Accessibility

Setting browser preferences

Common web browsers allow you to overrride the formatting defined by the websites you are viewing. This is useful if you have some kind of visual impairment or find certain combinations of size and colour hard to read.

Some good advice for setting your browser can be found at: http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/myweb/browser.htm

Firefox

If you are viewing this website in a Firefox browser then

  • To increase the text size hold down the Ctrl key and press the + key on the number keypad.
  • To decrease the text size hold down the Ctrl key and press the - key on the number keypad.
  • To return to your default text size hold down the Ctrl key and press the 0 (zero) key.

The Field Lane website strives to conform to Section 508 Standards, of the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Conformance to these Guidelines helps to make the Web more accessible to users with disabilities and benefits all.

This site has been built using code compliant with W3C standards for XHTML and CSS. The site displays correctly in current browsers and using standards compliant XHTML/CSS code means any future browsers will also display it correctly.

Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional Valid CSS!

While Field Lane strives to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the website. However we are continually seeking out solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall accessibility.

If you should experience any difficulty in accessing the Field Lane website, please do not hesitate to contact the web team and we will endeavour to fix the problem or provide the information in an appropriate format.

Email: tofarrell@fieldlane.org.uk

The following websites have useful advice and information about web accessibility: