Website Help and Information

Introduction

This is the 4th version of this website, further details can be found in the Version Text File in the footer of every page. The page width has been reduced from 1024px to 960px to allow the pages to display correctly in "Notebooks", something I over looked in Version 3. The index page has been designed to allow each section to fit a netbook. The next version will probably be a "fluid" design to accommodate the larger screen sizes now becoming available at reasonable prices. Up-date: The site has been given a makeover and is now at Version 4.2.

This site has been developed to display correctly in all major browsers using XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS 2.1 and each page has been verified. You can check any page by clicking the XHTML link in the page footer. If you encounter a problem with this website you are invited to contact the web designer, explaining the problem you are having. A link can be found in the bottom of every page.

The CSS validates to 2.1. When browsers that support CSS3 become more widely available the site will switch to this, giving a more rounded look. Up-date: All modern browsers are now supported, rounded corners and shadows are now available.

Internet Explorer 6 and earlier versions

This website does support IE6 and earlier versions, although the layout may not display entirely as itended. IE6 has numorous security flaws (189 identified at the time of writing) and your are strongly urged to up-date to a newer version. Links to popular browsers are shown below.

Browser Links

How This Site Was Constructed

This site was hand coded in XHTML and CSS using a basic text editor. The pages are served up by PHP. Notepad is a text editor that available on all systems using Windows and you can normally find this application in the "accessories" file. A text editor with more functionality is Notepad ++, which is a free application and can be downloaded at http://notepad-plus-plus.org/. Notepad++ was used to code this site.

Images

The thumbnail images you see on this site where prepared with Easy Thumbnails and PhotoShop.

Printer Friendly

All the pages on this have been formatted to allow to to print them out correctly. Pages will be printed without menu itens, header images, etc, in order to conserve your ink and paper and only print the essential information you need.

Java

Certain parts of the design rely on the use of JavaScript to function correctly. You should therefore ensure that it is turned on in your browser, normally this will be the de-fault setting. If it is turned off the image expander will not work but you will still be able to view the images.

E-mail

All the e-mail addresses on this site have been protected against automatic spam harvesters.

i-pad and Mobile Devices

No Flash content is used on this site. The site displays correctly in all mobile devices including i-phone and i-pad. If you find a problem viewing the site with a mobile device please contact the webmaster.

Displays in all Browsers

This website has been designed to display correctly in all the major browsers. It has been tested in Internet Explorer 7, 8 and 9, all modern versions of Firefox and Opera versions 8, 9 and 10. It has also been verified in other variants of the "Trident" engine i.e. AOL. All variants of the "webkit" browser also display correctly. As previously noted IE versions below 5.5 are not supported.

March 2011