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Using the Web - My Web, My Way

Do you need help in making the web easier to use?

The BBC My Web My Way website explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible for you.

Accessibility Standards

Lancaster City Council aims to make this website accessible to all users and as a result follows certain standards and Government guidelines to ensure that this site can be used as effectively and easily as possible by everyone.

The site has been designed to conform to many of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative's standards. We will continue to work towards this standard until we have achived the highest possible level of accessibility.

We aspire to a minimum of Level AA accessibility as set out by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0). All checkpoints within Level A and AA must be adhered to. The following are identified as being particularly important:

• A text equivalent for every non-text element (i.e. image or multimedia file) should be provided via "alt" (alternative text attribute) or if necessary the "longdesc" (long description attribute)
• Documents should be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated stylesheet
• Equivalents for dynamic content should be updated whenever the dynamic content is changed
• For data tables, markup should be used to clearly identify and associate data cells and cell headers
• Frames should be avoided
• Pages should be usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or are not supported, or an accessible alternative should be provided
• An option to skip navigation should be provided
• The site will not use technologies that require the downloading of new software, if this can be avoided. If this cannot be avoided an accessible version will be provided
• Content should be clear, concise and accessible to all
• The site should be tested using the following: keyboard only, JavaScript turned off, stylesheets turned off, linearised order, text only browser or screen reader
  

If you have any difficulty in using this website, or have any suggestions for improvements, please contact us:

Email: webmaster@lancaster.gov.uk

Telephone: 01524 582038