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Level Double - A Conformance to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0

DEC is, has been, and will always be committed to making information accessible to everyone over the internet, by conforming to standards as set by the World Web Consortium (W3C). NatureBase will enure strict conformance to level Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the guidelines. The guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with disabilities. Conformance to these guidelines will help make the web more accessible to users with disabilities and will benefit all users.

WAI, in coordination with organisations around the world, pursues accessibility of the web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development.

Please contact us if we don't meet your expectations, or there is an issue with accessibility.

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Accesskeys (shortcut navigation keys) and Browsers

Access for people who are non-mouse users

0 = Jump to page top
1 = Homepage
2 = Contact
3 = This page (Help)
4 = Sitemap
c = Jump to page content

How to use access keys

Different browsers require slightly different key combinations to use an access key.
Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)
Hold down the ALT key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER.
Internet Explorer 4 (PC)
Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key0.
Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)
Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key.
Internet Explorer 4.5 (Mac)
Access keys are not supported
Netscape 6+ Hold down the ALT key and select the number or letter of the access key.
Netscape (earlier versions)
Access keys are not supported
Mozilla
Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key.

Alternatively, the top drop down menu has been designed to allow the use of the "tab" button to navigate.

Changing the font size

On the right of the website you will see three clickable items. Clicking these will allow you to alter the font size site-wide on NatureBase. If you have Javascript disabled however, this will not work.

  • A+ : This will increase the website font sizes by step
  • A- : This will decrease the website font sizes by step
  • Reset : This will reset the website font sizes to the standard settings

If you prefer to set your font size and style yourself, this can be done on most browsers. For example:

Internet Explorer users:
From the browser menu, go: Tools > Internet Options
Choose the 'General' tab, and choose 'Accessibility'

From here you can select:

  1. Ignore colors specified on webpages.
  2. Ignore font styles specified on webpages.
  3. Ignore font sizes specified on webpages.

You may also choose to use your own stylesheet from here.

Required Plug-in Software

This website has some multimedia enhancements that may require standard web browser plugins, which are normally inbuilt into your web browser. If your browser cannot view the content, we recommend to download the free plugin when prompted, or try another browser. The following players are utilised within this website: