About This Site
This Web site aims at reaching the widest audience possible.
While it has been re-designed with an eye to adhering to the Sierra Club's graphic standards, its design favors accessibility of content over aesthetics, meaning that certain stylistic elements were replaced or removed when they rendered the site's content inaccessible or when those elements were deemed superfluous. The redesign was guided by the principle that people visit this site, first and foremost, out of a need for information (content) not because of how the page looks (style or presentation). Although the majority of visitors will not notice much difference, visitors who access the site using screen reader, Braille, or handheld devices will find the content more accessible.
Technical Specifics
To reach the widest possible audience, this site uses eXtensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML), along with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). These two computer languages conform to World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards. The use of XHTML helps increase our visibility to search engines. CSS enables us to tailor our message to several different types of visitors. Indeed, this site is equipped with style sheets specifically designed for legacy browsers, screen readers, printers, handheld devices, and newer browsers. So far, the site seems to work well on all browsers we have tested, on all operating systems (Macintosh/Windows/Unix/Linux), and with most devices.
If you experience difficulty in accessing materials on this site, please do not hesitate to contact us. Likewise, if you have suggestions as to how we can improve access to our site, please feel free to get in touch. Your interest in our organization means a lot to us, so we will do our utmost to get you the information you need.