AJAX Search

The built-in search engine utilises AJAX and MySQL's powerful FULLTEXT feature to rapidly return, in real-time, any pages that match your search query.

When you click on a returned result, the visited page will highlight the search terms until one of them is clicked on. Try searching for 'ajax' and clicking on a returned result.

Search results appear here in real-time.

Accessibility - Triple-A

Vanilla's Front-End Accessibility Features Include:

  • Persistent resizeable text on all pages
  • Menu navigation supports full keyboard control
  • Persistent Hi-Vis mode displays content in high contrast colours

Vanilla CMS passes the strict Triple-A conformance guidelines set out by W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative.

If you're trying to validate this site, and it fails, it's because of this somewhat contentious issue:

"The text content of each h1 element should match all or part of the title content."

To circumvent this, simply don't use the Heading 1 (h1) style in the main content of your pages (or make sure they 'match').

Accessibility and Keyboard Shortcuts

The navigation menu and page links can be traversed using the keyboard on most modern browsers.  Furthermore, all links, both in regular and hi-vis display mode, show prominent borders and background colours to aid those with visual impairment.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

  • TAB - skip forwards through menu items/links
  • SHIFT + TAB - skip backwards through menu items/links
  • RIGHT ARROW - open sub menu
  • ENTER - visit menu link (same as a mouse click)