User involvement & accessibility

IMPORTANT - Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6 or earlier you cannot change stylesheets.

Highland Wildcat are committed to ensuring that this website is accessible to everyone and are working to improve the site experience for all visitors. Features are being introduced to the website which enable users to make choices about the type of layout they are viewing - these will be introduced over time, so check this page for new additions.

Options will include not only the overall graphics you are viewing but layouts enabling access to the site by visitors with specific needs. In order to use these options fully, you will need to have a good browser (e.g. Firefox or Opera), cookies should be enabled so that next time you visit, selections made here will be remembered and finally, some javscript functions are used.

Changing the layout

Want to give the site a different look? Go ahead, make your selection here. Cookies will be sent to you browser so next time you visit the site, you don't have to re-visit this page. If you are using some versions of Internet Explorer, you will not be able to change the layout.

Change the look

Special stylesheets

High Contrast

Access keys

This site is implementing basic access keys for navigation. These are intended to help visitors to the site who have difficulty in using pointing devices, such as a mouse. This website follows a system similar to the UK government access key system. The following keyboard shortcut commands are available to you. Please read the information that follows this list, it contains important information about their use and potential problems

Navigation keys

[C] Skip to content
[M] Skip to Menu
[1] Home page
Trail Guides
[A] Overview of Trails
[B] Black Trail Guide
[D] Red Trail Guide
[E] Blue Guide
Trail Maps
[F] Black Trail Map
[G] Red Trail Map
[H] Blue Trail Map
[J] Combined Trails Map
[K] Future Trail Plans
[4] Gallery
About
[N] Information about the trails
[O] The Team behind the trails
[P] Planned Trails for the future
[Q] Sponsors of the trails
[R] Access Rights to land in Scotland
Other pages
[S] Locality
[T] Rock Climbing in the area
[U] News
Site Interaction [V] Change Layout Styles and Access key details
[2] Site Map

Access keys by browser type

Internet Explorer 6+ on Windows - Alt-key plus access key. Then release these keys and press enter
Firefox, Mozilla on Mac - ctrl-key plus access key.
Firefox, Mozilla on Windows - Shift and Alt-key plus access key.
Safari on Mac - ctrl-key plus access key.
Opera on Mac - shift-key, escape-key plus access key.
Opera on Windows - shift-key, escape-key plus access key.

Cautions

With upgrades to browsers, some of the methods for using access keys may change. If you know of changes to the above details, please let us know.

Users with special assistive technology installed may find some of the access keys clash with keys allocated for specific use in this equipment, you should check carefully.

Hearing the website

Highland Wildcat were considering creating an aural stylesheet, however, there are currently few browsers supporting this type of stylesheet and those that do, have individual methods to apply them.If you use Windows, try Opera, a standards compliant browser that has the ability to read this website. MAC OSX (apple 10.2.8) users have speech built-in and the safari browser has speech options.

Browsealoud

Browsealoud is a solution that allows visitors the option of having website content read to them. As the website visitor moves the cursor over text, it is spoken aloud. Browsealoud is free to download and you have control over the voice, word pronunciations and speech highlighting.
Browsealoud has wide support for main browsers and in addition supports accessible Java and Flash.

Visit their website for more information - Browsealoud

Experience a new horizon at Highland Wildcat Trails!