About this site

Built properly

[validator.w3.org] This website is constructed according to the standards laid down by the W3C[www.w3.org]. It is constructed from valid XHTML, and CSS* for layout, ensuring that all Web browsers, including screen readers and mobile devices have access to the content. (See our accessibility statement.)

*The Cascading Stylesheets are not, strictly-speaking, valid because of some concessions we have made to cater for the widely-used Internet Explorer web browser.

The body font (assuming you have it available) is Lucida Grande, and the headline font is Lucida Bright.

Technology

The site is built on a custom content management system, which uses XSL Transforms to apply a consistant look-and-feel, and Perl[www.perl.com] to hold it all together.

We also make use of:

TFMail

…from the nms project[nms-cgi.sourceforge.net]

Perlfect Search[www.perlfect.com]

…from Perlfect Solutions[www.perlfect.com]

Web browsers

This site should be useable in any Web browser, although the layout and visual style is only properly displayed in modern, standards-compliant browsers[browsehappy.com]. The site has been tested in the following web browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows, versions 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer on Macintosh, version 5.02
• Mozilla Firefox, version 1.0 Preview Release
• Netscape Navigator, version 4.7*
• Opera Software Opera, version 7.54
• Apple Computer Safari, version 1.2

*Some browsers show only a basic page style.

If this site looks mangled on your web browser, especially if the navigation is unusable, please email webmaster@cygnets.co.uk, or fill in the feedback form on the contact page. C