The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Accessibility
Keyboard access information
We have provided a series of keyboard shortcuts intended to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse.
This web site uses the UK Government access key system and the following information summarises each of the keyboard shortcut commands available to you.
Depending on your browser type use one of the following:
A. With Windows-based systems, in general, press the "Alt" key and the relevant access key:
- if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time
- if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 or 6 then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter, then press the "Enter" key
- if you are using Netscape version 6 or later, or Mozilla, then press "Alt" and the relevant number/letter at the same time
B. With Macintosh-based systems, press the "Ctrl" key and the relevant access key
| Key strokes | Result | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt + S | Skip to navigation | Go directly to the main navigation |
| Alt + C | Skip to content | This allows you to go directly to the content of the page |
| Alt + 1 | Home page | Links to the Scheme's home page |
| Alt + 2 | News | Links to the current News Release index |
| Alt + 3 | Site map | Links to the A-Z index of material on the site |
| Alt + 9 | Feedback form | Links to the Feedback form |
| Alt + 0 | Access key details | This page |
If you have any queries or difficulties or if you use this facility and wish to suggest additional access keys, please contact the Scheme's webmaster
Accessiblity
This site uses a dynamic style sheet switcher, which was explained at the website "alistapart.com". The look of this website is completely defined by the stylesheet chosen to apply. If you choose the no style sheet option below, you will see just the page with no aesthetics!
- Yellow on black
- Black on yellow
- Black on cream
- White on black
- Black on pale pink
- Black on pale blue
- Text only
- Graphics on
- No style
The stylesheet is set by a cookie and therefore will remain the same for the duration of your visit and indeed when you return.
Text size
This site also provides the option to change the text size. This can be over ridden quite easily by using the browser controls.
If at any time you need to reset the stylesheet to the original, click on the graphics on link above.
Links
- Most of the links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail (unless the text of the link already fully describes the target for example the headline of a page or article).
- Whever possible, links are written to make sense out of context.
Most standards compliant browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list, separately from the page. - Link text is never duplicated; two links with the same link text always point to the same address.
- We do not employ "
javascript:" pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off. - We have attempted to eradicate all links that open new windows without warning.
Accessibility software and services
We have attempted to comply fully with accessibility guidelines, however, there are a few legacy pages which are still non compliant. We have used the following tools to test the pages.
- Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines.
- HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
- Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
- WAVE from Webaim
