Accessibility

Site Map

In addition to using the main navigation you can use the Site Map to navigate around the allaboutstalbans website.

Changing your browser settings

To alter the way you view websites, from text size to background colour, change the settings on your browser by following the instructions below:

Internet Explorer (IE5 and higher)

To change the text size

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
• Select the "Ignore font sizes specified on web pages" tick box
• Click "OK"
• On the browser View menu, click "Text Size" and then choose the size you want

To change text and background colours

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
• Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
• Click "OK"
• On the General tab, click "Colors"
• Deselect "Use Windows colours" tick box
• Click the box next to "Text" and select a colour
• Click "OK"
• Click the box next to "Background" and select a colour
• Click "OK"

To change the colour of links

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
• Select the "Ignore colours specified on web pages" tick box
• Click "OK"
• Click on "Colours", then click on the relevant colour box and choose the colour you want the "Visited" and "Unvisited" links to appear as
• Click "OK"

To change the font

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
• Select the "Ignore font styles specified on web pages" tick box
• Click "OK"
• Click on "Fonts", then select the required font
• Click "OK"

To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window

• Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or press F11, or drag the window to the required size.

Prevent images/graphics appearing

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the Advanced tab, scroll down to "Multimedia" and deselect the following tick boxes: "Play animations in web pages", "Play videos in web pages", and "Show Pictures"
• Click "Apply" then "OK"

Importing your own stylesheet

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
• Select the tick boxes that your stylesheet will override: colours, font styles, and font sizes
• Click "OK"
• On the General tab, click "Accessibility"
• Select the "Format documents using my style sheet" tick box and browse to the required stylesheet and click "OK"

More options available to help you view websites

• On the browser Tools menu click "Internet Options"
• On the Advanced tab choose the options you want

Netscape Navigator (4 and higher) / Mozilla (1.2 and higher)

To change the font and text size

• On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
• Select "Appearance" and click on "Fonts"
• Select your preferred Variable Width Font and Fixed Width Font
• Click "OK"

To use these fonts for all future websites you visit:

• Netscape Navigator - Select "Use my default fonts overriding document specified fonts"
• Mozilla - Deselect "Allow documents to use other fonts"

To change text and background colours

• On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
• Select "Appearance" and click on "Colours"
• Click the "Text" box and select a colour
• Click "OK"
• Click the "Background" box and select a colour
• Click "OK"
• Click "OK" to close the Preferences window

To use these colours in future select:

Netscape Navigator - "Always use my colours overriding document"
Mozilla - "Use my chosen colours, ignoring the colours and background image specified"

To change the colour of links

• On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
• Select "Appearance" and click on "Colours"
• Click on the relevant colour box and choose the colour you want the "Visited" and "Unvisited" links to appear as
• Click "OK"
• Click "OK" to close the Preferences window

Prevent images/graphics appearing

Netscape Navigator

• On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
• Select "Advanced"
• Deselect the "Automatically load images" tick box
• Click "OK"

Mozilla

• On the browser Edit menu click "Preferences"
• Select "Privacy & Security" and click on "Images"
• Select the "Do not load any images" tick box
• Click "OK"

To change line length by changing the size and shape of browser window

• Click the "Full Screen" button on the browser window, or on the browser "View" menu click "Full Screen", or drag the window to the required size.

If you have problems changing your browser setting use the "Help" menu on the browser toolbar.