We have worked to make the A4e Pathways website as accessible as possible for all audiences, including those with visual impairments or other disabilities.
A4e aims to support the requirements of all users who browse our website, however, if you do encounter a problem and would like to provide us with feedback this would be very much appreciated. You can email us at info@a4e.co.uk and we will try to resolve any issues. 0800 345 666 This website is designed to display best with your monitor set at screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768 pixels. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) have been used to set the colour, size and layout of the text within each page.
We designed to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, which is a World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation dated May 5, 1999. Version 2.0 is currently a working draft.
This site employs many features to make information more accessible:
All content images used on this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include empty ALT attributes.
Pages are organised to be fully functional, even with javascript turned off
All text can be enlarged or reduced using text size options as below
The site can be navigated without using a mouse
All pages use flexible page formats so they can be automatically resized to suit different window sizes and screen resolutions
Page formatting is done with CSS not tables to ensure that the semantic structure of the information is preserved
All pages are designed with separate cascading style sheets, so they can be replaced by user-defined style sheets
This site follows World Wide Web accessibility guidelines
There are no links that open new windows without warning
There are no "javascript:" pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off
Link text is never duplicated; two links with the same link text always point to the same address
By using the correct combination of 'control' and shortcut keys, this website can be navigated without using a mouse.
The procedure for using shortcut, or 'Access' keys varies depending on which web browser you use to view the site and some browsers do not even support them. The following table shows the different AccessKey combinations for Windows and Mac systems:
PC Windows - ALT + AccessKey
MAC OS X - CONTROL + AccessKey
Internet Explorer users may also need to hit the "enter" key to activate a link.
The following shortcut keys will take you to commonly used pages such as the home page:
0 - Navigate to Homepage
1 - Navigate to About A4e Pathways
2 - Navigate to A4e Pathways Team
3 - Navigate to Success Stories
4 - Navigate to Latest News
5 - Navigate to Contact Us
6 - Navigate to Support
7 - Navigate to Help
t - Navigate to Terms & Conditions
p - Navigate to Privacy Policy
a - Navigate to Accessibilty Statement
We designed to support the following browsers specifically, as well as all standards-compliant browsers.
Internet Explorer 6+ for Windows
Mozilla Firefox for Windows
Mozilla Firefox for Macintosh
Opera 7+ for Windows
Safari for Macintosh
Google Chrome for Windows
Our target is to meet all WAI guidelines through Level 2 priority and Section 508 guidelines, which are a subset of the former. However, we will favor good design principles over specific technical guidelines that may apply only to current technology.
W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines
HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards
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