We are committed to supplying Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) compliance in all of our websites, and conforming to the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Some of our pages from legacy sites, or those developed and maintained by 3rd parties, might not currently conform to these standards.
The following; details information on features included within our site. Please note, that you may also need to review the accessibility features within your web browser.
All pages on this site have been designed to validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML Validator.
All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. For example, h1 and h2 tags are used to convey document format. h1 tags are used for main titles, h2 tags for subheads etc.All our pages conform with our interpretation, to Level A compliance as specified by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, endorsed by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). The majority of Level AA and AAA requirements have also been met. These guidelines however cannot be tested automatically, having reviewed these, we do believe that all our pages are compliant.
All pages on this site use valid markup, validated using the HTML validation service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
All pages on this site are presented using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and have been validated using the CSS validation service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
For any pages which do not validate we have ensured that any information displayed through media content which may not display in some browsers is provided alternately through plain html.
Our site navigation is located (site-wide) at the top of each page.
All pages have rel=home links to aid navigation in text-only browsers.
A link to the home page is available on each page.
Navigation menus are marked up as HTML lists and styled with CSS.
keyboard shortcuts are in place to aid users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse.
On each page a 'Skip to main content' link allows direct access past the navigation bars to the page's main content, which should make navigation easier if you are using the keyboard or other input device to browse.
We have also provided a 'Skip to main navigation' link allowing direct access back to the main navigation bar.
Depending on your browser or platform type, use one of the following:
All pages on this site define the following access keys:
Our pages are designed so that they can be viewed at the standard screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
To enhance user experience this site utilises a small amount of JavaScript. If however, JavaScript is disabled or unavailable, the site is fully accessible.
This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and Divs to replace traditional tables for visual layout.
If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.
This site uses only relative font sizes which are compatible with the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
All graphical content in this site includes descriptive 'ALT' (Alternative Text) attributes, to comply with internationally recognised Web accessibility guidelines. All graphical navigation aids are similarly 'ALT-Tagged'. Where graphical images are just for decoration they include 'NULL ALT' attributes.
Complex images include 'LONGDESC' attributes or inline description to explain the significance of each image to non-visual readers.
We have not used frames throughout this site.
Each page that links to a PDF also provides a link to the Adobe website where a free version of Acrobat Reader is available for download.
Where we have used Flash, we have also included a non-Flash alternative.
Where appropriate, most links have been written to make sense out of context. However many have title attributes, which describe the link in greater detail, (unless the text of the link already fully describes the target).
For users of text only browsers the skip content link is made visible at the top each page.
Foreground and background colours have been used that provide a good level of contrast and therefore easy to read. Throughout the site, colour is never used as the only way to convey information.
Acronyms and abbreviations have been given 'title tags'. Title tags can help clarify any hard to understand acronyms and abbreviations, if you hover the cursor over an abbreviation a description will appear as a small text popup. Example: CSS.
We've tried to ensure that our site is accessible in a wide range of browsers and available to all users regardless of individual disability/ability. However Should you encounter or experience any problems in your use of the site, please don't hesitate to contact siteseeing and we will strive to correct any issues you may have.