How our pages look: Navigating the site: Heading structure: Zooming in and font sizes: PDF format: Let us know
How our pages look
All of the pages on the site have the same "look and feel". Here's how they look from top to bottom:
The top of the page contains general site links including a link to the homepage, the site map and a link to a page to change the colours and text.
Next you'll find the main site navigation, split into seven topics: Home, About us, Visit & contact us, Search the archives, Genealogy, Services and Research.
Next, the page splits into two columns:
1. The left-hand menu which will change as you browse through our various subsections.
2. The column in the centre (content column) is where you'll find the text of the page you've browsed to.
Navigating the site
We've built in a few "signposts" to help you find your way around the page if you're a screenreader user. Here are some links you'll find at the top of the page and where they'll take you to:
- Skip navigation - skips past all navigation and contents lists to the main text on the page
- Subsection navigation - On all subsections (About us etc) jumps to subsection navigation
Heading structure
We've structured the site in a way that will allow you to take advantage of your screenreader's heading jump facilities. The content column begins with a heading 1 and information on the page is organised under headings so that you can easily skip through the page.
Zooming in and font sizes
This site makes use of stylesheets that allow for flexible resizing of fonts to meet user requirements. The "Change Text/Colour" option near the beginning of the page allows you to choose how you want your text to appear.
Alternatively, if you find that font sizes are too small simply increase the default font size used in your web browser software - for example, in Internet Explorer, font sizes can be changed in the View Menu under "Text Size". This feature may not work correctly in all web browsers.
PDF format
Some of the information on this website is available in PDF format to provide for easier reading and printing offline. This format is not readily accessible to users with disabilities, therefore we have provided most documents in accessible HTML. Links to the HTML version are provided next to links to the PDF version of a document.
Let us know
If you encounter any difficulties in using this site please let us know by any of the methods listed on our contact page.