Accessibility
How to navigate, read and print Content Charlie’s guides, with information about keyboard access, readable alternatives and the limits of the site’s checks.
Reading and navigation
The site is designed to make its main content available as ordinary HTML. You do not need JavaScript to read the guides, follow links, open the mobile navigation or download a worksheet. A skip link at the start of each page moves to the main content.
Pages use a single main heading followed by structured section headings. Longer pages include an on-page contents list. Links have visible text, keyboard focus is highlighted, and the navigation identifies the current page. The design adapts to narrow screens and browser zoom rather than requiring a desktop-sized window.
Tables and documents
Some briefs and examples use tables because the relationships are easier to compare in columns. On a narrow screen a wide table may need horizontal scrolling inside its own area. The surrounding page should continue to fit the screen. Use the labelled table area to reach columns that are off screen.
The free resources include HTML instructions and completed examples as well as CSV downloads. If spreadsheet software is inconvenient, read the HTML version and copy the fields into a document that suits you. Use your browser's print command for a simplified printed guide. Printing does not submit information.
Images and motion
Meaningful images have text alternatives; decorative marks are hidden from assistive technology. The fictional brand specimen is also explained in text so its essential decisions do not depend on reading an image. There is no autoplaying audio or video, animated carousel or flashing content in the site.
Limits of these checks
The build includes automated structural checks and a review of representative rendered pages. That is not a claim of formal WCAG conformance or a substitute for testing with a wide range of assistive technologies and users. External sources and archive pages have their own accessibility characteristics.
If a presentation makes a task difficult, the plain HTML text, downloadable CSV and browser print view offer alternative ways to use much of the material. The contact page accurately states the current contact arrangements; there is no hidden feedback form or promised response service.
For general advice when writing your own site, see editing for clarity and accessibility and the primary W3C writing guidance.