Morse Lumber Company is committed to ensuring that this Web site is accessible to everyone regardless of ability and access levels. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the accessibility of this site, please contact the site administrator, as we are continually striving to improve the experience for all visitors.
Standards compliance
Standards compliance
- All Web pages validate as HTML 4.01 Strict
- All pages use structured semantic markup. For instance, each page contains one Header 1 Level Tag, and any appropriate sub-level heading tags. All paragraphs are properly coded with paragraph tags.
- All pages on this site include a consistent set of global main navigation links
- Drop down main navigation menus use "Tab" to move from major heading to major heading, with arrow keys to access drop down submenus.
- All sub-navigation menus will appear below the main navigation menu.
- Wherever possible, links are written to make sense out of context.
- Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an article).
- Many browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list, separately from the page.
- If link text is duplicated; eg. "Read more" links, then "title" text is used to distinguish them.
- There are no links that open new windows without warning.
- All links to non-HTML files (i.e., MS Word, PDF etc.) will always open the file in a new window unless otherwise noted.
- Links to external sites have the visual cue:
- All content images used on this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include empty ALT attributes.
- This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for visual layout. Content is independent of CSS.
- Users may disable CSS or use their own style sheets.
- Where possible color brightness and illuminosity meet WCAG level 2 standards.
- Current page focus is highlighted in contrasting colors.
- W3 accessibility guidelines 2.0, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
- W3 Accessible Techniques 2.0, which explains how to implement each guideline.
- W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
- U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.
- HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
- JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited demo is available.
- Lynx, a free text-only web browser.
- The Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT) has been developed to aid manual examination of web pages for a variety of aspects of accessibility. It consists of a range of functions that identify components of a web page provide access to alternate views of page content and facilitate the use of 3rd party online applications
- To change the font size in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Netscape, Opera, or Safari, use the following key equivalents:
- Increase font size: Ctrl +
- Decrease font size: Ctrl -
- Move forward from link to link: Tab
- Move backward from link to link: Shift + tab
- Move from one major navigation heading to the next: Tab
- Move within drop down sub-menusUp & down arrowsL Up & down arrows
- Go forward a page: Alt + Right Arrow
- Move backward from link to link: Alt + Left Arrow
Tips on using this site
- To change the font size in Internet Explorer, Chrome, Netscape, Opera, or Safari, use the following key equivalents:
If for any reason you cannot access any of the material on our Web site, please contact the site administrator and we will work to resolve the problem and or provide alternative methods to access the information.
