Accessibility

The Plumbs Curtains site is compliant to WAI level AA standards. This is a set of guidelines developed by the World Wide Web Consortium, W3C, which aims to make the web accessible to all.

Optimal Browser Settings

This site has been designed to work best with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768.

How to change visibility features

You can use the following suggestions on any website to improve the visibility of web pages. You may find however that not all pages within a site are compatible. The images on the screen will not usually be affected. These instructions have been tested with Internet Explorer version 6
For Microsoft Internet Explorer

To apply the font and colour changes below permanently:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click on 'Accessibility'
click in each of the three boxes to show ticks
click 'OK' .
Text with a sans serif font (such as Arial) is easier to read than a serif font (such as Times New Roman)
To change the text font:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click 'Fonts'.
in the 'Web page font' and 'Plain text font' lists, choose the fonts you would like to use.
click 'OK'
To enlarge the text:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click 'Accessibility'
tick the 'Ignore font sizes specified on web pages' check box
click 'OK'
on the 'Browser' menu click 'View'
click 'Text size'
choose the size of text.
To change the text colour and background colour:
on the 'Tools' menu, click 'Internet Options'
on the 'General' tab, click 'Colours'
deselect the 'Use Windows Colours' tick box
select the box next to 'Text' and choose a colour. Click 'OK'.
select the box next to 'Background' and choose a colour. Click 'OK'
To prevent graphics from appearing on web pages:
under 'Tools' , click 'Internet Options'
on the 'Advanced' tab, scroll down to the 'Multimedia' heading
click on the graphics options ('animations', 'videos', 'pictures' and 'images') to remove the ticks
click on 'Apply', and then click on 'OK'.
if graphics still appear, select 'View' then 'Refresh' from the toolbar, or press F5
To change the size of the window:
click 'View' then 'Full Screen' from the toolbar, or press F11

There are other options to tailor web pages that help make them easier to read. These may be found under the 'Tools' menu:
click on 'Internet Options'
select the 'Advanced' tab
choose from the options available to improve visibility.