Transforming Telford

XHTML

XHTML means Extensible Hypertext Markup Language and is the successor to HTML, it is the next generation of HTML and is used in most websites you see today. XHTML follows strict guidelines laid down by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) that primarily develops interoperable technologies to lead the Web to its full potential.

Our web pages are written using XHTML Transitional to allow for greater control over documents viewed in a variety of browsers and others devices, i.e. mobile phones and Braille devices.

CSS

CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets allow website designers to develop the style, look and feel of layout, text and colours on a website page. CSS can be used to separate design from content, making websites easier to use and maintain, it can also help with download times as the CSS is downloaded only once and held in browser cache.

Our web pages are written making full use of CSS to allow a great deal of flexibility over the design of each page.

Standards Compliant

All of our web pages are standards compliant and validate as valid XHTML and CSS.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) documents explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities. Web “content” generally refers to the information in a web page or web application, including text, images, forms and sounds.

WCAG 1.0 has 14 guidelines that are general principles of accessible design. Each guideline has one or more checkpoints that explain how the guideline applies in a specific area. Our site conforms to triple-A standard.

Access Keys

Access keys are intended to provide keyboard users with keyboard shortcuts in order to make it possible to jump to key links rather than tab through links to get to it. The idea is to provide an alternative to users who can not use a mouse.

Access keys that are available on this site are:

A - About Us
H - Transforming Telford

Depending on your browser type use one of the following:

Internet Explorer for Windows:

Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER.

Internet Explorer for Mac:

Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Mozilla:

Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Netscape:

Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.