Accessibility Features

This website has been redesigned with maximum usability in mind and, to that end, employs a variety of accessibility features.

Access Keys

Many browsers support jumping to specific pages by typing a combination of keys defined by the web site. For example, on Windows Internet Explorer 6, pressing "ALT 1" followed by "Enter" will take you to the Home page; on Macintosh, you can press "Control 1" to achieve the same effect.

Access key 0 - Accessibility statement (this page)
Access key 1 - Home page
Access key 2 - Biography page
Access key 3 - Galleries page
Access key 4 - Memories page
Access key 5 - Guestbook page
Access key 6 - Links page
Access key 7 - Site Map
Access key 8 - Video page

Relative Font Sizes

To allow the user to easily enlarge or decrease the size of the text displayed on the page relative font sizes have been used. The exact method of resizing text varies from browser to browser. For example, on Internet Explorer use "View - Text Size" then select the required size, on Mozilla Firefox simply use "Ctrl +" to enlarge and "Ctrl -" to reduce.

Visual Design

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have been used for site layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets, or you have chosen to disable them, the content of each page is still readable. The use of JavaScript has been avoided.

Colours

Colours have been chosen to provide sufficient contrast and tested the site with VisCheck to simulate Deuteranope, Protanope, and Tritanope colour vision deficiencies.

Links and Images

All links and images have sensible alternative text descriptions to benefit those who have chosen to turn images off or are using browser reader software. External links will open in the current browser window.

Printing

Cascading Style Sheets have been used to automatically adjust the layout of pages that you choose to print. If you have disabled CSS or have a browser that does not support style sheets, the pages will still print correctly.

Standards Compliance

This website has been redesigned to comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines.