North Staffordshire Association

of Change Ringers

Web Page FAQ

Web Site Frequently Asked Questions:

What web browsers work best with this web site?
What screen resolution should I be using?
Why is the text so large / small on my screen?
How can I find out what's changed on this web site since I last visited?
Why can't I see any e-mail addresses on this web site?
How can I tell if I have Javascript enabled on my browser?
Why do you remove e-mail addresses from the downloadable newsletters?
Why do you remove phone numbers from the downloadable newsletters and other documents?
The bells on the homepage are not animated. Should they be?
Why can't I hear the animated bells?
How do I restart the animated bells?
I've seen the animated bells before, haven't I?
How do I view the PDF files from this web site?
Who made this "not very good" / fantastic / brilliant / superb / splendiferous web page?

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What web browsers work best with this web site?

The site is tested with a number of common web browsers, including current versions of Internet Explorer, Opera, and Mozilla's Firefox. For reasons of internet security the author strongly recommends the use of Mozilla's Firefox browser for all internet sites. Firefox can be downloaded for free here:

What screen resolution should I be using?

This site should function well with any screen resolution of 640x480 pixels or greater, but for the best results users should configure their computers to 800x600 pixels or more. 1024x768 works really well.

Why is the text so large / small on my screen?

Web browsers choose how big or how small to display the text on these pages. A good setting is "medium" and is selectable on the View menu under Text Size.

How can I find out what's changed on this web site since I last visited?

The bottom right corner of every page shows the date it was last modified, and also has a link to here where a list of updates is maintained.

Why can't I see any e-mail addresses on this web site?

As a form of protection against spam e-mails the displaying of e-mail addresses on this site requires your web browser to have Javascript capabilities enabled. To enable Javascript check out the Options or Settings menus for your web browser software. In Internet Explorer this option is under Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced. In Firefox it is under Tools -> Options -> Web Content -> Enable Javascript.

How can I tell if I have Javascript enabled on my browser?

The bottom left corner of every page on this web site should say "Please send comments, suggestions, and corrections to: ...", followed by an e-mail address. If the e-mail address is there then you already have Javascript enabled. Without javascript the e-mail address is replaced with an error message.

Why do you remove e-mail addresses from the downloadable newsletters?

As described above, your browser's Javascript capabilities are used as a means of preventing spam e-mailers from targeting NSA e-mail addresses. The online newsletters are published as PDF (Portable Document Format) files, which cannot utilise Javascript capabilities. As such, e-mail addresses have to be removed from the PDF documents, otherwise they would be open to spam harvesters. In almost all cases the address for a particular contact can easily be deduced from the context, and by viewing the Officers & Contacts page of this web site.

Why do you remove phone numbers and addresses from the downloadable newsletters and other documents?

Many people are concerned about the publication of their contact information (address and telephone number) on the internet. It is a policy of the North Staffs Association not to publish such information without the explicit consent of the individual(s) concerned. As such, the default action is to remove such information from any documents available on this web site.

The bells on the homepage are not animated. Should they be?

Yes, they should. This can be for a number of reasons. Try the following:

You need a web browser with Javascript facilities enabled. See above for a few hints on how to do this.
If you've visited the homepage and then gone elsewhere before returning to the homepage again, the bells may not be animated. Simply click your browser's Refresh button to re-load the homepage. This is seemingly a bug in some versions of Internet Explorer.

Why can't I hear the animated bells?

They're silent. It's a visual animation (gimmick?!?) only.

How do I restart the animated bells?

Click the Refresh button on your browser to go back to the beginning.

I've seen the animated bells before, haven't I?

Not in this format, no you haven't, but the underlying code started out as ringing menu items on the York Colleges Guild web site. Thanks to Max Spicer for permission to modify his code for use here. the stick-man ringing animation first appeared in a ringing program called !Callchange. It was modified for use here with the kind permission of its creators, Fortran Friends.

How do I view the PDF files from this web site?

PDF files can be viewed with several pieces of software. One of the most common and freely available programs for displaying PDF files is Adobe's Acrobat Reader. Click the logo below for a link directly to their download page.

Download Adobe's Acrobat Reader
software.

Who made this "not very good" / fantastic / brilliant / superb / splendiferous web page?

Click here to see who does what for the North Staffs Association.

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