Social Media Portal

SMP

Accessibility

Social Media Portal (SMP) Accessibility

Elemental Communications, the proprietor of the Social Media Portal (SMP) is committed to providing an accessible and usable website for all its users. We appreciate that your needs are as individual as you are, and thus we have done our best to cater for you whilst complying with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

This Website has been designed and built to adhere with the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C WAI) guidelines wherever possible, and includes many features that allow easier access for users with special requirements. To view accessibility guidelines visit http://www.w3.org/WAI/.

- Text Only (Low Graphics)
- Operating System (OS) Text Re-sizing
- Documents
- Images
- Access Keys
- Operating System (OS) Access Keys
- RSS Feeds
- Sitemap
- Feedback

To view a text-only (no styles or low graphics) version of WebPages click on the Text Only link for the duration of your browser session, SMP WebPages will display without styles.

Text Size

There are numerous ways that you can change the size of your text to make it easier to read. They are:

• Hold down the CTRL key and press the minus (-) and plus (+) keys to decrease and increase the size of your font. The CTRL key and then zero (0) are for normal-sizing.
• If your mouse has a wheel, pressing CTRL and using the wheel on your mouse increases and decreases the text size on your screen.
• To customise your browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape Navigator or similar) go to View, and then select Text Size. Alternative use the processes below.

Operating System (OS) Text Re-sizing

Documents

Clicking on documents on the SMP Website (e.g. Excel, plain text, PowerPoint, Word and PDFs and so on) will open them in a new window. Right clicking the documents will present the option to save them to machine(s).

• Click to download Adobe® Reader® is required to view PDF files.
• Click to download Abode accessibility information.
• Click to download Microsoft Excel Reader for Windows-based desktop PCs and laptops.
• Click to download Microsoft PowerPoint Reader for Windows-based desktop PCs and laptops.
• Click to download Microsoft Word Reader for Windows-based desktop PCs and laptops.

Images

Images embedded within the SMP profile of companies cannot be downloaded and are of a low resolution, so it is advisable that they are saved onto machines for use.  It is advised that if such images are required that source is contacted for them.

Keyboard Short Cuts

• For a list of the most common keyboard short cuts (Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera) visit Mozilla Firefox Keyboard Support http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard.
• For Apple Operating systems click on Apple's Universal Access Guide.
• Click on Internet Explorer 6 Step by Step Tutorials for Microsoft guidance for version 6.
• Click on Internet Explorer 5 Step by Step Tutorials for Microsoft guidance for version 5.

Access Keys

Different browsers require slightly different key combinations to use an access key. Below are instructions for a range of more popular browsers.

Operating System (OS) Access Keys