Tips and tricks for 1st Walsall Online
This website has been designed using valid XHTML and CSS to work in any web browser. We have also designed the site to be conform to level Triple-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 of which more information can be read on the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative.
Jump to top of the page
Whenever your looking at a page that you have been scrolling down, you can use a special keyboard shortcut that takes you back to the top.
Differentiate external links
How often do you browse a website and follow a link taking you off to another domain? If you had known before clicking you may decide not to open it, or open it in a new window or a different tab.
For this reason 1st Walsall Online easily anables you to tell the difference from internal links (those with 1stwalsall.org.uk in the address) and external links (for example bbc.co.uk and scouts.org.uk).
This is acheived by showing [ Link to External Website ] when pointing to the link whilst also displaying a coloured backgroung. Move your mouse to the links below for an example.
Internal Link and [e] External Link
If you are not using CSS to view our website, or if you are using custom CSS then you will see [e] before the external link.
Internal Link and [e] [e] External Link
Check our valid programming
We have already stated that this website is designed using valid XHTML but you don't have to take our word for it, you can check yourself.
At the bottom of every page you will see a link called XHTML. Using this will take you to the W3C Markup Validation Service which will automatically show you if our page has passed or failed.
We have this link at the bottom of every page so that we too can ensure our website is designed correctly but at the end of the day its available for anyone to use.
Labelled with ICRA
Our website is rated by ICRA which is an International, non-profit organization of internet leaders working to develop a safer internet. Essentially our label indicates that our website contains no nudity, sexual material, violence, potentially offensive language nor promotes any potentially harmful activities.
More information can be found by visiting ICRA which all parents and guardians should be aware of.