Web Site Accessibility
This web site conforms to the following web standards XHTML 1.0, CSS 2.1 and RSS 2.0. You can learn more about the initiative at W3C WAI.
Plain Text
Our web site follows the traditional simplified design with minor impact on browsing resources. Plain text enables the most basic devices to render our content, allows us to provide quick updates, allows viewers to screen read (text-to-speech) and print our content. Our web pages are small in size which results in faster browsing for our dial-up and high-speed viewers.
Keyboard Navigation Shortcuts
You can browse this web site without a pointing device. This provides quick access to common pages of this site for normal viewers and a means of navigation for our disabled viewers.
| Browser | Function | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Internet Explorer 7.0+ (Win) | Alt + [ACCESSKEY] | Press Enter to activate the link. |
| Opera 9.0+ (Win) | Shift + Esc + [ACCESSKEY] | Link is activated on press. |
| Mozilla Firefox 2.0+ (Win/Mac) | Alt + Shift + [ACCESSKEY] | Link is activated on press. |
| Safari 3.0+ (Win/Mac) | Ctrl + [ACCESSKEY] | Link is activated on press. |
| Page | [ACCESSKEY] | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility | S | This page contains web standards support information. |
| About Us | A | This page contains information about CPTN. |
| Awards | D | This page contains our award of merit guidelines. |
| Books | R | This page contains books and affordable resources required for trainers. |
| Certifications | T | This page contains certification information. |
| Conferences | C | This page contains the current Conference information. |
| Contact Us | U | This page provides contact information and a feedback and comments form. |
| Examinations | E | This page contains online examinations and registration. |
| Find A Trainer | F | This page provides a means to search our database of trainers. |
| Links | L | This page contains relevant links to other web sites. |
| Home | H | This page contains latest news and updates. |
| Members Portal | M | This page provides access to our Member services. |
| Membership | N | This page contains membership information and registration. |
| Online Courses | O | This page contains distance education courses and registration. |
| Postings | P | This page provides a means to post jobs and rental facilities. |
| Questions | Q | This page provides answers to frequent questions. |
| Workshops | W | This page contains the Workshop schedule and registration. |
Page Navigation Shortcuts
Press Alt + Left to go back, Backspace also performs the same function.
Press Alt + Right to go forward.
Link Navigation
Press Tab to navigate forward with links.
Press Enter to active the selected link.
Press Shift + Tab to navigate back with links.
Press Shift + Click to open links in a new window.
Note: Our navigation links support the active link state which highlights the current section of our web site for the active page.
Form Navigation
Press Tab to navigate between form objects.
Press Alt + Down to scroll the active select menu.
Web Page Printing Support
We have designed this web site to print in black and white to prevent wasting of colour ink and toners. You can print preview this page through the File menu – Print Preview command. Background colours are not enabled in current browsers as a default option; so to print with background colours on this site, the background colour printing option must be enabled.
Web Page Screen Reader Support
On this site we have provided screen reader support through structured markup and plain text. The tables have captions, headers and summaries. The form input fields have associative labels and are grouped into logical fieldsets. The links have titles to indicate the target of each link. The images relevant to the content have long descriptions and alternative text attributes to provide clear and logical reading order for our impaired viewers. The fonts able to scale or zoom using the browsers built-in functions to assist with viewing our content.
RSS Feed Reader Support
We have implemented RSS feeds to provide our viewers with the most updated information on our web site without having to visit the web site. You can subscribe to the news feeds using free RSS clients or view them using the browser.