TIPS ABOUT USING THE LAGO COLONY WEB SITE

 
THESE TIPS ARE INTENDED TO MAKE YOUR VIEWING OF THE WEB PAGE BETTER.  MANY OF YOU WILL ALREADY KNOW HOW TO USE THESE FEATURES, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT, THIS MAY HELP AND IMPROVE YOUR VIEWING.
 

LINKS - THE LINK BAR

LINKS WILL TAKE YOU TO OTHER PAGES ON THE WEB SITE OR THEY MAY TAKE YOU TO OTHER WEB SITES WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INFORMATION YOU ARE LOOKING AT.  A LINK WILL USUALLY BE BLUE AND THE WORDS WILL BE UNDERLINED.  IF YOU PLACE THE CURSER OVER THE LINK A HAND POINTING A FINGER WILL APPEAR.  LEFT CLICK AND YOU WILL GO TO THAT PAGE OR WEB SITE.  TO RETURN YOU CAN CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON WITH THE < SYMBOL IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, EACH CLICK WILL TAKE YOU BACK ONE PAGE.  ON MOST OF THE LINKS ON THE LAGO COLONY WEB SITE I HAVE PROVIDED RETURN LINKS OR IF IT IS TO A LARGER VIEW OF A PHOTO YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LARGE PHOTO AND RETURN TO THE PRIOR PAGE.
THE LINK BAR ON THE LEFT     IS INTENDED TO TAKE YOU TO POINTS OF INTEREST ON THE LAGO COLONY WEB SITE.    THIS AREA OF THE SCREEN CAN BE MADE LARGER OR SMALLER BY MOVING THE CURSER OVER THE WHITE LINE BETWEEN THE LINK BAR AND THE BODY OF THE WEB PAGE.  MOVE YOUR CURSER OVER THIS AREA AND IT WILL CHANGE FROM A "I-BEAM" TO A DOUBLE HEADED ARROW POINTING LEFT AND RIGHT.  WHEN YOU SEE THE DOUBLE HEADED ARROW, HOLD DOWN THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON AND MOVE THE MOUSE RIGHT OR LEFT, THIS WILL MAKE THE LINK BAR LARGER OR SMALLER.

YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN THE LINK BAR BY PLACING THE CURSER ON THE BLUE SQUARE BELOW THE UP ARROW, HOLD DOWN THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON AND MOVE THE SQUARE DOWN, THIS WILL SCROLL THE PAGE.  YOU CAN ALSO DO IT BY CLICKING IN THE DOWN BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE LINK BAR.

 

LINKS WITHIN A PAGE

WITHIN A PAGE YOU WILL FIND LINKS TO RELATED SUBJECTS WITH THE WEB SITE.  IN SOME CASES I HAVE ALSO PUT LINKS IN ON THE PAGE YOU WERE REFERRED TO IN ORDER TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL PAGE.  IF NO LINK IS PROVIDED TO RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL PAGE YOU CAN ALSO CLICK ON THE BACK ARROW AT TO TOP OF YOUR SCREEN BELOW THE MENU BAR AND THIS WILL TAKE YOU BACK ONE PAGE WITH EACH CLICK.
 

REFRESH A PAGE

TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SEEING THE LATEST PAGE EDITION OF A PAGE USE THE REFRESH FEATURE TO RELOAD THE LATEST UPDATED PAGE.  THIS CAN BE DONE BY EITHER OF THESE METHODS.
1. USING THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON, CLICK ON THE PAGE AND THEN CLICK ON "RELOAD" THIS WILL RELOAD THE LATEST EDITION OF THE PAGE.
2. ON THE MENU BAR AT THE TOP CLICK ON "VIEW" BETWEEN "EDIT" AND "GO".  THEN CLICK ON RELOAD. AGAIN, THIS WILL RELOAD THE LATEST EDITION OF THE PAGE.
 

INCREASE THE VIEWING AREA ON YOUR SCREEN

YOU CAN INCREASE THE VIEWING AREA ON YOUR SCREEN BY CLOSING THE MENU BAR, (THE BAR JUST BELOW THE WINDOW TITLE, WHICH IS THE BLUE BAR AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN) AND THE THREE TOOL BARS.  THEY ARE JUST BELOW THE MENU BAR.  TO THE LEFT OF EACH OF THESE BARS IS A LITTLE BOX WITH A TRIANGLE.  LEFT CLICK IN THIS LITTLE BOX AND THE BAR WILL CLOSE AND ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE LITTLE BOX WITH THE TRIANGLE.  IF YOU WISH TO OPEN THE BAR, AGAIN CLICK ON THE LITTLE BOX WITH THE TRIANGLE AND THE BAR OPENS. 

CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO ORGANIZATION OF THE WEB SITE  THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A LINK.