Accessibility

This site has been designed to be accessible for people with any degree of visual or motor impairment and users of screen readers.

The following is a list of hot keys that can be used to navigate through the pages.
To use the hot keys, hold down 'alt' ("ctrl" on a MAC) combined with the necessary hot key then press return:

  1. Home - h
  2. About Us - a
  3. Vendors - v
  4. Magazine - m
  5. Advertising - d
  6. Support Us - u
  7. Events - e
  8. Shop - s
  9. Contact - c

How to adjust the text size in your browser:
It is possible to adjust the size of the text using your browser settings.
Please see the instructions below for a variety of browsers:

Internet Explorer:
Go to the 'View' tab in the toolbar, click 'Text Size' and choose the desired option.

In Internet Explorer Version 6 and earlier, the text may not resize because the Web site is designed with "hard-coded" or "absolute" text sizes. To override Web site setting:

  1. Menu items: Tools > Internet Options
  2. In Internet Options dialog box: Accessibility button (bottom right)
  3. In Accessibility dialog box:
    [/] Ignore colors specified on Web pages
    [/] Ignore font styles specified on Web pages
    [/] Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages

Netscape Navigator:
Go to the 'View' tab in the toolbar and click 'Increase Font' to enlarge the font size.

Mozilla:

Go to the 'View' tab in the toolbar, click 'Text Zoom' and choose the desired font size.

Safari:

Press 'command' and '+' to increase font size or choose 'View' and make the text bigger from the menu.

Camino:

Press 'command' and '+' to increase font size or choose 'View' to make it bigger from by the menu option.

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