Site accessibility

It's important to me that this site is accessible to everyone, including those using screen readers. Visually impaired users or those using a keyboard instead of a mouse may find the following information useful.

Changing the text size

How to change the text size on a PC (Windows)

  • Internet Explorer - select View / Text Size
  • Firefox - hold down the CTRL key and press + or -
  • Opera - hold down + or -

How to change the text size on a Mac

  • Firefox and Safari - hold down the APPLE key and press + or -
  • Opera - to increase text size, hold down the SHIFT key and press +. To decrease text size, just press -

Using a keyboard to navigate the site

Press the TAB key to navigate from link to link. You can also use access keys to navigate straight to the links for the main areas of the site.

How to use access keys on a PC (Windows)

  • Internet Explorer 6.0 and higher - hold down the ALT key + the access key number + ENTER
  • Firefox - hold down the ALT key + the access key number
  • Opera - hold down the SHIFT + ESC keys to get into Access Key mode, then press the access key number. SHIFT + ESC must be pressed each time you want to use an access key

How to use access keys on a Macintosh

  • For Firefox & Safari - hold down the CTRL key + the access key number

Access key numbers

0 = Site accessibility information including access keys
1 = Homepage
2 = Site map
3 = Search
4 = About me
5 = Web design
6 = Web tutoring
7 = Event management
8 = Multimedia
9 = Contact me

Choosing a browser

This website has been designed to work best in browsers which support HTML and CSS standards. This includes:

PC (Windows):

  • Firefox 3 (or later)
  • Opera 9 (or later)

Macintosh:

  • Firefox 3 (or later)
  • Opera 9 (or later)
  • Safari 4 (or later)

The site has also been designed to work well in the following non-compliant browsers:

PC (Windows):

  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Internet Explorer 8.0

Versions of IE below IE6 are no longer catered for. If you would like to view this site the way it was intended, please consider upgrading your browser to one of those listed above.

The latest versions can all be downloaded for free:
Download Firefox
Download Internet Explorer
Download Opera
Download Safari

Downloading PDFs

This website includes some PDFs which can be downloaded. My web design/development resumé (276KB), for example, is in PDF format. In order to view a PDF on your computer, you need Acrobat Reader software. This can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website.

This site has been designed to meet the World Wide Web Consortium Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and New Zealand Government Web Guidelines. Please contact me if you have any problems accessing the information on this website.