IMPORTANT THINGS & TECHNICAL STUFF
(FOR FIRST TIME VISITORS AND THOSE WITH TECHNICAL PROBLEMS)
Whether you are reading this as a part of the internet website, or as part of the Membership CD ROM, welcome!
This is not some long-winded crap. This website is HUGE and we want you to understand how to deal with it effectively.
The website is the major project of the Society, and the MEMBERSHIP CD is its first members' venture. The website is a 'free to air' internet educational asset, and the Members' CD provides an in-depth research resource for those who are serious students in this field. The CD is also the means by which you can ensure that the website will be on the internet the next time that you are.
When the MEMBERSHIP CD is run offline, some buttons and hyperlinks will not operate.
The website is not an 'entertainment' vehicle for casual web-surfers or people in a hurry. It assumes that you are seeking resources and perspectives which you just can't find elsewhere.
Consequently we make no apologies for pages which load slowly.
Nor do we apologise for the sometimes chaotic navigation, and that the best and rarest pictures are hidden away somewhere. That is deliberate. We believe that treasures come in accordance with depth of research.
Not every Internet Browser handles FP/JAVA language equally. Internet Explorer (version 5 and above) is required. The website was developed using Microsoft FrontPage, and some of its features will not display identically Mozilla Firefox. Pages which may close easily on IE will not close on Firefox. Banners will not scroll, some backgrounds in tables will disappear, some animated buttons may not animate, and some photographs may be obscured by text.
The Membership CD will run on the modern Apples - I know this because my son has shown it to me on his powerbook laptop. Not all the features run, however.
Presently, all I can say is "Sorry!" because I don't how to fix it - other than by offering you something that will work.
[To install from the CD]
If you are running Netscape Navigator, or a version of Internet Explorer 4 or 5, click here to install Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.[To download and install from the Internet]
Click here.
POPUPS, PRIVACY & TRACKING
The website uses NO pop-up advertisements, does not use cookies, and makes no record of who is accessing it. There are NO data-miners, and NO hidden pop-ups.
FONTS
If this text doesn't look like it's been typed on an old WWII vintage typewriter, then you don't have the primary effects font which is used throughout the website, P22 TYPEWRITER. Here's how to get it, and see the website as it was designed.
FREE,
The website has been developed with a range of fonts. If your computer does not have each of those fonts installed, a page may appear differently, and we have no control over what they'll look like. The MEMBERSHIP CD includes the additional "nostalgic" fonts, which can be uploaded to your system. To install them, go Start/Settings/Control Panel/Fonts, then right click the mouse, / Open. Then go to File, and Install New Fonts. You'll find the fonts in the _admin/admin_fonts subdirectory of the CD.
There is a self-extracting ZIP file in the P22_ZIP sub-directory.
The main font, necessary to see the website as it was intended to be seen, is P22 TYPEWRITER. This font can be obtained FREE from the International House of Fonts. If on-line, double-click HERE.
E-MAIL ADDRESSES - WHY THE ZZ'S?
Websites are one of the main sources which the junk-mail web-bots scour for e-mail addresses. To prevent this, we have added z's before and after the @ in every e-mail address on the site. Simply remove the z's and the address should be correct. When the web-bots learn the trick, we'll use another letter or symbol.
PASSWORDS FOR THE MEMBERS CD
So as to keep a record of the numbers of members who who are reading the two manuscripts contained on the Members CD, we have password-protected them. This means that you will not be able to go beyond a certain point without seeking the password. Please note that the password is free. E-mail us at memberszz@zzcorregidor.org for them. We won't divulge your e-mail address. The full texts of these books are not available on the free to air website.
PRIVACY OF MEMBERS
Details of members will be available to other members only, and any commercial or nuisance use of members details is strictly prohibited. Suspension of members is at the complete discretion of the webmaster. There is a list of members posted on the website at an address which will be available only to current members.
DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIP
The website is privately funded by a small group of private benefactors who believe that it reflects the history and values which they espouse. Dues and donations go towards internet hosting costs, acquisition of code which is beyond this webmeister's meager competency, and to assist in gathering further materials. ( And other than for beer and women, the rest I just waste!)
Donations are not tax deductible. Though we have no advertising, you may sponsor a page.
VERSIONS
The website was initially developed solely for the World Wide Web. The pages were designed at the limit of my experience, as that experience grew. As it kept on growing, it became bandwidth hungry, and the costs of hosting became prohibitive. As a visual medium, we've tried to maximize the quality of the photographs, but the internet has limitations that the CD-ROM does not (page loading times, and bandwidth costs.) Pages may be marked thus:
Recent Feature
Article
CD-Rom
enhanced feature
There's a simple solution if you're on the internet - acquire the CD-Rom version by joining us. It's for members only, and is not for commercial sale.
CD ARCHIVES
Contained on the Membership CD are a series of extra photographs which may interest the serious student. The contents of this subdirectory shall change over time, just as does the website.
Acrobat is a document file format (*.pdf) that allows us to fix the information in a document so that it cannot be changed - and can be viewed on any computer. We are intending to use it more often as we add to the reference documents collection, and have included it on the CD-ROM so that people who are not connected to the internet can download it.
[To install from the CD]
Click here to install Acrobat.[To download and install from the Internet]
Click here.
SCREEN RESOLUTION
Generally, the larger the screen resolution, the more you will see of the web page. As these can differ according to individual machines, eyesight factors and personal preferences, I have designed the pages at 1024x768. To adjust your Windows preferences, right click your mouse on the desktop and left-click Properties. Then choose Settings, and adjust as you prefer.
NAVIGATION
As the CD-ROM reflects approximately four years of my development of the website, it contains many different page styles and navigation schemes. In time, they will be updated. Features have increased in complexity as my own meager skills have been added to - one step at a time. Generally, when your mouse cursor changes shape, there will be a link that will take you to a new page. Some links will start new windows, others will not. A parachute will generally indicate a link, and on other pages there will be triangles, blinking words, or underlined hyperlinks in a contrasting color. It IS easy to get lost, but I've given you plenty of ways to get out when you do. Experiment! (When all else fails, use your -back- key.)
One system we have been experimenting with is the Photo-Zone Navigation System.
Look for this thumbnail which will indicate that the photographs in the feature are PhotoZone enhanced.
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