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Accessibility
Side Cinema is an accessible venue, we've got an accessibility plan for Side Gallery, which we'll implement when we can fund the work, and we're keen for this website to be accessible...
We believe that all pages on this site are WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) AA approved, complying with all priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
Every effort has been made to make all pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict.Layout. The site uses CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to control presentation and layout. Tables are used only for data presentation. This means readers can use the screen reader’s navigation key to get around the site. Menus are grouped together in a logical fashion if you are listening to the site.
Access Keys
The following Access Keys allow users to navigate the site without using a mouse:
1 - Home page
2 - About Us
3 - Amber Films
4 - Photography
5 - Side Gallery
6 - Side Cinema
7 - Side Cafe
8 - Forum
9 - Online Shop c - Skip to Content
How to use Access Keys in your Web Browser
- Internet Explorer 5+ - (PC) Hold down the ‘Alt’ key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER
- Internet Explorer 4 - (PC) Hold down the ‘Alt’ key and press the number of the access key
- Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac) Hold down the ‘Ctrl’ key and press the number of the access key
- Internet Explorer 4.5 - (Mac) Access keys are not supported
- Netscape 6 and earlier - (PC and Mac) Access keys are not supported
- Netscape 7 - (PC) Hold down the ‘Alt’ key and press the number of the access key
- Firefox, Mozilla - (PC) Hold down the ‘Shift + Alt’ keys and press the number of the access key
- Firefox, Mozilla - (Mac) Hold down the ‘Ctrl’ key and press the number of the access key
- Safari and Omniweb - (Mac) Hold down the ‘Ctrl’ key and press the number of the access key
- Opera - Hold down the ‘Shift’ key and press ‘Escape’, release both keys, then press the number of the access key
Note: some assistive technology tools, such as the IBM HomePage Reader and WindowEyes, already make use of the alt + [access key] combinations. If you use one of these tools, you will not be able to use these access keys.
Increase the text size
The following instructions will increase the size of the text for you.
If you need the text to be even larger, it may be worth investigating screen magnification software, or if you have an Apple, you may use the Zoom facility in the Apple Operating System.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x, 6.x and 7.x
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Choose ‘view’ from the drop down menu at the top of the window
3. From the options choose ‘text size’
4. The next drop down menu offers ‘small’, 'medium’, ‘large’, ‘largest’
5. Select ‘largest’
Mozilla Firefox 1.x and 2.x
1. Open Firefox
2. Hold down the ‘Ctrl’ button on your keyboard and press '+' (Plus) key
3. This will enlarge the text, to enlarge again repeat procedure
4. Keep repeating until the text is big enough
5. ‘Ctrl’ and '-' (Minus) makes it smaller
Netscape 4.6
1. Open Netscape
2. Choose ‘edit’ from the drop down menu at the top of the window
3. From the options choose ‘preferences’
4. This will open a large window
5. In a box on the left hand side there is a list, at the top of which is the word ‘appearance’ and under that ‘fonts and colours’
6. Select ‘fonts’
7. Another window will appear called ‘fonts’
8. In a box will be the text ‘for the encoding’ and a drop down box with the word ‘western’
9. Underneath this there will be the words ‘variable width font’ and a drop down box. Select the box and a drop down menu will appear, from which you should choose ‘Arial’
10. In the box next to it, it says ‘size’. From this drop down box select '18'
11. Underneath is the text ‘fixed width font’ and a drop down box. This should already be set to ‘Courier New’
12. In the next box is the text ‘size’. Choose this box and select '18' from the drop down options
13. Underneath these boxes it says ‘Sometimes a document will produce its own fonts’
14. Beneath this there are 3 choices. Select the circle next to the top option, ‘Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts’
15. Select 'OK'
16. The text should now appear larger
17. For larger still, repeat the instruction and when you select 'size', make the text larger than 18.
Netscape 6.2, 7.0 and 8.1
1. Open Netscape
2. Hold down the ‘Ctrl’ button on your keyboard and press the '+' (Plus) key
3. This will enlarge the text, to enlarge further repeat procedure until it is large enough
4. Press ‘Ctrl’ and '-' (Minus) to make text smaller
Apple Safari 1.2 and 2.0
1. Open Apple Safari
2. Hold down the ‘Apple Key’ and press the '+' (Plus) key
3. This will enlarge text; to enlarge further repeat procedure until it is large enough
4. Press ‘Apple Key’ and '-' (Minus) to make text smaller