About this website
Standards
The Symology website has been designed and developed to the standards laid down by the World Wide Web Consortium. Links are provided at the foot of each page to verify that the page you are viewing is XHTML and CSS compliant. The site is best viewed using a screen size of 1024 x 768 pixels with at least 24 bit colour settings.
For the best experience when using the website it is recommended that you are using a modern web browser that supports web standards correctly, such as the latest versions of Mozilla, Netscape, Opera or Internet Explorer. Apple Macintosh users should use either Internet Explorer 5.0+, Safari 1.0+ or Mozilla 1.5+. Linux users should use the latest versions of Konqueror or Mozilla.
Many documents provided within the Symology website are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. In order that you can view PDF content it is necessary that you have the latest plug-ins and software installed on your computer.
Slide show presentations from User Groups etc. are typically generated as executable files so that they can be viewed without the need for specific software. Such files are provided for download in zipped format and have been compressed using Winzip.
The links below are provided to assist you in upgrading your software, if this is necessary.
Web Browsers
Browser Plug-ins
Other Software
By ensuring that your computer is using the latest release of any of the above web browsers, and by installing the above mentioned plug-ins and software, your use of the Internet will be enhanced not just on this website but on all websites you visit.
We hope you enjoy the Symology website. Should you have any suggestions for the site or if you are experiencing any difficulties then please contact the Symology webmaster.
Accessibility Features
A number of measures have been taken to make this website more accessible to people with disabilities. Symology are commited to helping people with disabilities use this website easily and we would welcome any comments or suggestions that would enable us to improve upon the following measures we have taken.
Structured Documents
The website has been developed so that all content and presentation markup is separated. All pages have been written so that they are structured documents made up of headings, sub-headings, paragraphs and lists that can be read logically by screen reading software used by blind or visually impaired people.
The title and alt attrributes have been applied to all links and images within the website to provide further help and guidance when necessary. Additional labelling markup has also been used to assist were facilities or data is provided in tables or forms.
Access Keys
All sections of the website are accessible by using keyboard shortcuts, the particular access key for each section is stated within the title attribute. Windows users can press ALT + AccessKey number + Enter, Macintosh users can press CONTROL + AccessKey number.
Increasing Text Size
An additional style sheet is accessible by browsers that support the facility (such as Mozilla and Netscape) that can be used to increase the size that the text is displayed within the website.