Accessibility statement
The Oxford Decorative Arts website has been designed with accessibility issues in mind and has been tested in various ways to meet accessibility standards. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via info@eurorugs.co.uk.
Access keys
Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on a website. With Windows-based browsers, you should be able to press and hold ALT + the relevant access key (as listed below). With Macintosh computers, press CONTROL + the access key required.
The UK Government recommended access keys standard has been used on all pages and the following specific keys are applicable to this site:
- Access key S (ALT+S) - Skip navigation
- Access key 1 (ALT+1) - Home page
- Access key 3 (ALT+3) - Site map / Table of contents
- Access key 8 (ALT+8) - Terms and conditions
- Access key 0 (ALT+0) - Access key details / Accessibility statement
Standards compliance
- All pages on this site comply with all priority 1, 2, and in most cases, 3 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This is always a judgement call; many accessibility features can be measured, but many can not. We have reviewed all the guidelines and believe that all these pages are in compliance
- All pages on this site validate as XHTML1.0 Transitional and use CSS 2.1 for visual presentation. Tables have not been used for the display of non-tabular information in any part of this site
- All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles etc
Links
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
- Links are written to make sense out of context
- Links requiring the presence of "
javascript:" have been kept to a minimum. The visitor should be able to make use of the website with or without scripting enabled
- There are no links that open new windows
Images
- All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes
- Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes
Visual design
- This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout
- This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user−specified "text size" option in visual browsers
- If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable
Tab Index
We have used Tab Index on pages that contain forms, to improve keyboard navigation. Tab Index means that when you use the 'Tab' button on your keyboard you will be taken directly to the form fields and buttons (which can then be navigated in order), instead of firstly having to tab through all the links that precede the form.
Tables
No tables have been used on this website.
Forms
All of the input elements in the forms on this site are marked up with label tags. These provide several benefits:
- Users who have difficulty navigating through a form with a mouse can, for example, click on the text beside the form elements, such as text input boxes, in order to enter those elements
- The use of label tags allows screen readers to intelligently announce what a particular input element is, by reading the label
Credits
For more details about accessibility visit the excellent Dive into Accessibility website.