HELP -  F.A.Q (Frequently Asked Questions)

In this page you will find answers to some of common questions.

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How do I ...	What is ...?
1. How do I ... start ?	1. What is ... a hyperlink ?
2. How do I ... change my viewing language ?	2. What is ... an U.R.L. ?
3. How do I ... use the toolbar ?	3. What is ... an e-mail ?
4. How do I ... access a site ?	4. What is ... a frames page ?
5. How do I ... use the categories ?	5. What is ... a browser ?
6. How do I ... use the keyword search ?	6. What ... does an Internet address means ?
7. How do I ... reach the real sites ?	7. What is ... H.T.M.L. ?
8. How do I ... quit 'Internet on a CD' ?	8. What is ... a WebSite ?
9. How do I ... close an opened site ?	9. What is ... a WebPage ?

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• You will then reach the 'Introduction Page'.

• In the 'Introduction Page' choose 'Categories'.

• Choose one 'category' that interest you.

• From the list of sites that will appear choose one by clicking on it.

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• If you are at the first page:
  • choose one of the flags

• If you are in an other page:
  • Click on the homepage button
  • or on the logo to return to the first page
  • On the first page make your language choice.
    
    
    

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	Click on the 'Categories' button to get a list of the sites sorted by themes (Music, Sports, Arts, Children, etc...). You can choose a theme to discover related sites from this page.
	Click on the 'Keyword' button to search for specific sites using  keywords.
	Click on the 'Back' button to return to the previous page of 'Internet on a CD'
	Click on the 'Homepage' button to return to the first page of 'Internet on a CD'. You can change the language from this page.
	Click on the 'Copyright' button to view the sites writers, editors, webmasters and creators copyrights.

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Accessing  a site on 'Internet On a CD':

• On   the 'Categories' page :
• Click on any category button to get a list of related sites.

• On the 'keyword' page:
  • Enter a key word in the text box and then click in the "Search Now" button.

• From both of the above pages (Categories & Keyword ) you will arrive on a new page which will list the matching sites

  • Click on the name of the site you wish  to view .
  • The selected site will be opened in a new window, you can use the three buttons on the upper right corner to minimize, maximize  or to close this window.

  
  
  

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• To access a site through the  'Categories' page, simply click on the 'Categories' button from the 'Introduction' page :

• Click on any of presented categories  to view a list of related sites.

• Click on the name of the site you want to access to.
• The selected site will be opened in a new window, you can use the three buttons on the upper right corner to minimize, to maximize or to close this window.

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• To access a site through the  'Keyword' page , simply click on the 'Keyword' button from the 'Introduction' page :

• Enter a keyword in the text box and then click on the 'Search now' button. You will get a list of sites and a message will tell you how many sites were found.
  
  

   

• Click on the name of the site you want to access to.
• The selected site will be opened in a new window, you can use the three buttons on the upper right corner to minimize, to maximize or to close this window.

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• When you have a list of sites you can click on the 'Real Internet address' :

Example:

NAME OF THE SITE :

   Abstract description : language, description

   Real Internet address : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (clicking on this address will connect you to the Internet)

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To close an opened site window, simply click on the X button  on the upper right corner on your screen.

You can close an opened WebSite window whenever you want and from any page your in.

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• A hyperlink is a link between an "object"   (text, image, animation,...) in the web page and a file or a section in the same page or in another  WebPage.
  
• It is often symbolized by a colored shape and when the mouse pointer comes on, it takes a new shape to indicate that it is possible to click and to open a new file.
  
• A hyperlink is just a U.R.L. address linked to an object. When a hyperlink is activated, the browser just reads the U.R.L. address and goes to the pointed file.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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A  U.R.L. (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique address that identify a file and its location on any other computer around the world

It is composed by the following elements :

[protocol] :// [server] . [computer] . [name of the site] . [domain] . [country] / [path] / [file.suffix]

• The [protocol] is set to know what type of transfer must be used to get the file.
• The [server] is set to indicate which type of server is used :

www	World Wide Web
ftp	File Transfer Protocol
news	News and chat forum

mail	e-mail server

• The [computer] is set to know on which computer the file is.
  
• The [name of the site] is the name given to the site by its owners.
  
• The [domain] is a code to indicate the site manager's type :
  

arpa	Advanced Research Project Agency
arts	Culture sites
com	Commercial company
edu	Educational related sites
firm	Any company
gov	Governmental institution
info	News sites
mil	Military sites
net	Company network
org	Any organization
rec	Entertainment sites
store	Remote stores
web	Information on and about the Web

 

• The [country] is a 2 letters code to indicate which country is the site from :

 

ar	Austria
au	Australia
be	Belgium
br	Brazil
ca	Canada
ch	Switzerland
de	Germany
dk	Denmark
es	Spain
fr	France
gr	Greece
hk	Hong-Kong
ie	Ireland (Eire)
il	Israel
it	Italy
jp	Japan
mx	Mexico
nl	Holland
no	Norway
pl	Poland
pt	Portugal
ru	Russia
se	Suede
tr	Turkey
uk	United-Kingdom
us	United-States
za	South-Africa

 

• The [path] is the path to the file on the server

• The [file.suffix] are the name of the file and the type of the file.
  
  

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An e-mail (electronic mail) is the exact twin of a snail mail. It identifies definitely a letter box and any message sent to this e-mail would reach this letter box.

But the e-mail can be used everywhere and from any machine as each e-mail account has a password.

An e-mail address has always the same structure :

                [name] @ [provider]

• The [name] is the e-mail owner's name

• The [provider] is the provider's name and company, it is like if it were the town.
  
  

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A frames page is a WebPage that contains other WebPages within it  in order to show both navigation tools and information, or to have a fixed title in a whole WebSite.

A frames page allow scrolling in different parts of a page.

• 'Internet on a CD' is built with 3 frames per page, you can scroll a list of sites without loosing the navigation bar on the right :

1. Title 2. Main screen - where information appear 3. Navigation bar

• For each frame, there is a corresponding simple WebPage.
  
• All the frames are embedded in a main page : the 'Frames page'.

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A browser is a software that translates H.T.M.L. instructions in text, images, animations...

• It needs a starting address to work, it is the U.R.L. address of an H.T.M.L. file (a WebPage) or the U.R.L. address of a site (a WebSite).
  
  • Example : http://www.packardbell-europe.com is a valid starting address for a browser.
    
• If the H.T.M.L. file is found at the address, the browser reads it and translate the instructions to graphical elements and text..
  
• If the user activates a hyperlink, the browser takes the related U.R.L. address as a new starting address.
  
• Most of the browsers contain search engine to search interesting sites on Internet and 'Favorites' folders where the addresses of the preferred sites can be stored.
  
  

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An Internet address is an U.R.L. address.

• Each text between slashes (  / information /  ) is information about the position of a WebSite.
  
  
• An Internet address is read from the left - where the more general information is -   to the right - where the more particular information is -.

• The last elements are the name of the H.T.M.L. file that would be opened as a starting WebPage of a WebSite.
  
  
  
  

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H.T.M.L. (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a description language for WebPages.

• It allows the transmission of text, images, animations, ... by giving instructions to a browser.
  
• Many WebPage builders exist now that can be used to create easily WebPages just with the mouse and do not demand a knowledge of H.T.M.L.

Example 1 :

H.T.M.L. code : <p>Hello World !</p> would be translated by the browser and would write "Hello World !" on the screen.

 

Example 2 :

H.T.M.L. code : <a href="http://www.packardbell-europe.com" >Packard Bell NEC Europe homepage</a> would create an hyperlink to Packard Bell NEC Europe homepage.

•  All the files can be easily exchanged as only the addresses are really sent. The browser reads then the file on the server whiteout storing anything on the local hard disk.
  

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A WebSite is a group of WebPages linked by hyperlinks.

• The main page or the homepage is the starting page. From this page all the other pages can be reached with hyperlinks.
  
• There are various WebPages that can be linked to other WebPages and to the homepage.
  

From Homepage, you can reach Page1, Page2 and Page3. From Page1, Page2 and Page3 you can return to homepage. From Page3 you can reach Page4 From Page4 you can return to Page 3 or to Homepage

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A WebPage is a multimedia file available on a local network or on the World Wide Web. A webpage is usually  part of a WebSite and the only way to see it is to have a browser.

As a WebPage is sent and received very often, it must must be as little a file as it can be. For this reason, a WebPage is written in H.T.M.L. and contains only instructions for the browser.

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