Using our website
The Herrington & Carmichael website has been designed to be as accessible as possible for anyone visiting the website who are physically disabled or has a visual impairment.
All pages on this site aim to be accessible to WAI WCAG 1.0 AA or better, complying with priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as interpreted by our web team. Should you encounter any difficulties relating to the level of accessibility of certain pages, please do not hesitate to Contact Us.
All pages on this site aim to validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional, and use CSS 2.1 for visual presentation. Use of tables for non-tabular information is kept to a minimum. This may cause older browsers (e.g. Netscape 4.x) which do not understand standards-compliant code to display pages in a very basic way. However, the pages should still be usable. Wherever possible, we would recommend upgrading your browser to the latest version number to take full advantage of this site's advanced presentational features.
The Herrington & Carmichael website has been designed to take advantage of the latest screen reader and adaptive technologies.
Text size
Relative units have been used for text which can now be scaled using your browser settings. Simply go to View / Text Size and select the size of text that works best for you. All content and menu text can be scaled in this way.
Access Keys
We have deliberately chosen not to use access keys on this site. We feel that keyboard shortcut keys place an unnecessary burden on the memory of the user and that they ultimately replicate functionality already possessed by screen reader technologies.
Links
The website uses the TITLE element throughout the website to add additional information about links. Pop up windows have been kept to a minimum with a TITLE element informing the user of any pop up windows they may encounter.
Navigation and Site Map
The navigation has been kept as simple as possible and where possible links have been built into headings that enable you to go back to a previous section as well as using the 'back' button in the browser.
Should you ever feel lost, simply use the site map found at the foot of each page.
Keyboard Navigation
Some visitors to the site may have difficulty using the mouse. You can use the TAB key to navigate down through links within the menu and the main text of each page. Pressing the SHIFT key at the same time as the TAB key will allow you to move up through the links on each page.
There are 'skip' points throughout the website to enable users to skip navigation and go to content sections as you tab through links.
If you have any difficulties accessing parts of the site or our PDF downloads, please contact us for assistance.