IMPORTANT THINGS & TECHNICAL STUFF 

(EVEN FOR PEOPLE WHO HABITUALLY IGNORE READING ALL INSTRUCTIONS - LIKE MOST MEN)

Welcome!

This is not some long-winded crap.  It's important crap! This website is HUGE and  its navigation isn't easy - but  we want to maximise what it can do for you. 

Most of all, we'd like you to see it as we intended it to be.  Design-wise, font-wise, and content wise.

It's not a website  for casual web-surfers, and contains a lot of unique materials.  It assumes you are seeking resources and perspectives  which you  can't find elsewhere. 

It's a rich environment and we make no apologies for pages which load slowly, or for its sometimes often chaotic navigation.  The best stuff is hidden away, deliberately, like an Easter Egg hunt.  Benefits accrue  in accordance with the depth of your reading.

 

FONTS

See the website the way we designed it!  If this text doesn't look like it's been typed on an old typewriter, then you don't have the primary font effect of the website. Here's how to get it.

 

If this text doesn't look like  handwriting, then you don't have the Texas Hero font.

 

The website has been developed with some 'character' fonts. "P-22 Typewriter" and "Texas Hero" are two which come immediately to mind.  If  your computer does not have these fonts installed, you're missing out, big time.  The MEMBERSHIP CD includes ways and means to obtain and 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.

 P22 TYPEWRITER can be obtained from the International House of Fonts.   If on-line, double-click HERE.

Fonts can be a problem if you are viewing us via a Mac.  There's also the normal range of default Windows XP and Vista fonts. If you are someone who knows how to embed fonts, we'd ask you to volunteer your services.

COMPATIBILITY

Not every Internet Browser handles FP/JAVA language equally.  The website was developed using Microsoft FrontPage, and some of its features will not display identically using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.    Pages which may close easily on IE might not close on Firefox.  Banners may not scroll, some backgrounds in tables will disappear, some animated buttons may not animate, and some photographs may be obscured by text.  What it all looks like on a Mac, I have no idea.

Presently,  all I can say is "Tough titty!" because in the absence of donations,  I can't afford to hire anyone to fix it

POPUPS,  PRIVACY & TRACKING

 

The website uses NO pop-up advertisements, NO cookies,  and keep NO record of who is accessing it.   There are NO data-miners, and NO hidden pop-ups.  Active-X and Java are used, but just to navigate, close pages, and enhance the presentation.  There's no secret scripts etc. If you find one, the site has been hacked. Tell us.

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  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

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. But both books are now in print and available at our PX.

PRIVACY OF MEMBERS

Details of members will be available to other members only, and no commercial or nuisance use of members details will be tolerated, though I don't know WTF I can do about it.   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 mostly by me, and by an occasional benefactor who believes that it reflects the history and values which were espoused by the WWII Veterans.  Dues and donations go towards internet hosting costs, acquisition of code which is beyond my 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.  If you want to file for tax-exempt status, don't let me stop you.  

More about the Membership CD.

CD ARCHIVES

Contained on the Membership CD are extra photographs which may interest the serious student.

ADOBE ACROBAT 

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 

 I have designed the pages at 1024x768. 

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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