The Drugs Box® is keen to make sure everyone can access the info...we review the situation regularly...it is good practice for all the people putting their work The Drugs Box®...if you have any ideas we are happy to hear from you...we have several strategies for accessibility

Font Size

The Drugs Box® has opened its coding so that you can set font size in your browser...for instance...Internet Explorer go to the View menu and choose from Text Size

Background Colour

In Profile you can choose from a range of colour backgrounds which can help with dyslexia...scroll underneath the Events to Background Colour...in Forums you can also change the background colour...go to Profile and change Board Style  

Images

If you know HTML...when placing images in Front Page use ALT and TITLE tags to make sure screen readers can understand what the pictures are...and by showing the size it helps download times

<img src="flowers.jpg" width="320" height="234" alt="picture of flowers" title="tulips"> 

Abbreviations and Acronyms

If you know HTML...it is useful for all Members to use the ABBR and ACRONYM tags to explain your text

<abbr title = "Any Brief Concept"> ABC </abbr>

<acronym title = "Any Brief Concept">ABC</acronym>

Website Links

The title tag helps screen reader software and other users to know where the link may take them

<a href = http://www.mywebsite.com title="go to mywebsite.com">website</a>

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