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Accessibility Statement for bgnews.com

This is the official accessibility statement for bgnews.com. If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail us at webmaster@bgnews.com.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific pages or areas within a page by typing keys defined on the web site. In Windows, you can press ALT + an access key and then ENTER in Internet Explorer, ALT + an access key in Mozilla, or SHIFT + ESCAPE (release) and then an access key in Opera 7; for Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

• Access key 1 - Home
• Access key 2 - Skip to main content
• Access key 4 - Search box
• Access key 9 - Contact
• Access key 0 - Accessibility statement

Standards compliance

1. Most pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and our Cascading Style Sheet validates as CSS2.
2. The home page, section, and article pages, and all archives back to October XX, 2004 are Bobby AAA approved, complying with all guidelines of the W3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
3. We make an attempt to label tables with captions and summaries to allow screen readers to render the table intelligently.
4. All pages include a search box (access key 4).

Navigation aids

1. All pages have home and copyright links to aid navigation in text-only browsers and screen readers.
2. We make an attempt to label tables with captions and summaries to allow screen readers to render the table intelligently.
3. All pages include a search box (access key 4).

Links

1. Whenever possible, links are written in a manner that will make sense when read out of context. Many browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list separately from the page.
2. There are no "javascript:" pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off.
3. There are no links that open new windows without warning.

Images

All content images used in the home page and all archives include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

Visual design

1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout. Even if your browser or browsing device does not support style sheets, the content of each page should still be readable.
2. Style sheets have been written for print. Most newer browsers don't need a print-friendly page. Just click the File menu, then click Print.
3. If you use a cellular phone or other handheld device, you may not need special software to view this site. Style sheets have been written for cell phones and personal digital assistants.

Accessibility references

1. W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
2. W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
3. W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
4. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.

Accessibility software and services

1. Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines.
2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
3. Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
4. JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited demo is available.
5. Lynx, a free text-only web browser.