Accessibility

We believe Yorkshire.com should be accessible to all users regardless of ability, computer system or web browser. As a result Yorkshire Tourist Board has developed it's web pages with the widest audience in mind.

Yorkshire.com takes into account users who are visually impaired or have difficulties using a mouse, it is compatible with popular screen reading software, and can be navigated using a keyboard. If you have any problems finding the information you want you can use the keyword search located at the top of the every page.

All links to pages within Yorkshire.com will open within the same browser window but links to external websites may open in a new browser window. These are identified with appropriate title text when you hover over the link.

W3C

In general, the site conforms to WAI-AA standards where HTML is used. Where documents are made available in other formats, conformance may have not been achieved, for example PDF documents.

Access Keys

Access keys have been included in Yorkshire.com to assist users when navigating their way through the site. The following access keys are available: 

s = Skip Navigation

1 = Go to the home page

2 = Go to the what to do section

3 = Go to the where to go section

4 = Go to the where to stay section

5 = Go to the online shop

6 = Go to the competitions page

7 = Go to the book online page

8 = Go to the more information page

9 = Go to the Yorkshire T V page

Windows based computers

Pressing "ALT" and the access key will give focus on a specific link on the page. If you press return, you will then be taken to that page.

Macintosh based computers

Pressing "CTRL" and the access key will automatically send you to that specific page.

Text resizing

By default, the text on our website is set to a relative size. This means it can be adjusted by using the settings in your browser, to increase or decrease the size. Below are instructions of how to achieve this on a number of popular browsers.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Using the mouse:

  • click View on the browser menu,
  • click Text Size, and
  • select the size you want.

Using the keyboard:

  • click ALT + V
  • Select Text Size by pressing X
  • use the up or down arrow keys to select your choice
  • Press enter to confiorm your choice

Firefox & Netscape

Using the mouse:

  • Click View on the browser menu
  • Click Text Size, and
  • Click Increase or Decrease as desired

You may need to repeat this to increase the size more than one level.

Using the keyboard:

  • Increase: Ctrl +  
  • Decrese: Ctrl –
  • Normal: Ctrl + 0

Opera

To zoom in or out:

  • Increase: Ctrl + 
  • Decrese: Ctrl –
  • Normal: Ctrl + 0