Accessibility information

This page lists the accessibility features of this site for those people who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse or who prefer to use keyboard shortcuts or those with vision impairments.

Standards-based design

This site is designed with the latest methodologies of standards-based web design in mind to ensure as consistent an experience to as many users as possible.

Alternative style

This site has an alternative high visibility style for users with impaired/low vision. Use the icons at the top of the right column to select your preferred style.

To use this feature correctly it is necessary that cookies are enabled in your browser.

Accesskeys

Accesskeys enable users to navigate to major areas of the Tyssen Design site by using the keyboard only (without the need for a mouse). Accesskeys work by pressing alt (Windows) or ctrl (Mac) and then the chosen accesskey (Internet Explorer users also need to press enter at the end).

Due to conflicts that can occur between accesskey assignments and functions of different browsing software, this site doesn’t have default accesskeys, but instead allows you to choose your own. Please visit the accesskey assignment page to set your accesskeys.

Resizable text

You might find the text easier to read by increasing its size. You can do this by adjusting your browser’s settings. Depending on your browser type, do one of the following:

  • Camino: go to the View menu and choose Bigger Text until the text is the size you require.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer: go to the View menu, select Text Size and then either Larger or Largest.
  • Mozilla/Firefox: go to the View menu, Text Size and choose Increase until the text is the size you require. You can also use Ctrl + + and to return to the default size, use Ctrl + 0.
  • Netscape Navigator: go to the View menu and choose Increase Font.
  • Opera: go to the View menu and choose Zoom and choose a text size. If you have the View toolbar visible (which can be accessed by clicking on the glasses symbol at the right of your address bar), you can also select your zoom size from there.
  • Safari: go to the View menu and choose Make Text Bigger.

For those who have a scroll wheel with their mouse, holding down the Ctrl key and scrolling the wheel up or down will increase/decrease text size in all browsers.

Changing colours

You can change the site’s background colour or change the colour of body text on the site by changing preferences in your browser. Depending on your browser type use one of the following:

  • Camino: Go to the Camino menu and choose Preferences. From there choose the Appearance tab which will display Colors & Links and Fonts.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer: go to the Tools menu, select Internet Options, select Colours and make changes to text and background colours in the Colours panel.
  • Mozilla/Firefox: go to the Tools menu, select Options, and from the General tab, open Fonts & Colors.
  • Netscape Navigator: go to the Edit menu, select Preferences, open the Appearance menu and select Colours.
  • Opera has a number of different display options available by using User mode which is available from the View menu.
  • Safari: Go to the Safari menu and choose Preferences. From there choose the Appearance tab which will display Standard font and Fixed-width font. By clicking on Select you can choose your font as well as its colour.

Glossary

Below is a glossary of some of the abbreviations and terms used throughout the Tyssen Design site.

AJAX:
Asynchronous JavaScript and XML - a web development technique for creating interactive web applications.
ASP:
Active Server Pages - a common abbreviation in English.
Assoc.:
Association - a common abbreviation in English.
Cookies:
A small data file stored on your computer that enables a web site to identify you and keep track of your preferences.
Copy writing:
A large part of the SEO process is about having the right content and Tyssen Design is in a good position to assist you in preparing, writing, & editing this with more than a decade’s worth of experience in the publishing (print & online) industry.
CSS:
Cascading Style Sheets - an extension to HTML to allow styles (colour, font, size) to be specified for certain elements of a web document.
Domain name:
A domain name is the name (URL) of your website and must be purchased. Once you have bought a domain name it is yours for the period of your registration. Once that registration period expires, the name becomes available to others unless you renew it. If you choose Tyssen Design to handle this process, efforts will be made to ensure your registration is always current.
E-commerce:
This simply means setting up your site to be able to sell products online. To do this, you will need what is commonly known as a ’shopping cart’ application.
HTML:
Hyper Text Markup Language - used on the World Wide Web to structure text and multimedia documents and to set up text links between documents.
IP:
Internet Protocol - the method by which data is sent from one computer to another over the Internet.
ISO:
International Organization for Standardization - the world’s largest developer of standards.
Mailing lists:
Email mailing lists are a good way to keep your customers updated about your latest products or to send out newsletters.
PDA:
Personal Digital Assistant - lightweight, hand-held computer used as a personal organiser.
PHP:
Hypertext Preprocessor - a widely-used, general-purpose scripting language, which can be embedded into HTML, suited for web development.
QLD:
Queensland - state of Australia
RSPCA:
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals – charity devoted to preventing cruelty to animals by actively promoting their care and protection.
SEO/SEM:
Search Engine Optimisation/Search Engine Marketing – the process relating to the choosing and presentation of keywords (e.g., if your site is about Australian wildlife, those would be your key words) on a website to ensure high search engine rankings and online marketing activities. In other words, making your site as search-engine friendly as possible.
URL:
Universal Resource Locator - a website’s address.
W3C:
World Wide Web Consortium - the international consortium which works towards developing standards for the World Wide Web (the Internet).
Web hosting:
Every site needs space on the web to store the files that make up the site. This space is rented out for either a monthly or yearly fee.
XHTML:
eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language - a stricter & cleaner version of HTML that combines HTML with XML.
XML:
eXtensible Hyper Text Markup Language - a simple, very flexible text format designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing.