TM Organics Pty Ltd has developed its own accessibility guidelines, which take into account standards and accessibility best practice from a number of sources.

This site is TM Organics first step in making our websites accessible to all, and we intend to make further improvements later this year.

If you have difficulty accessing the site or have any comments or feedback, please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

Low Bandwidth users

Users in low bandwidth situations can elect to not download graphics and still receive the complete site information and navigation facilities. To achieve this, a user will need to effect changes to their browser configuration.

For example, for the latest Internet Explorer 8.0 browser, the user will need to:

• Select the Tools>Internet Options menu within the browser interface which will launch a popup window.
• The user then needs to select the Advanced menu option. When the Advanced menu is selected, it will present a series of checkbox options available for the customisation of the browser's configuration.
• To isolate the presentation of graphics, the user will need to uncheck the option: Show Pictures which is found under Multimedia.
• Once the box is unchecked the alteration needs to be applied.

Screen Resolution & Browsers

There are options to change the way pages are displayed on other browsers.  Please refer to your browser's help or information section for details.  However, to make the most of the accessibility features on this site we recommend the use of FireFox Mozilla and set the screen resolution to 1024 x 768 

In order to change the screen resolution on a PC, go to START>SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>DISPLAY>SETTINGS and change the screen area to 1024 x 768 pixels. On a Mac, go to APPLE MENU>CONTROL PANEL>MONITORS in order to change the screen resolution.

Adjusting text sizes

The adjustment of text sizes is a function which can be achieved through reconfiguration of a browser's settings. Due to the fact that modern browsers look to the style sheet regarding text sizes and font selection, it is necessary first to tell the browser to ignore these elements when it is building up a webpage for display. If this is not done, the browser cannot override the layout and font size rules which the page template has in place.

For instance, to get the latest Internet Explorer 8.0 browser to ignore font sizes specified by style sheet, the following process must be followed.:

• Select the Tools>Internet Options menu within the browser interface which will launch a popup window.
• he user then needs to select the Accessibility button. This selection will then launch another popup window.
• Under the Heading of Formatting, the option Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages needs to be checked.

Once the browser has been reconfigured, a user can then choose to alter the text size which is presented by the webpage through selection of the desired Text Size option within the View menu of the browser.

There are A+ and A- icons located at in the top Banner of the site to make it easier to adjust font size for those users who cannot do it through their browser.

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Printing - Emailing - PDF & Bookmarking

All Articles have the ability to be Printed, Emailed, Saved/Opened as a PDF and Bookmarked.

This functionality is setup by the way of icons at the top right-hand corner of each article.  Simple click on the icon that best suits your needs.

Downloading PDFs

Most documents and files found on this website are accessible as a PDF. To view them you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in. Download or update the Adobe Acrobat Reader for no cost from the Adobe website.

Please be aware that some documents are large files which may take a while to download if you have a slow internet connection. Each link to a downloadable file which states the format (eg. PDF, Word) and size of the file to help you estimate a download time. For slow connections, allow up to 10 minutes per 1MB (1 000K).

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Cookies/session variables

The TM Organics site does not employ the use of cookies or session variables for casual browse visitors to the site.

The only time that a session variable is utilised by the TM Organics site is when a visitor is logged in to utilise the members only areas of the site e.g. forum, advertising, directory entries, OMP generator (coming soon).

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Tips on finding things on this site

If you cannot find what you are looking for on this website:

1. Use the Search function on the right-hand side bar of every page
   

2. Scroll through the Site Map, located in the footer of every page, for a list of all pages on this website.

3. Click the Back Button on your browser toolbar to view previously visited page(s).

If you still cannot find what you are looking for, then please Contact Us.

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Back browser image

To go back to the home page, click the "Home" navigation link at the top of the page or the TM Organics Logo in the top Banner image.

Use the top navigation bar or the ‘breadcrumb trail’ at the top of the page to find your way around a particular area of the site.

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Search

The search facility is located on the right-hand side of all pages in this site. It allows you to search any information contained on TM Organics site. The search facility supports 'phrase' and 'boolean' searches.

How do I do a Boolean Search?
You have two choices: you can use the standard Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, or NEAR, or you can use their math equivalents. It depends on you, the searcher, on which method you're more comfortable with. For example:

Boolean Search Operators

• AND is equal to the "+" symbol.
• NOT is equal to the "-" symbol.
• OR is the default setting of any search engine; meaning, all search engines will return all the words you type in, automatically.
• NEAR is equal to putting a search query in quotes, i.e., "composting with worms". You're essentially telling the search engine that you want all of these words, in this specific order, or this specific phrase.

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