L'Avant-Goût ~ Christophe and Rufine Beaufront

Policy of accessibility

The www.lavantgout.com site contains three parts, the one dedicated to the restaurant, the second to the shop and the third to the owners, who display with the same rules of style.

L'Avant-Goût wished to do its site accessible to most possible large number of visitors, there are three levels of accessibility, for details, consult rules of : accessibility of the WAI.
This site is validated on these three levels.  Verify :-) ;

L'Avant-Goût leads the follow-up quality of its site with the project Opquast, in public access, available for consultation declaration in the directory declarations of the site Opquast, click on the logo : "level 3".

Rules of accessibility of the site "L'Avant-Goût"

Structure of the site :

- The site is published in two languages, french and english. The official and complete site is in French. The access to two languages is available on every page, the links give access to the index of every part, each being independent.

- All the pages of the site which correspond to a directory are classified in their respective directory and their name remind their title of contents : their URL is thus logical and is meaningful, relevant to its content.

- The site étirable in 90% adapts itself to all the widths and the resolutions of screens, It was tested during its creation, and regularly then, under different Operating systems and browsers.

Links of avoidance :

- Every top of page contains a menu of navigation which proposes a link towards the direct access to the main navigation menu (direct tabulation), to the official pages of sites, and a link which allows to show only the contents and the menu situated on the right column as well as the access to the registration to the newsletter and the feed RSS of the right column.

Navigation and plan of the site :

- A menu of navigation situated in the top of every page gives the position of the page consulted in the arborescence of the site.

- The navigation does not exceed two levels : directories and possibly under directories.

- A search engine is proposed ont the top of each page.

- The links towards the important or essential pages are repeated on every page :

- Return to the home page, the top of page and previous page : All the pages contain a link of fast return to the home page and in the page previously visited on the menu of navigation situated in the left of the top of every page, as well as at the bottom of every page. The bottom of page gives, besides, a link of fast return at the top of the current page (go at the top). The logo of the site makes, too, return to the index.

- The main menu of the directories : All the pages of the site contain all the accesses to the various directories by the menu under the logo, in the top of the site.

- Right column : The respective pages of every directory are always accessible on the right column and display with the same rules of style. This column also contains the pages of contact of form and the access to the registration at the newsletter, unsubscribing from newsletters is possible from the site.

- Middle of page : The specific contents of every page display in the middle of the page with the same rules of style.

- Foot of page : The links towards the official pages of the site : "legal notices", "policy of accessibility", "contact by e-mail", "plan of the site" and the link to the conceptor of the site are present on every foot of page. It is possible to verify the accessibility as well as the respect for the standards of Web for each of the pages, directly by the links given onto this foot of page.

- To see the Site map

The links are differentiated :

- The internal links appear of orange color, the external links (redirecting towards another web site), seem of orange color and are in italics. In the approach of the cursor, all the links are underlined and are colored with a more clear, more soft tone. Links that have been followed are distinguished from ones that have not, once visited, all the links seem colored with this same soft color, except those of the main menu (give access to a multiple choice) and the links of facilitated navigation (Back to the home page, Go at the top, Previous page).

Size of the characters :

- The size of the text is defined in relative unit (in relative size and not absolute size) on all the site. Every Internet user can act on the size of the characters for a better comfort of reading. To modify it at your convenience, use these possibilities :
- Touch [Ctrl] + act on the knurl of the mouse
- Toolbar of the browser, go to the menu "Display" then go to the option "Size of the text" and choose

Shortcuts, Accesskeys :

- It is sometimes necessary to be able to use shortcuts. Here are the various overalls of touches following your operating system and your browser :

* Opera 7 on Windows, Macintosh and Linux : press on the touch [Echap] + [Shift] and on the number of shortcut accesskey. (The touches of the keyboard, not the keypad). Opera supports accesskeys since its version 7 on all the operating systems.

Windows :

* Under Mozilla : rest simultaneously on the touch [alt], on the touch [maj] and on the number of the shortcut.

* Under Internet Explorer : idem but it will more be necessary to type it [Enter] to validate.

Mac OS :

* Under Internet Explorer Press the touch [Ctrl] (or Apple) and on the number of the shortcut simultaneously, then press [Enter] to validate.

* Under Safari 1.2 Press the touch [Ctrl] (or Apple) and on the number of the shortcut simultaneously.

Linux :

* Using the browsers Galeon, Mozilla and Firefox : press the touch [alt] and in the same time, on the number of the shortcut.

* Using Konqueror 3.3+ : press the touch [Ctrl] and in the same time, on the number of the shortcut.

Shortcuts of the web site L'Avant-Goût :

These shortcuts are usually used.

0 : Display this page of accessibility

1 : Display the home page

2 : Display only the contents of the current page, and the right menu of the page.

3 : Direct access to the main menu.

4 : To go at the top of the current page.

5 : Display te site map.

6 : Direct access by tabulation towards the official pages of the site.

7 : Display the form of contact of the webmaster.

8 : Display the page of legal notices.

Exemple sous Mozilla : Press simultaneously touches [alt], [maj] and the figure 2 allows a direct return the contents of the current page and avoid the display of the menus of the top of page and the logo.

Acronyms and abbreviations :

- The meaning/expansion of acronyms and abbreviations is made explicit when they first appear in the body of each page.

Deactivated Javasript :

- The text scrolling on the main page, displayed by Javascript, is automatically activated by your browser in the opening of the page. If Javascript is deactivated on your browser, you have access to this text (alternative content).

- The images appearing one by one in the right column of some pages are also activated by Javascript, an image is posted as a replacement and a permanent link permit the acces to the pictures gallery.

- The plan of access to the restaurant, service proposed by Gooogle Maps, is shown by Javascript what allows it to be dynamic, if this option is deactivated on your browser static shot of replacement displays.

Vocal readers :

- The vocal readers used by the Internet users (badly clairvoyants for example) mark a significant break when the links are moved closer, (menus notably) some even change "tone" as well as we would make it in reading aloud to mean a "difference". A specific indication is given to the vocal readers to allow them to Spell abbreviations and acronyms instead of trying to read them in normal reading ; This for a better listening and an understanding of the contents.

Video animation and sound :

- The video animation in music, present on a single page, asks for the presence of the plug-in Flash Player on your computer, its installation is if necessary proposed to you, in your discretion. A link proposes the video animation in the format QuickTime, explanations are given onto the means of readings. The video and the sound can be easily stopped.

Contents, style, images :

- The code of contents text (xhtml 1.0 strict) and the code of location (CSS2 or stylesheet level 2) are separated. The site thus remains perfectly legible for the users having deactivated stylesheets. The images are commented (equivalent alternative content) for the vocal readers and the not graphic browsers (lynx...)