Using the Website

General Navigation:

  • Use the menu bar at the top of the page to explore the website or click any active link e.g. more...  
  • The on the menu bar indicates a dropdown menu with additional options you can select.
  • Most active text links (hotspots) are in italics, coloured dark blue and underlined e.g. more... 

Picture Viewing:

  • Most pictures can be enlarged - just click a picture to enlarge it, click the enlarged to close 
  • Pictures that can be enlarged are indicated by the cursor changing to a zoom icon.
  • When you enlarge a picture and your cursor is over the enlarged pictured, a Full size button  and Close   button are displayed in the top right-hand corner of the picture. When you move your cursor off the picture the buttons are hidden and shown again when your cursor is over an enlarged picture:       
                              
    Additional buttons are shown when enlarging pictures from a picture gallery page:
     
  • The first time you click a picture to enlarge it may take a few second to load and you'll see Loading... whilst it's loading.  The bigger the picture the longer it may  take but should only be a matter of seconds and normally only the first time the picture is enlarged
  • To close an enlarged picture either:
    • Click on the enlarged picture
    • Click the Close button on the control bar (located top right of the picture)
    • Use the keyboard Esc key
    • Click on another picture to be enlarged
    • You can also click the smaller picture (thumbnail) to easily toggle between enlarging and closing a picture without moving your cursor
  • A picture will remain enlarged until it's closed or if another picture is clicked to be enlarged
  • You can drag an enlarged picture to a new position by holding down the left mouse button and dragging the picture to the position and releasing the button
  • Some pictures can be enlarged even further by clicking the Full size button (if the picture is already fully enlarged the Full size button will be disabled grayed out)

Help:  

  • Whenever you see a click it to popup additional information or select the Help option at the top of the page 

Enlarging a Web Page:

  • Most modern browsers allow you to easily enlarge (zoom in) or reduce (zoom out) the size of a web page using the keyboard e.g.to enlarge a web page hold down the ctrl key and press the plus key.
  • No need to change the text size or the screen resolution just use ctrl+plus or ctrl+minus keys ...it's that easy:
    • ctrl+plus       enlarges the page size
    • ctrl+minus    reduces the page size
    • ctrl+zero       resets page size back to 100%