Based on its commitment to promote the city of Valencia and bring it closer to the largest number of people possible, VALENCIA TOURISM & CONVENTION BUREAU has developed an accessible version of its website www.turisvalencia.es with the aim of making access to the site easier for those citizens with disabilities as well as those with limited technical means available to them.

The accessible version of the website has been developed according to the guidelines laid down by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), with the objective of facilitating access to information offered to all citizens.

Among the measures adopted are:

Images: with self-explanatory text.

Style sheets: CSS Style Sheets have been used for all existing web text.

Shortcut keys: allow for faster, easier and more direct access to the different sections of the site.

H: Home (Start)
V: Come to Valencia
S: Savour and live Valencia
D: Discover Valencia
O: Miscellany
T: Valencia Tourism and Convention Bureau
1: Your e-mail (form)
2: Your name (form)
3: Message (form)
4: send (form)

Activation of the shortcut keys varies according to the navigator used. The most common are:

Internet Explorer (Windows): ALT + letter + ENTER
Internet Explorer (Macintosh): CONTROL + letter + ENTER
Mozilla (Windows, Linux): ALT + letter
Mozilla (Macintosh): CONTROL + letter
Mozilla Firefox (Windows, Linux): ALT +letter
Mozilla Firefox (Macintosh): CONTROL +letter
Nestcape (Windows): ALT +letter
Nestcape (Macintosh): CONTROL + letter
Opera 7.0 (Windows, Macintosh, Linux): CAPITALS + ESC+ letter
Safari 1.2 (Macintosh): CONTROL + ESC +letter
Konqueror 3.3 (Macintosh): CONTROL +letter

NOTE: Netscape 4, Camino, Galeon, Konqueror, Omniweb, Safari (versions inferior to 1.2), Opera Windows/Linux (versions inferior to 7.0) do not support the shortcut keys.

Design, navigation and interactivity: An attempt has been made to ensure coherent navigation throughout the portal; the same structural scheme is followed in all the pages: main section navigation menus are on the inferior part of the screen. On selection of an option, the menu in question returns to its original position at the same time as the title of the new page and the sub-menu of the section appears. Selected options are marked in bold to favour positioning.

Accessibility level: The website has been validated by use of the HERA (FUNDACIÓN SIDAR) tool and checked by other appliances. The general accessibility level is "double A" (Priority 2) fulfilling some of the "triple A" norms (Priority 3).