Web design services from Wensley House Limited.
Wensley House Limited is committed to making this website available to all users.
Standards Compliance
This site was developed using W3C technologies and follows the W3C Accessibility Guidelines. This site has been tested using the automatic validation services provided by the W3C and has been validated in the following areas:
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (W3C CSS Validation Service)
HTML (W3C Markup Validation Service)
The site was also tested using Bobby’s Accessibility Analysis service. This service is an implementation of the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and validates web pages for accessibility. This site has been validated to Bobby’s triple A standard.
Metadata
Metadata has been added to all pages as well-crafted metadata can provide important orientation information to users. The metadata provided includes:
- A meaningful page title.
- The document language.
- A !DOCTYPE statement in order to validate to a published formal grammar.
- A description of the site’s content.
- Keywords describing the site’s contents.
Navigation
A consistent navigation structure has been provided on all pages of the site. The navigation bar may be used as an indication of which section of the site the user is currently viewing. The selected link is clearly highlighted in the top navigation bar.
Links are displayed clearly and in context. The ‘title’ tag is used to provide additional information about links where necessary. This additional information may be viewed in some browsers when the user’s mouse hovers over the link. Some screen readers may also take advantage of this information.
Access Keys have been implemented throughout the site. Access Keys allow users to directly activate a link using only their keyboard. In this way, users no longer need to tab through a document’s contents before being able to activate a link. Access Key Details
A sitemap has been provided to aid navigation and to visualise the site’s structure.
The site has been designed in order to present primary navigation links first, main content second and secondary navigation last. The primary navigation list is short and should not cause problems to users.
Visual Design
This site uses Cascading Style Sheets for visual layout. In this way, structure is separated from design. The use of Cascading Stylesheets allows users to apply their own style sheets. The site may however be viewed without stylesheets. No information is lost when stylesheets are disabled.
Relative values were used for all measurements, including font size. This allows the user to set his/her own preferred font size.
The site was designed to take full advantage of version 6+ browsers. However, it may also be viewed using version 4 browsers. It it is possible to view the site on both these browser groups without any loss of information, though there will be some visual differences due to varying browser support for Cascading Style Sheets.
Content
This site makes use of HTML tags that provide additional information about structural items. These are used to add summary descriptions to tables, explain hierarchy within tables, provide emphasis on words and phrases, provide an explanation of abbreviations and to add structure to forms. These tags are often hidden from visual browsers but provide valuable information to non-visual browsers.
References
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
Feedback
Feedback and suggestions as to how this site can be further improved are very welcome. For any suggestions or queries please contact us.
Access Keys
Access keys, to provide you with keyboard shortcuts to important sections, have been used in the design of this site to allow users with limited physical capabilities to navigate more easily.
If you are using a Windows-based system please press the 'Alt key' and the access key, followed by pressing the 'Return key'. If you are using a Macintosh system please press the 'Ctrl key' and the access key, followed by pressing the 'Return key'.
Please note that the access keys are only supported by MS Internet Explorer 4 and above and by Netscape 6x versions.
Listed below are the access keys that you will find on every page:
| Access key | Page display |
|---|---|
1 |
Home page |
2 |
Site map |
3 |
Contact us |
4 |
About us |
5 |
Site Search |
6 |
Terms and Conditions |
7 |
Privacy |
8 |
Site accessibility |
9 |
Resources |
0 |
Access key details |
