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The Minim template has inbuilt accessibility features to help visitors enjoy the site. Please <a href="<txp:site_url />contact/">get in touch</a> (access key 9) if you have any questions. You are free to alter and use this document on your site in any way you like.
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<txp:zem_ir group="h2">AccessKeys</txp:zem_ir>
<p>Some browsers allow jumping to certain links by pressing certain keys specified on the web site.  On Windows, you can key in <kbd>Alt</kbd> + an access key; on Macintosh, you can key in <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + an access key.</p>
<p>All Minim pages specify the following access keys:</p>
<ul>
<li>Access key 1 - Home Page</li>
<li>Access key 4 - Search</li>
<li>Access key 9 - Contact/Feedback Form</li>
<li>Access key 0 - This accessibility document</li>
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<txp:zem_ir group="h2">Visuals</txp:zem_ir>
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<li>Minim uses cascading style sheets so that the content is less cluttered and easily readable with styling turned off.</li>
<li>Minim uses relative sized fonts, allowing users to use the "text size" option that visual browsers have.</li>
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<txp:zem_ir group="h2">Navigating</txp:zem_ir>
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<li>In the head of every page there is <code>link rel</code> = help, home, contents, previous, next and navigation to help people with text-only browsers get around. Users of some visual browsers may access these features too.</li>
<li>To prevent some users having lots of keys or buttons to press, main content is near the beginning. The page order is: breadcrumbs trail, search, skip to navigation link, main content, secondary navigation, main navigation.</li>
<li>All pages include search input (access key 4).</li>
<li>To help find things easily, the search results page includes the Site Map.</li>
<li>Labels are used on form inputs to increase the landing space and for easy tabbing.</li>
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excerpt: <txp:zem_ir group="h2">Standards Adherence</txp:zem_ir>
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<li>Minim article templates try to use wherever possible <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><acronym title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym></a> guidelines for semantics and structure. H1 tags are used for main headlines, H2 tags for main titles, H3 H4 and H5 tags for subtitles.  This structure helps screen-reader users to scan the page more easily.</li>
<li>Minim pages are valid <a href="http://validator.w3.org/"><acronym title="extensible hypertext markup language">XHTML</acronym> 1.0 Strict.</a></li>
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<txp:zem_ir group="h2">Recommended...</txp:zem_ir>
<p>For a clearly written insight into accessibility, please visit <a href="http://diveintoaccessibility.org/">Dive Into Accessibility.</a> This document is based on the one on that site and its guidelines.
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metadesc: Accessibility statement outlining features built into the Minim template such as access keys, link rel, content order, skip navigation, standards and validation
metakeyw: access statement,web standards,minim template,access keys,navigation aids,page order,css,relative fonts,semantics and structure
summary: An accessibility statement you can use which outlines features built into the Minim template
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