Web standards and guidelines

Accessibility

What is accessibility?

A brief introduction for anyone providing content for publication on LTS websites.

Planning for accessibility

Accessibility should be considered at every stage of the project's life-cycle.

Navigation

Make it easy for all users to move around your pages by employing consistent navigation and using descriptive text for hyperlinks.

Visual guidelines - colour, text and layout

Help users with different needs to obtain information from your pages.

Multimedia and interactivity

Accessible use of video, audio and Flash.

Coding and testing

Advice for developers on using valid code and testing your website for Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) compliance.

Sign representing a person in a wheelchair with two arrows pointing in opposite directions

Please read our accessibility statement

An accessibility statement appears as a link at the footer of every page on the LTS Online Service.

It explains to users the accessibility features they can expect to find on our web pages.

Updated on: 07 December 2007 The LTS Online Service is funded by the Scottish Government.