Accessibility and Site Help

Standards Compliance

Castus Design aims to make this website as accessible as possible. The site has been produced using XHTML (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) coding methods.

This page covers the following areas:

W3C Validation

This site is compliant with W3C-WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, Level A conformance.

Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional  

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Access Keys

Access Keys allow you to access the main navigation elements by using your keyboard. If you are using Windows on a PC, press ALT + access key, then enter/return. If you are using a Macintosh press Control + access key, then enter/return.

There are four main areas of navigation on this site:

This site uses the recommended UK Government accesskeys , where possible. Below is a list of the access keys for this site.

  • S = Skip Navigation
  • 1 = Home
  • 2 = Services
  • 3 = Site Map
  • 4 = Search
  • 5 = News & Articles 
  • 6 = Portfolio
  • 7 = Reference
  • 8 = Contact Us
  • 9 = Privacy Policy
  • 0 = Accessibility

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Skip Navigation

For those of you using screen readers, you are given the option to skip the navigation elements at the start of each page and go directly to the main content. The access key assigned to 'Skip Navigation' is S.

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Resizing Text

As relative font sizes (small, medium, large etc.) and not pixel-based font sizes have been used on this site, you can easily resize the text. To do do so, please follow the steps below relevant to your browser:

Internet Explorer: View > Text size
Netscape: Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Fonts OR View > Text Zoom
Opera: File > Preferences > Fonts > Minimum font size (pixels) OR View > Zoom

Alternatively, scroll with the wheel of your mouse whilst holding down the control key.

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Changing the Stylesheet

If you would prefer to use your own stylesheet, follow the steps below relevent to your browser to override the attached style sheet. Please note that if you choose to do this, the intended presentation will be lost.

Internet Explorer: Tools > Internet Options > General > Accessibility > Tick 'Format documents using my style sheet' > Browse (to your style sheet)
Opera: File > Preferences > Page Style > My Style Sheet > Browse (to your style sheet)

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Browser Compatibility

The site has been tested and provides full functionality on the following browsers and platforms:

  • Internet Explorer 5.2 - Macintosh
  • Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0 - Windows 2000
  • Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP
  • Netscape 7.0 - Macintosh, Windows 2000
  • Netscape 7.2 - Windows 2000, Windows XP
  • Opera 6, Opera 8 - Macintosh
  • Opera 7, Opera 8 - Windows 2000, Windows XP
  • Konqueror 3.4 - Linux
  • Mozilla 1.6, Mozilla 1.7.12 - Windows 2000, Windows XP, Macintosh
  • Mozilla 1.7 - Linux, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Macintosh
  • Safari 1.3, Safari 2 - Macintosh
  • AOL 9.0 - Windows 2000

As the site is built using CSS2, which is unsupported by IE 4 and below and Netscape 4 and below, it will not display or function as it should. Users of these browsers can still access the information, but without the intended presentation and a certain loss of functionality. As less than 1% of internet users rely on these browsers, it was decided not to compromise the design and functionality of the site for users of more popular, modern browsers.

If you would like to upgrade your existing browser or download a new browser please select from the links below:

Download/upgrade Internet Explorer
Download/upgrade Netscape
Download/upgrade Firefox
Download/upgrade Opera

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