Website accessibility statement
We have implemented a number of additional features into our website to improve it's accessibility to our users in line with the World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative's current recommendations. *More information on these guidelines can be found here - http://www.w3.org/WAI/ (*External Link).Our website has been checked against the online accessibility auditing tools available at http://webxact.watchfire.com (*External Link), and complies with the (automated only) checking procedure for the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at Priority 1, 2 and 3.
Access Keys
Are a feature supported by modern web browsers, enabling the user to navigate a website using the keyboard without need to use a pointing device such as a mouse. Access Keys utilised by this website are:-[S] - Skip to main content
[1] - Go to homepage
[2] - Latest market news
[3] - Sitemap
[4] - Livestock market reports
[5] - About us
[6] - Location map
[7] - Useful web links
[8] - Website terms of use
[9] - Online contact form
[A] - Livestock auctions
[P] - Property for sale
[L] - Land for sale
[C] - Livestock sale catalogue
[E] - Livestock auction online entry form
[N] - Livestock market newsletter signup
[0] - Web accessibility information (*this page)
*Support for accesskeys is implemented differently across some web browsing applications & operating systems:-
Internet Explorer version 5 and later:-
Hold down the ALT key on your keyboard (Or CONTROL key on a MAC), then press the number / letter key indicated above simultaneously. This will highlight the relevant navigation item - Pressing ENTER / RETURN will take you to the indicated page.
Mozilla-based browsers, including Internet Explorer Version 4 (PC only) and Netscape 6.0 and later:-
Hold down the ALT key on your keyboard (Or CONTROL key on a MAC), then press the number / letter key indicated above simultaneously. This will immediately navigate to the indicated menu item.
Opera web browser:-
Hold down SHIFT then the ESC Key simultaneously, followed by the number / letter of the indicated menu item to navigate directly to that page.
Web-based Forms
Incorporate a logical tab order to enable navigation throughout the form's controls via the keyboard. All form fields are appropriately labelled with a description of their data contents. Where appropriate, sample form placeholder text is provided as a data type example to users.General page structure
We have endeavoured to construct our website in a manner which makes it more easily accessible by devices such as screen readers, and have where possible incorporated navigation items in logical unordered lists to assist users in navigating our site. Any hyperlinks to other websites that open in a new browser window (external links) are clearly marked withthis link icon All code used in this website has been validated with the relevant tools provided by the World Wide Web Consortium:-
Validate the XHTML code used in this page (*external link)
Validate the CSS code used in this page (*external link)