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Information on the MMA web site conforms
to guidelines designed to help easy
navigation.
All pages are set up to allow access
by versions of any browser ranging
from IE3.02 and further as well as
IE based browsers. Netscape browsers
are currently still being tested and
CIMU will advice accordingly.
The following information will help
you understand what standards we have
applied to the site and how to deal
with certain file types.
Navigation
Site
specification
Browser
compatibilities
Printing
pages
Bookmarking
pages
Search
Submitting
feedback
Saving
pages to your PC
Information
Total
document size
NAVIGATION
Each of the MMA pages has a text navigation
section down the left hand side of
the screen.
There are no graphical navigation
buttons within the no frames environment
as they are unnecessary devices which
can in many cases be more of a hindrance
than a help.
The text links include a description
box informing the user where the link
will go. This can be viewed by placing
the pointer over the line of text.
SITE SPECIFICATION
The MMA web site has been designed
with all users in mind.
The standard outline guide for the
site was for an SVGA resolution monitor
(800 x 600) using 256 colours. The
site is quite useable with specifications
lower than this.
BROWSER
COMPATABILITY
The MMA web site has been fully tested
on a number of browsers on the majority
of existing computer operating systems.
MMA uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
to format the textual information
within each page. Only browsers from
version 4 upwards fully understand
CSS formatting.
PRINTING
PAGES
Any page can be printed from the web
by the user selecting file, print
from the menu option within Microsoft
IE or Netscape.
BOOKMARKING
PAGES
To bookmark a particular page the
user selects Favorites, Add to Favorites
from the menu option within Microsoft
IE or Bookmarks, Add Bookmarks in
Netscape.
SEARCHING
To complete a search the user has
to enter a word or collection of words
into the text search box. Pressing
the return key or clicking on the
search button will present the user
with a listing of documents which
correspond to the search details.
These results will be rated, the most
complete matches will be listed first,
decreasing in relevence as the user
goes further down the list.
SUBMITTING
FEEDBACK
MMA supplies a feedback form to give
users an opportunity to voice their
comments on the service.
Within the form there is a section
for general comments on the MMA service
in general, there is also a section
for users to inform the MMA of any
problems they may be experiencing.
Once the form has been completed
the user must click on the submit
button at the bottom of the page.
This will forward the information
to the MMA service.
SAVING PAGES
Any page displayed on your browser
can be saved to your local drive.
Select File, Save as from the menu
option within Microsoft IE and Netscape.
INFORMATION
Some pages within the cimu.magnet.mt
service are in other formats other
than HTML or ASP. These are PDFs.
To read these files the user requires
the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
TOTAL DOCUMENT
SIZE
It is important that individual files
remain small on the web so that download
times for a user are kept to a minimum.
A single page should never be larger
than 120k in size. This is not a figure
confined to the ascii text (HTML or
ASP file) but must also include the
file sizes of all files contained
on that page as well (.gif, .jpg,
etc).
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