Features

Here are some of the features incorporated in this site:

  • All pages coded to conform to the latest XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2 based standards.
  • Achieved AAA level conformance with regard to making the site available to users who are physically challenged.
  • Extensive use of style sheets for formatting.
  • Pages load quickly due to correct mark up and style sheets.
  • Scalable objects used to achieve elastic design. Use of % and 'em' instead of fixed pixel based values. Viewable on all resolutions.
  • Makes use of style sheets for layout instead of tables.
  • Labelled all pages with content rating code from ICRA and Safe Surf.
  • Use of correct mark-up such as DL, PRE, SAMP, SUP, DFN & KBD.
  • Tagged all abbreviations and acronyms.
  • Page structure in a semantic order.
  • Provided tables with a summary, caption, column groups and row groups.
  • All links use the "tabindex" and "accesskey" attributes.
  • Compatible with Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla 1.6 and Opera 7.51. Viewed on all three browsers without any major difference. Compatible with older browsers as well.
  • Provided page transitions in Internet Explorer.
  • Made use of the LINK tag to full effect. (See page source code).
  • Use of print and aural style sheets.
  • External sites open in a new window.
  • Use of Unicode to code email addresses.
  • Use of a title attribute, custom cursor and coloured scrollbars.
  • Heavy use of META tag data.
  • Minimal use of Javascript. Javascript used in the status bar.

Plan to include:

  • Digimarc ID's in images.
  • P3P policy compliance.
  • WML code.
  • Improve colour combinations.
  • Make site multilingual.
  • When IE supports the OBJECT tag, will upgrade all tags from IMG to OBJECT.