web design - accessibility

Making Your Website Accessible to People with Disabilites

A website can be built to accommodate visually impaired persons. Although doing so strictly, presents problems with some layouts currently, it can be done with good effect as is the case with the SweetOccasions website. This was designed to be text reader friendly. A text reader is a kind of audio web browser for the visually impaired. On this site font sizes can be customized for a better reading experience without compromising layout. This site is also a good example of what can be done to make a site viewable on smaller screens like PDAs for example.

A site needs to be easy to navigate. You'll notice how on this site a variety of navigation systems are displayed. For instance, to the left is the standard navigation menu, above and to the right are tabular navigation buttons to the main sections. Have a look at Ceespray on Owen for another example. You need to show your visitors where they are now and where they can go next, this is what makes your site more accessible.

We are very conscious of site accessibility and take great care to provide a pleasant viewing experience for all our visitors.