We are committed to ensuring that all of our content and facilities can be used by all our customers. The following highlights some of the initiatives designed to make the Web site interface and content more usable and accessible.
Overall framework and interface
The overall Web site has been designed to provide users with a seamless view and user experience of the company.
The framework and interface has been designed to provide a consistent structure throughout the Web site, so users will know exactly where to find navigation, content and important functionality and information.
The structure of the interface is broken down as follows:
- Top bar – This includes the company branding and breadcrumb links. All these features are accessible throughout the Web site. Clicking on a top-level navigation link takes you to a section homepage.
- Left panel – This contains the secondary navigation system and links on content pages, which provide access to the key areas and content within the section.
- Content area – The central content area updates to present the page of content that has been selected.
- Footer – This contains links to privacy information and accessibility links.
W3C Compliance
The Western Challenge Housing Association Web site has been designed to comply with the guidelines issued by W3C/WAI. All templates meet priority 1 (A) guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Many pages within this site exceed Level A by satisfying the majority of Level AA and AAA compliance requirements.
Accesskeys
Most browsers support access key functionality, which provide access to key parts of the Web site interface. To use access keys follow the following guidelines:
- For Windows users, you can press “ALT” plus the listed access key
- For Macintosh users, you can press “Control” plus the listed access key
- Pressing “Enter” will then take you to the page.
We have included the below access keys:
1 - Homepage
2 - Information
3 - Our Homes
4 - Services
5 - Involvement
6 - Customers
7 - Suppliers
To further help remember these keys please note that links in the footer that can be activated by accesskeys will indicate this by having the key listed in brackets as part of the link description.
Visual design
- Colours – We have tried to use colours throughout the Web site that provide maximum contrast between foreground and background items.
- Images – All graphics and images throughout the Web site have been assigned an Alt-text attribute, which describes the contents or function of the item.
