In order to best make use of this website, it's
helpful to understand how each page is laid out and
how the site is pieced together.
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The very top portion contains the 3 major
navigation links: Home, Site Map, and Contact Us. We chose those three
because if you get lost, or need to find something quickly, or need to
contact someone, then those three pages are your best bets.
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Immediately below that is the section that
contains the District Logo and the Page Name.
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Immediately below that are Breadcrumbs. Breadcrumbs show you the
path to the page you're on and which items in the Left Navigation
Bar to choose to get back to a particular page. Look at the
Breadcrumb for this page and you'll see
Home :
Website Info : How to Use the Website.
On larger websites, sometimes you need that clue to help you figure out just
where you are in the website. More about Breadcrumbs in the last
paragraph of the next item (which discusses the Left Navigation Bar
in the left column.
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The left column is extremely important because it contains the major way
for you to navigate through the website. For example, take your mouse and
hover over Resources in the left column. Assuming your
browser has JavaScript turned on, all the pages that are in the
Resources section, will appear because a little window will fly out
to the right. You know that's going to happen because there is a little
right arrow next to Resources that tells you that there is lower
level information that is hiding. As you look through the fly out
window, move your mouse cursor to Steal Our Images or Club
Website Aids. Notice that an additional fly out occurs with
even more pages.
When you hover over almost any of the menu items, the cursor will be a
Hand which means that the link is clickable. Clicking on any of those
high-level menu items will take you to an Index Page which
describes the purpose of the section and lists the pages within the section.
On the bottom of every Index Page are the links to all the other
pages in the section. That's to ensure that people who don't have
JavaScript-enabled browsers can still see all the information on the
website. Go ahead and click on the Contests Section link right now.
The browser will open up a new window just so you can close it when you're
done. On that page, scroll to the bottom of the white are and notice the
list of pages in the Contests Section. Then close that window and
continue reading this page.
There is a clear relationship between the menu items in this portion of the
page and the Breadcrumbs in the previous item. When you look at the
Breadcrumbs, you can easily see what menu items you chose to get to
the page you're on. If you followed a link to get to the page you're on,
then the Breadcrumb shows you where it the menu structure that page
can be found.
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The white part of every page is the most important part. It contains the
content. It's the reason you're here. We use dark text on a white background
to make sure the contrast is high so that the text is easily readable.
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On most pages, there is a right column which contains three items - (1) A Search Box at the top for you
to search for anything within this website. For more information
about searching this website, please see the How to Find Information
On This Website
page. (2) A Change Detection box (as either the last item
in the right column or at the bottom of the Main Content Area) allows you
to make use of a free service that monitors pages for changes and sends you
an email when the page has changed. Don't worry about being spammed by them.
In about 3 years of using their services, I have never been spammed by them. (3)
In between those 2 boxes are several news items that get changed at
various intervals. Each news item contains a teaser along with a
link for more information.
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Below the white area, there are several more Navigational Links
to sections that we think might be of major interest. Clicking one of those
will take you to the Index Page of that section. Immediately below
that is a link that will allow you to email us with questions and feedback.
We've taken a lot of care to try to make the site
useful and user-friendly to all
visitors. However, it should be noted that to make
the best use of this site, your
browser must have JavaScript turned on for the following reasons:.
- On most pages, the left navigation menu bar has fly-out submenus which
will allow you to best see the list of pages within each section. On browsers that
do not have JavaScript turned on, then either the menus will all
be fully exapnded when you load a page, or you will be able to click a menu item
and go to a summary page for that section where you will see the other
pages within that section.
- We have a number of pages that have Show/Hide (Expand/Collapse)
sections so that, if you have JavaScript turned on, you will find it easier to see
a summary of what's on the page before delving into the details. If you do
not have JavaScript turned on, then those areas will all be fully expanded
when you enter the page ... which means you will have to scroll through a
lot more information than you would otherwise.
Most pages have a link to ChangeDetection.com. This link is either the last item in the right column or at the bottom of the main content area (the white area). ChangeDetection.com
is a free independent service that will send you an email whenever the main contont
portion of the page changes. It works best if you have your firewall's privacy features
set to allow the browser to send the address of the current page to the webserver.
If your firewall allows sending the address of the page, then ChangeDetection.com
will automatically have the pagename entered. Otherwise, you will have to type it
in. I've used ChangeDetection.com for several years and have necver had any spam
from them, so you can be relatively assured of the privacy of your email address.
Let us know how we're doing.
Thanks ... Jeff and Donna