Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

• Access Key 0 - Skip over navigation menu and jump straight to the content on the current page
• Access Key 1 - Home
• Access Key 2 - The Project
• Access Key 3 - The Grand Theatre
• Access Key 4 - Opera North
• Access Key 5 - The People
• Access Key 6 - Sponsors
• Access Key 7 - News and Events
• Access Key 8 - Press Area
• Access Key 9 - Donate

Standards Compliance

• The site has been built with W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in mind, although full compliance has not been possible due to the nature of the design.
• All pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.

Links

• Where appropriate, extra information about links is provided in the title attribute of the link tag.
• Links are arranged in a logical tab order.
• Link text is written so that it makes sense of out context.

Images

• All non-background images used on the site have descriptive alt attributes.

Visual Design

• While tables are used for layout we have tried to make sure the content appears in the correct order when tables are linearised. You can use access key 0 to skip the navigation and jump to the main content on any page.
• The site uses relative font size.
• The site is readable if CSS or tables are not disabled..

Forms

• All form elements have a corresponding label tag to associate the text description with the field