The Mid Suffolk District Council website has been designed to be
accessible for all users, including those with disabilities.
We have tried to follow the guidelines set down by the
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), part of the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and we have
also looked at good practice on many websites, including other
Local Government sites.
The list of guidelines we attempt to follow include:
- use of a cascading style sheet to layout the page and to apply
styling
- use images only where necessary
- where used, images will contain alternative text (alt tag), and
a long description (longdesc tag) if required
- large images will be linked to, with an icon ( ) to show it is
an image, and an indication of the file size and format
- linked text will make sense when read out of context
- headings will be correctly nested
- tables will only be used for tabular data, and will have clear
column headings
- no frames will be used
- the pages will be available in a text only version, and
- where possible, each page will have a similar layout to keep
the navigation constant.
Our current method for 'text only' pages uses cookies, so in
order for the 'text only' pages to be available, you will need to
enable cookies on your browser. You may also find that if you
switch between the 'text only' and 'full image' versions and return
to a page that has already been viewed, it may appear as it was
previous viewed. To remedy this, either refresh the page, or set
your browser to refresh the page each time it is loaded.
Our website uses a variety of font sizes in order to highlight
the main features, and to help get as much information onto the
page as possible. Sometimes this font can appear too small, so one
of the ways of making the information clearer is to adjust the text
size using your browser. Increasing the text size will make it
easier to read, whilst reducing the text size will enable you to
see more of the webpage without scrolling down. The following
instructions show how to change the default font size for some of
the most common browsers:
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Internet Explorer 5+ |
At the top of your browser window click on the option marked
'View' and you will see a menu. Select 'Text Size' and a sub-menu
will appear, showing the items 'Largest', 'Larger', 'Medium',
'Smaller', and 'Smallest'. Your current selected text size will be
marked. From here, you can select a new size by clicking the
appropriate item. |
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Netscape Navigator 4.x |
Selecting 'View' from your browser window will show a menu
where there are two items labelled 'Increase Font' and 'Decrease
Font'. Select the appropriate action to either increase or decrease
the text size. There is also a shortcut available by holding down
the control key (labelled 'Ctrl') and then pressing ']' to increase
the font size or '[' to decrease the font size. |
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Netscape 6+ or Mozilla |
Select 'View' from your browser window and you will see a menu
where there is an item labeled 'Text Zoom', and a percentage in
brackets. If you select this item a sub-menu will give you a number
of options for changing your font size. There is also a
shortcut available by holding down the control key (labelled
'Ctrl') and then pressing '+' to increase the font size or '-' to
decrease the font size. |
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Other browsers |
If you have a different browser from those mentioned above,
please refer to the browsers' help files. If you are still unable
to find out how to change the font size, please contact the
webmaster, and we will try to find out how it can be
done. |