ACCESSIBILITY

This site is working towards conformance to Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 1.0 (WVAG 1.0), including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 and some Priority 3 checkpoints as defined in the Guidelines.


Navigation

There is one main navigation menu and screen reader users can 'skip' these navigation links by using 'skipnav'.


Layout

Text is laid out using style sheets which conform to RNIB See it Right standards. Users can change the style sheets in their browsers to make viewing easier for their individual requirements. The document standard used is XHTML 1.0 Transitional.


Access Keys

This website incorporates ACCESSKEY functionality. These keys can be used to navigate the site quickly and easily. The ACCESSKEY functionality used on this site is as follows:

  • [1] - Homepage
  • [2] - Browse by Brand
  • [3] - Browse by Category
  • [4] - News
  • [5] - International
  • [6] - Catalogues
  • [7] - Promotions
  • [8] - Login
  • [9] - contact us

IE6, 7 Onwards

Simply hold down Alt, then press the corresponding number, release and then press return.


Netscape 8 / Mozilla

Simply hold down Alt, then press the corresponding number.


Netscape 9 / Firefox 2 Onwards

Simply hold down Shift + Alt, then press the corresponding number.


Opera

Hold down Shift + Esc to enter 'access key' mode - a list of available accesskeys will then be displayed, with the access key in brackets, followed by the link title. Press the corresponding key to open the link. To close 'access key' mode without opening one of the links, press Shift + Esc again.


Safari

Simply hold down Ctrl, then press the corresponding number.


Further Information

Supplementary information on these accessibility issues can be found at the Web Accessibility Initiative www.w3c.org/WAI. Please note that clicking on the link will open a new browser window.