The WORLDWIDE CONCHOLOGY Web Site is designed to provide easy navigation to areas of interest with only a few clicks of your mouse. You can gain access to most areas within the Web site from almost any Web page. Some pages are only accessible from links at the bottom of the home page such as the Conchology Web Awards page and a link for Press and Media Producers. The left frame button bar connects you to useful Internet-conchology resources, articles and multimedia presentations.
The Web page pull-down menus will guide you to most areas within the Web site. You will need a Java-enabled browser to view and use the pull-down menus.
Sample only - If you do not see the pull-down menu above,
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Netscape or Internet Explorer.
The
Site Map accessible from the pull-down menu is useful for getting an overall picture of the Web site contents.
The shell images are divided into MARINE (shells of the seven seas) and NON-MARINE (land and freshwater shells) sections. Within these two sections are linking buttons arranged by molluscan class or group. These buttons then link to subpages with additional linking buttons for the molluscan family pages which have the shell images. It is a general-to-specific layout:
MARINE SHELLS
· Gastropods
· Bivalves
· Chitons (Polyplacophora)
· Tusk Shells (Scaphopods)
· Cephalopods (Nautilus)
· Aplachophora & Monoplacophora
NON-MARINE SHELLS
· Land Shells
· Freshwater Gastropods
· Freshwater Bivalves
To take full advantage of the Web site's functionality your screen resolution should ideally be set at 800 X 600 for 15, 17, 19 and 21 inch monitors. A screen resolution of 1024 X 768 is even more optimal, but not necessary to have a complete view of the Web site design features.
Worldwide Conchology is a graphics-intensive site, so it may take a bit longer for pages to load if your modem connection is slower than 56k. Many of the images and pages open in separate pop-up windows. Clicking on the shell image thumbnails will open an enlarged image in a separate resizeable window with an auto-close feature. Clicking on the background of the main site will close the window as well as clicking the "Close Window" link below the image at the bottom of the window. You can also use the standard browser functions to close the window. Each new opened image window will replace the previous window. Only one window can be opened at one time. This prevents an accumulation of opened pages which can slow the performance of your computer.
The multimedia slide presentations will load relatively quickly during off-peak hours using a 56k modem. No matter how fast the processing speed of your computer, it will take much longer to load the images if there is a lot of simultaneous traffic on a slide presentation. The larger programs of 15 or more slides may take as long as 4 to 5 minutes to load during peak periods. You can monitor the loading status from the status bar at the bottom of the slide show window. You do not have to wait until the entire slide presentation loads to start viewing the program. The slides are viewable as each one loads up. Just click on the NEXT button to advance through the slides.
There are currently some minor code problems which are being corrected as solutions are found. AOL visitors using Macintosh computers may find that the shell image pop-up window does not function correctly and the images will open imbedded in the Web site. This problem is being corrected.
The pull-down menu anchored on the top frame menu bar is currently problematical. It works reliably with Internet Explorer 4.0+ browsers, but may not work with Netscape. A fix for the problem is being investigated. Once corrected, this will be the main navigation pull-down menu, no matter where you may be on the Worldwide Conchology Web site.
There are also some other differences in the way the Web site appears and functions when using either a Netscape or Internet Explorer browser. This is due to a smattering of proprietary HTML code used to create this site. These cross-platform code improprieties are slowly being corrected as the site evolves.
Enjoy your visit and please contact us if you have any further questions about navigating the site.
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