Auto Trader

1. All pages on this site are WCAG A approved, complying wih all priority 1 and most of priority 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. This is a judgement call; many guidelines are intentionally vague and cannot be tested automatically. Auto Trader has reviewed the guidelines and believes all pages are in compliance (please see point 5).
2. Most  pages on this site validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. A program can determine with 100 per cent accuracy whether a document is valid XHTML.
3. Most pages on this site use Valid CSS. A program can determine with 100 per cent accuracy whether a stylesheet is valid CSS.
4. All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles. For example, on this page, JAWS users can skip to the next section within the accessibility statement by pressing ALT+INSERT+3.
5. Applications other than at the following address "www.autotrader.co.uk" may not be standards compliant, but are constantly under review and in the process of being updated for accessibility.

Browser text-sizing tool

Most popular browsers feature a text resizing tool in the toolbar.

With this tool you can resize text on screen to a level you feel comfortable with. Just click on the icon, and select a new size.

This tool is also available in the menu of various browsers as follows:

• Internet Explorer 5, 5.5, 6, 7 (PC): View > Text Size
• Firefox, Netscape 8: View > Text Size
• Opera: View > Zoom
• Netscape 6, 7, Mozilla: View > Text Zoom
• Safari (Mac): View > Make Text Bigger
• Internet Explorer 5 (Mac): View > Text Zoom

Tab key

You can also use the Tab key on your keyboard to move between links on a page. A single press of Tab high-lights the next link, Shift+Tab high-lights the previous link.

Navigation aids

1. The tips are cross-referenced in several ways. You can browse the tips by person, by disability, by design principle, by assistive technology and by publishing tool.
2. The homepage and all other channel pages include a quick search box. Advanced search options are available on the advanced search pages for each vehicle search and channel.

Links

1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article)
2. Links are written to make sense out of context

Images

1. All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.
2. Complex images include TITLE attributes or inline descriptions to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers

Visual design

1. This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout
2. This site uses only relative font sizes, compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers
3. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets, the content of each page is still readable

Accessibility references

1. W3 accessibility guidelines explains the reasons behind each guideline
2. W3 accessibility techniques 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

1. JAWS is a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available
2. Home Page Reader is a screen reader for Windows. A downloadable demo is available
3. Lynx is a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays
4. Links is a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth
5. Opera is a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets and image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. It is compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.

Accessibility services

1. HTML Validator is a free service for checking web pages conform to published HTML standards
2. Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer is a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features
3. Lynx Viewer is a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx