How
to Register with this site:
-
Click
on this button
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Another
window will open with a Registration
Form
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Fill
in the boxes on the form as necessary
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Click
on the SUBMIT button at
the bottom
How to Add a Message:
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Click
on Message Board at the
top of the window
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Click
on Create a New Message
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Complete
ALL the boxes
-
The
date MUST be in DD/MM/YY
format (i.e. 05/03/02) - if the
date is not in this format your
message will be lost
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Click
on SAVE MESSAGE
How to Add a Memory:
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Click
on Memories at the top
of the window
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Click
on Add a Memory
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Complete
ALL the boxes
-
Click
on ADD MEMORY
TIP FOR PC USERS ON
HOW TO AVOID LOTS OF TYPING WHILST
ON LINE
You
can do the first part of this while
you are off-line.
-
Open
Notepad (in Win98 - START
- PROGRAMS - ACCESSORIES - NOTEPAD)
-
Type
your Personal Notes or Message
or Memory
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Select
all the text and go to EDIT
and then COPY
-
Go
on-line, open the Torbitt website
and navigate to the entry form
you need
-
Put
the cursor in the blank Personal
Notes or Message or Memory box
(click inside the blank box)
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Hold
down CONTROL+V
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The
text you copied from Notepad should
now appear in the box
-
Don't
forget to fill in the other fields!
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Click
the SUBMIT, SAVE MESSAGE
or ADD MEMORY button
How to Search for
Contacts:
-
Click
on Contact Page at the
top of the window
-
To
search for a particular name enter
EITHER all or part of first name
OR
surname (not both!) and click
the SEARCH button
-
You can also see the latest additions
or the full list by clicking on
the appropriate links.
Guidance Notes for
Emailing Pictures:
- First check that
a similar photo is not already on
the site.
- Photos should be
submitted in JPG format suitable
for the PC
- Scan at 300 dots
per inch if possible.
- If the photo is
curled then weight the lid of the
scanner with a heavy book!
- Scale to no larger
than 800 pixels wide (no larger
than 300k file size if possible)
- Email them as attachments
- one at a time.
- The name of file
should reflect the title of the
picture!
(eg "1965class3b.jpg"
rather than "school.jpg").
- Please supply year
taken, name of class and names of
people in the photos if possible.
- ....and note that
we reserve the right to reject pictures
- usually either because it is a
subject already covered or due to
quality
Tip for seeing the
latest version of the site:
If
you think you may not be seeing the
updates then it is probably because
the site's pages are stored in your
browser's memory (the cache).
For
Internet Explorer users:
-
At
the top of your browser window
go to TOOLS and then INTERNET
OPTIONS - you will see a window
similar to the one shown below:

-
Click
on DELETE FILES
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This
will clear the cache
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You
can also click on SETTINGS

-
Click
on EVERY VISIT TO THE PAGE
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Click
on OK to close the windows
-
At
the top of your browser window
click on REFRESH
It
can also help to delete
www.williamtorbitt.co.uk from
your browser history:
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Open
your browser HISTORY (not the
William Torbitt History Page!)
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At
the top of the History Window,
click on VIEW and then BY SITE.
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Scroll
down to www.williamtorbitt.co.uk

-
RIGHT
click on the name and choose DELETE.
For
Netscape users:
-
At
the top of your browser window
to to EDIT and then PREFERENCES
- you will see a window similar
to the one below:

-
Double
click on Advanced
-
Click
on Cache
-
Click
on Clear Memory Cache
-
Click
on Clear Disk Cache
-
Click
on OK to close the window
-
At
the top of the browser window
click on Reload