Accessibility Policy

Accessibility Policy

Web accessibility initiative

This website has been built in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) established by the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C). Although the guidelines aim to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities there are wider benefits to adopting the guidelines as they make sites more user friendly for all, an improve the overall user experience.

W3C standards

This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for HTML5 and CSS. The use of standards compliant HTML/CSS code means this site should display correctly in current browsers and any future browsers.

All pages use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3) for presentation, validated using the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C’s) validation service.

All pages are checked in accordance with Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) guidelines and adhere to and exceed these guidelines as far as possible.

Text resizing

If you have a general problem with the size of text on websites there are three common ways of increasing the text size:

  • Change Operating System Preferences

You can change settings within Windows, macOS, iOS and Android operating systems to increase the size of text used, this makes all text on your computer larger.

  • Change Browser Preferences

You can change settings within your preferred browser to increase the default size of default text; this has the effect of enlarging the text on all the websites that you visit, provided those websites have been built in an accessible manner.

  • Zoom-in

You can increase the level of browser zoom at any time to enlarge any webpage, the effect is to zoom in to the page just like enlarging an image. All browsers support this feature, such as Edge, Chrome, Firefox, etc.

Feedback and reporting issues

If you experience any issues using this website or have any feedback for improvement, please contact enquires@hiltonsmythe.com