1.
DISPLAY PROPERTIES
Web-sites and the things they contain will look different at
different sizes (resolution) and colour depths.
This site and all the movies and games have been designed for
Screen Area of 800x600 or 1024x768 pixels - and it will look
best at 16bit High Colour or better.
For
Windows:
These settings are found in Windows - Control Panel - Display.
Go to Start Button - Settings - Control Panel - Display, or
Right click on your Windows Desktop and and select "Properties"
from the drop-down menu.
Choose the Settings tab. from the top of the
Display Properties pop-up menu.
Check the display resolution indicated by the "Screen Area"
slider and adjust the resolution by dragging the slider to
at least 800x600 pixels. You can set the colour and screen
size to what you prefer.
For Macintosh:
Minimize your browser. Open the "Apple" drop-down menu.
Select "Control Panels" and open "Monitors & Sound."
Check the display resolution setting highlighted in the "Resolution"
box.
If necessary, adjust the resolution by clicking on the new
setting.
2.
BROWSERS
A Browser is what you're using right now to view this Web
page. Most likely it is Microsoft Internet Explorer (the current
version is 6), but it may be Netscape (the current version is
Navigator/Communicator 6) or AOL's own browser.
Some multimedia movies and games will only run on the newest version
of your browser. If you are using an older version of Internet
Explorer or Netscape, why not upgrade to the latest version? It’s
easy to update, and it’s free.
3. REFRESHING THE FORUM
PAGE
If
you are having trouble viewing entries which have been recently
posted to the Forum you may need to 'REFRESH' the page. If you
are using Internet Explorer, right-click on the Forum page
and choose 'refresh'. If you are using some older versions
of AOL you may need to press the shift button (up arrow on keyboard)
and 'reload' the entire page.
In
Internet Explorer you can change the settings so that the page
refreshes each time you access it:
From
the browser menu choose Tools - Options and you will see the
Internet Options window.
Click the 'settings' button which you see under the 'Temporary
Internet Files'
Check the radio button to check for newer versions of stored
pages "every visit to the page"
4.
TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES
While you are browsing the Internet, your computer stores the
web pages you access as Temporary Internet Files. You should occasionally
empty the 'cache' or Temporary Internet Files folder as they take
up space in your hard-disk. It is perfectly safe to delete any
files in your Temporary Internet Files folder.
From
within Internet Explorer:
From
the browser menu choose Tools - Options and you will see the
Internet Options window.
Click the 'delete files' button which you see under the 'Temporary
Internet Files'
From Windows:
Go to Start Button - Programs - Accessories - System Tools -
Disk Cleanup
ICONS
If
you would like an icon to identify yourself on the Soulboys
Forum, this is what you've got to do:
1. Find an icon
Try
the following resources for icon pictures: (right click on the
image and 'save picture as'...)
ICONS PLUS
GRAPHX
KINGDOM - the miscellaneous clipart section is good
COOL
ARCHIVE
GO
GRAPH
ICON ARCHIVE
N.B.
You can get an image from anywhere, but please remember that
the image has to look good the size of your fingernail and on
a purple background! Icons with mostly dark colours may
not work well.
2.
E-mail it to us
Send
your chosen picture to icons@soulboys.co.uk
together with the name you want to appear with your icon. We'll
mail you back when it's ready and give you your unique code
to access it.
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