This site has been designed in three clear sections or 'zones'. You can enter
each zone from the home page or from within each zone by using the buttons on
the left hand side of the each page - they are colour coded. Pink for the
Family Zone, blue for the Employer Zone and lilac for the Awards Zone. You
can go to any of the pages in the map below by clicking on the link.
This site has been designed for:
PC and Mac platforms: Windows 95 and above, Mac OS 7.6 and above.
Monitors resolutions of 800x600 minimum. (You are currently running at
Monitor colours set to 256 or more.
Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator Browser versions 4 and above.
If you have an older browser elements of this site may not display properly.
You can use the links below to download the latest version of your browser.
Instructions for downloading and installing are provided on the websites.
Mozilla Foundation provides
three free browsers:
Mozilla - for PCs - which includes mail, news and chat clients plus an HTML
composer.
Mozilla Firebird - for PCs - browser only.
Camino - for Mac users.
Opera:
This browser works on both PCs and Macs and is particularly helpful for people
who require accessibility features.
There is a free version available with an advert banner, to lose the ad banner
and get support costs about £22.
Netscape Navigator:
Note that Netscape 7.1 is still available but no longer under active development.
4. How to adjust the settings of your monitor - resolution
and colour settings.
PC
1. Right-click on the desktop and select [Properties].
2. Click on the [Settings] tab at the top.
3. Use the pull-down menu to adjust the number of colours. If your computer
and monitor can support more than 256 colours, you will be able to select thousands
or millions.
4. Use the slider to adjust the screen resolution to a higher setting - ideally
800x600 as a minimum.
5. Click [Apply]. You will get around 15 seconds to see if you are happy with
the set-up.
6. Click [OK] to confirm the settings.
MAC
1. Use the apple menu and go to control panels. Select [Monitors].
2. Change the colour and resolution settings and click [OK] .
Note: You can also change these settings through the control strip.
5. Searching this site
1. Use the main search facility by clicking on the icon in the top right side
of each page.
2. You can search using any keyword.
3. The results page will return a list of results with a brief description of
text and the title of the page.
4. You can link through to the specific page from the results page.