, press the number of the Access key, release both keys, then press ‘ Enter ’
Firefox (PC) Hold down the ‘ Shift ’and ‘ Alt ’ keys and press the number of the Access key
Safari (Mac) Hold down the ‘ Ctrl ’ key and press the number of the Access key

Please note: This table is not exhaustive. Your browser may or may not support Access keys.

For more information on the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible, please refer to www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility.

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