The SBP site has been designed to be as accessible as possible whilst maintaining its visual interest. To achieve this a variety of features have been included. These are summarised below. 

 Access Keys
 Resizable Text
 Coding to Standards
 Consistent Navigation
 Browser and Operating System
 Printing Pages
 Access Keys

The ability to navigate the site using other means than a mouse can be important for those who have difficulties using a mouse or other pointing devices. To help with this we have set up 'Access Keys' (see below) on the site which allow easy navigation to the main pages on the web site.

As well as helping those who have difficulty using a mouse it also allows quick access to the main pages for anyone who prefers to use the keyboard.


To use the access keys on the site follow these steps;

Press and hold the "Alt" key and then press the required letter.

If necessary, release all keys and press the return key. The browser will then load the relevant page. 
 
1 - Home
2 - Who we are 
3 - News
4 - Case studies
5 - Contact us

Coding Standards
Although there are not definitive standards to use when coding we have tried to make sure our site conforms to W3C standards for HTML and CSS. Adhering to these standards makes our site accessible to those browsers that also adhere to these standards, and makes our web pages more accessible to those using screen readers and similar devices.

Images have associated 'alt' tags (i.e. text alternatives) so that visitors know what the image is meant to convey should it not load, or if the visitor has chosen to browse with images switched off (or browsing with a screen reader or similar browser that does not display images). Text contrasts sufficiently with the background and is easily distinguishable for colour-blind visitors .


Consistent Navigation
We have kept the navigation consistent throughout the site. All the top level pages and sections are available from every single page on the site.
Other consistent navigational aids include the site map, the section headers, the breadcrumb trail and the pulldown navigation menu.
If you have any comments about the navigation on the site please contact our Webmaster. We have tried to make it as easy as possible, but with large numbers of pages of information this can be difficult.


Browsers and Operating Systems
The SBP web site has been designed to work correctly with Internet Explorer version 7 and later. It will also work adequately with the following browsers and operating systems although it may not display perfectly:

Browsers:
Internet Explorer 5 and later
Netscape 6 (Mozilla) and later
Opera
Safari (for the Macintosh)
Operating Systems:

Windows 9x, NT, 2000 upwards
Unix/Linux
Macintosh OS 9 upwards


Screen Settings
This website's pages will look and function as intended, at a display setting of either 800 x 600 pixels, or 1024 x 768 pixels. This should satisfy the vast majority of users. The pages will also work at 640 x 480 pixels, although some non-functional elements may not be fully displayed on the page and it may occasionally be necessary to scroll horizontally.

PDF
The SBP site makes use of Adobe® PDF files. These are usually opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader, but that does not make them accessible to all users. A solution to this is offered by Adobe at their PDF conversion page.

The URL (exact location) of a PDF file will appear in the web browser when it is selected. If that URL is copied and submitted at the PDF conversion page, it will be converted to HTML and in that form it should then be accessible.


Printing Pages
The SBP site utilises a CSS file especially designed for printing purposes. This means that when users click on 'Print' in the toolbar the page requested will only print the relevant information (text and images) to that page. It will not print extraneous or unnecessary information to the printed page such as web site navigation or graphics.