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The Bella Italia site navigation is structured in such a way that the tab key can be used to logically cycle through the navigation, with the enter key being used to activate a highlighted link. each shortcut has an access key assigned
This site utilises accesskeys for those who wish/need to navigate the site without the aid of a mouse. these are activated in different ways on different platforms. in internet explorer or mozilla based browsers on windows, you can press ALT + an access key. on a Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key, Then press Enter to activate the link
below are the access keys currently in use on this site:
these access keys have been chosen to follow the uk government website guidelines where possible
HTML heading tags are used to convey document structure. H2 tags are used for main titles, H3 tags for subtitles etc.
Navigation menus are marked up as HTML lists ensuring that the number of links in the list is read out at the start and it can be skipped easily
All content images used in the home page and all archives include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null alt attributes.
The Bella Italia website is designed to conform to Level A compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The majority of Level AA and AAA requirements are also met.
All pages strive validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and use structured semantic markup.