Help page
This is the help page for the
Choir 2000 website
It includes
accessibility information
and a sitemap
For any queries, comments, suggestions, please contact
Webmaster
On this site you can
- skip over navigation to the main page content
- increase the text size
- use accesskeys
to get to key features so you don't need the mouse
Skip over navigation
There is a link at the top of each page
to skip over the navigation bar and get to the content.
This is visible for browsers without stylesheets, or with
Accesskey "S".
- Firefox: View > Text size
- Internet Explorer: View > Text size
- Mozilla: View > Text zoom %
- Netscape: Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts
- Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels)
Alternatively, scroll with the wheel of your mouse
whilst holding down the control key. (Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera)
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys
defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT
+ an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control
+ an access key.
All pages on this site define the following access keys
(UK Government standards) as listed on the
UK government Website Guidelines Handbook website
- Access key S - skip to main content
- Access key 1 - Home page
- Access key 3 - Site Map
- Access key 6 - Help
- Access key 8 - Copyright information
- Access key 9 - Feedback
- Access key 0 - Access key details
- All pages have rel=previous,next, top, up, home
links to aid navigation in text-only browsers.
Opera, Netscape 6 and Mozilla users can also take advantage of this
feature by selecting the View menu, Show/Hide,
Site Navigation Bar, Show Only As Needed (or Show Always).
- The following link types are also present in all pages :
- Some pages may have other links only supported by certain browsers:
There is a lot of helpful information about how you
can change computer, mouse and browser settings to make websites
more accessible to you on the BBC's
My web my Way website.
Helper programs
To read or listen to some of the content on this site,
you may need additional software.
Microsoft Word viewer
Sound players, alphabetical order
See link on choir members page
Standards compliance
-
All pages on this site have been validated as
XHTML
(Transitional) 1.0 using the
W3C XHTML validator
- All pages on this site use stylesheets which have
been checked as valid
CSS 2 by the
W3C CSS validator
- All pages on this site have had their accessibility
verified to US section 508 using the automated tools
at the HiSoftware site
and to WCAG-WAI AA level,
using the TAW tool
and the "Bobby" tool
(now hosted by Watchfire)
so far as is possible, since this cannot as yet be completely automated.
Other points checked manually.
Validation logos
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XHTML
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CSS
-
WAI-AA
-
US S.508
This site consists of the following pages :
(the navigation links go
through the pages in the order shown below)
Note : there are often extra pages added to the site
describing past or future special events:
where these pages exist, they are not included in this list. If current
they are accessed only from the site index page: if past, they are acessed
only from the "Past Events" page.
- Home
- Home page, including our next concert
- About us
- Short history of the choir
-
Sing with us
- Joining details
- What's Next
- Forthcoming events: concerts, workshops etc
- Past
- Past concerts, worshops and other events
-
Support us
- Details of "Friends of Choir2000" and other sponsorship schemes,
plus acknowledgements of current sponsorship
- For Members
- Details of rehearsals and social events for members
- Contacts
- Contact details
Acknowledgements
Thanks to these sites,
whose accessibility pages were used as models for this one
Thanks to these sites, for accessibility advice and tools