Accessibility
This web site has been designed and developed to provide users
with a more enjoyable interactive experience of Bluestone. The new
site is designed to be inclusive and to provide access to all users
regardless of technological or physical disability.
W3C Compliance
In order to ensure that the content of this site is
accessible, this web site has been designed and constructed in
accordance with the guidelines provided by the World Wide Web
Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative
(WAI).
The WAI guidelines state that in order for a web site to be
considered accessible, it must at least conform to all Priority 1
checkpoints. All templates on this web site conform to Priority 1
checkpoints.
Visual design
Colours – We have tried to use colours
throughout the web site that provide maximum contrast between
foreground and background items and also various features on the
page including headers, body text and hyperlinks.
Images – All interface graphics and images
throughout the web site have been assigned an Alt-text attribute,
which describes the contents or function of the
item.
Visual design – Style-sheets have been used for
all visual items and text. This means that you can change the text
size form within the browser by selecting "View" and then "Text
size".
PDF Files
There are some documents in portable document format for
downloading on this web site. The Adobe Acrobat Reader can be
freely downloaded from: http://www.adobe.co.uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
(external site)
Viewers with visual difficulties may find it useful to
investigate services provided to improve the accessibility of
Acrobat document: http://access.adobe.com/ (external
site)
Media players
Real One player for Windows (External link - this is a free to
download)
Real One player for Mac OSX (External link - this is a free to
download)
For further help and information,
please contact us.