Welcome to the Help section of this site. This is my newest section, and I hope to be able to expand upon it a great deal over time. Right now there is relatively little available, but that shall change shortly.
Navigating this (and other) site(s):
Through-out this site (and the rest of the Internet) you will find
a lot of text "Underlined"
. This is called "Hypertext", and by moving your mouse cursor over
these "Hyperlinks" you can 'point and click' your way through the
Internet. Also many of the "Graphics" or pictures you see will contain
hyperlinks that will open a new "Page", in your "Browser".
When you see your mouse cursor, or arrow turn in to a "hand" ...
... or something similar to
this.
(A different type of arrow or hand) then you can probably click your mouse button and move (or "Jump") to a different page. You may notice that the "Text" that is underlined maychangecolors , as you move around the different sites. (those 3 are not links to anywhere, just colored text) When you see different colored text usually this is just an indication that you have been to that "Link" before.
If you have clicked on several links and want to go back to previous
pages that you have seen, often you can click on the "Button Bar" 'Back'
button (see picture below) to move backwards through the places you have
just been to.
Note: Pictures and text may vary depending upon the browser you use, and options that are set.
If you have seen or heard of an Internet address, then you can click
in the "Address" or location bar - delete the text that is there, - type
in the address you want to go to - and press the enter key to go there.
Note: You will want to keep the "http://www." part (it is the
part that tells your browser "I want to see a web page on the internet.).
What is this "Browser" you keep talking about?
A Browser is the program you are using to view this file, or page;
and, it translates the language of the Internet files in to viewable sites.
This language by the way is called HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Examples
of browsers: Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator, Mosaic,
and Micorsoft Internet Explorer (or IE). While Netscape and IE are the
most common in the Windows world, AOL has their own browser, or if you
were using a Macintosh, your "Internet Program" might look a little different.
How do I know where a link will take me?
Down at the bottom of your "Browsers" window, is often something called
a status bar. By default this is turned on, and when you move your
mouse cursor over a link - the address that the link is pointing to usually
shows up on that status bar.
Well that's about enough for 1 page. Listed below are a couple
of "Links" that will take you to other places.
Page Design and Content by:
Charles H. Davis ("Ched")