Website Validation

It is common practice to place accessibility logos on Websites to falsely create the impression of adherence to Web Standards. This practice is wrong, and does not further the cause of Website Accessibility. It also damages the reputation of those carrying out such practices.

We provide our users with the means to carry out their own checks on any of our Web pages. If you find a page that does not adhere to the standards stated, please let us know.

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (xhtml)

All pages in this Website were validated using the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)'s Validation Service. If you wish to check a page yourself, please do the following.

Copy the address of the page that you wish to check from the address bar in your browser window.
Open the validator by selecting one of the links below.
Paste page address into box provided and click check.

Please note:

A warning is given about an 'encoding mismatch' when confirming validity. This is not an error on our part but a 'bug' with the Validator. It has been reported by many Web Developers in the past.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

No cascading style sheet is embedded in the page code, but linked externally. To validate this file do the following.

Copy this address:
http://www.madeleyparishcouncil.gov.uk/default.css
Open the validator by selecting one of the links below.
Paste address into box provided and click check.

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) AAA

This Website meets all the relevant guidelines contained within Priorities 1,2 and 3 WCAG 2.0.

Cynthia Tested

The most commonly used online automated software for testing and validating websites is Cynthia Says.

To verify that our web pages adhere to relevant guidelines contained within Priorities 1,2 and 3, do the following:

Copy this address: www.madeleyparishcouncil.gov.uk
Log on to the Cynthia Says Validator by selecting one of the options below.
Paste address into box provided.
Before clicking 'Test this site' select Priorities 1,2,3 from the Accessibility Report Mode first!

Colour Contrast Ratios

The colour contrast ratios of colour combinations used in this Website exceed Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Guidelines, providing good clarity for those with visual or learning impairments.

All our colour combinations below pass at levels AA and AAA of WAI Guidelines.

These results were obtained using Colour Contrast Analysing software.