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If Adobe Flash Player is not installed on your system please click the above link to install it. Java Script must be enabled in your browser's options. In the meantime these temporary site-menu links can be used:
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Accessibility topics
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HTML and W3C validation plus Disability Discrimination Act:
This website is written to HTML 4.01 transitional standard and each page has passed Word Wide Web Consortium (W3C) interoperable validation checks. Click the
We believe that our website design meets requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). Whilst the Act does not cover website design by name, it does refer to service provision.
If you believe our website design falls short in any way please contact our webmaster.
Besides navigating our site using the Main Menu, Site Map or links on some pages, we've provided a Google Search Box on our Home page, Site Map page and this Accessibility page. These allow a search of our website from one place. Search results will open in a new tab in your browser .
The size of the text fonts can be changed in one of two ways:
- At the top of each webpage are 3 font size change buttons
• The left one decreases font size by 3% each time (to a preset minimum).
• The middle one restores font sizes to their original size.
• The right one increases font size by 3% each time (to a preset maximum).Images and the background central panel will not be resized with the use of these buttons (depending on your browser type).
- From your browser:
• Click on Main Menu then View and then click on Zoom In or Zoom Out.
• Different browsers may have the zoom settings in a different place, e.g. in a Tools menu or on a Tools/Zoom menu bar.
• Some browsers provide a keyboard shortcut for zooming, e.g. CTRL+ or CTRL-
The section Sources of help for web browser and system settings below may also be of assistance.
Current defaults are:
• header titles text = blue
• general text colour = black
• hyperlinks colour normal/visited = blue
• hyperlinks colour hover/active = red
• centre panel background = pastel rainbow image
• side panels colour = pale plain pink
An alternative background colour scheme is:• header titles text = blue
• general text colour = black
• hyperlinks colour normal/visited = blue
• hyperlinks colour hover/active = red
• centre panel background = standard plain yellow
• side panels colour = pale plain yellowTo switch between the two background schemes, click the button in the top right corner of every page:
to restore back to the Standard Background.
NOTE: There is only button on each page as it toggles depending on the background currently in use.
This facility enhances the contrast appearance of our website for some visitors with visibility difficulties.
We currently don't have any text to speech functionality on our website. This might be looked into at a later date for visitors with visibility or reading difficulties.
Your computer may already have basic text to speech software included as part of your operating system installation. Third party software is also available to purchase and will have enhanced features.
We've tested our website using Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems on the the latest versions of the following PC based browsers:
Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome and Safari.
We found all of these browsers displayed our website as intended with no problems.We tested them using screen resolutions up to 1680 x 1050.
Other operating systems, browsers and device types (mobile phones, game consoles etc) exist but we've not been able to test our website on them.
The main menu bar at the top of the screen requires Adobe Flash Player and is usually installed on most computers. Without it the menu will not be displayed and a logo linked to Adobe Flash Player will be displayed and it can be download for free from there.
If you don't download it then our site can still be navigated using the temporary Menu links that will be displayed instead of the Flash menu or by using the Site Map link at the top of each page.
Cascading Style Sheets are used on this website and conform to W3C CSS level 2.1 validation service:
Java Script is required and is to be enabled for our website functions to work. If Java Script is disabled then enable it.
If your browser is quite old then upgrade it to the latest version.
If you believe our website design falls short in any way please contact our webmaster.
If the font size change controls and colour change options don't allow you to easily read our site then we can email you a copy of our website pages in PDF format. These of course will be a point-in-time version from when the copy is taken. The PDF file will allow size and colour changes of your choice to be made. You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader to be installed on your computer to open and read a PDF file. Most computers and devices have this installed as standard but if you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it for free from
If this would be of use to you please contact our webmaster.
With so many different versions of many browsers available, as well as different operating systems and screen resolutions, our website may not appear on your computer as intended. The following two websites have some useful tips and guidance:
The BBC website page "My Web, My Way - Accessibility Help" states in the heading of its main page:
"Do you need help in making the web easier to use?
This site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible to you."
Their address is: www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility
The W3C also provide details about how to change various settings on all major browsers.
Their address is www.w3.org/WAI/changedesign
If you have any comments or requests with regard to our website accessibility please e-mail our webmaster.
The address is webmaster@gay-glos.org
We welcome any suggestions you may have and will consider incorporating them where possible and practicable.
Our How to Contact Us page gives details of other ways to get in touch with us.
This is the end of this Accessibility webpage.
