For those who may not surf the net please have a look at our redesigned website. Our webmaster, Paul Camilleri is happy to receive feedback. Overall, the revised Home Page is a facelift presenting the information in a more viewer friendly format using current technologies. The entire website will take some time to be converted to the new look and feel so please be patient. The various software applications deployed on the Homepage will, over time, be utilised throughout the website to make it more interactive whilst at the same time saving space. A grateful thanks to both Paul and Graham Hampton for all the work. Below are some tips on the revised site.
Banner -This software enables photographs/images to be displayed in the background of the cell that are animated in that they randomly move up, down, left, and right whilst at the same time either zooming in or out. Photographs are easily prepped and replaced,
Menu
The software enables us to have a robust menu that when viewed on a mobile in particular but also a tablet device the menu will adapt to the size of the screen. The menu overlaps current content so as not to cause the page to drop on each occasion one enters a drop down box on the menu.
Upload.
Contained within the Menu to the far right is a button titled 'Upload'. This facility will immediately take you to a page that enables the user to upload up to 50mb of information to a designated email address which can be selected from a drop down menu. The RAAHC addressee can be notified via email that information has been uploaded and by whom. Once the addressee has received the information the uploader is notified by email that the RAAHC has received the uploaded material and viewed it.
Have a Question? Provide Feedback?
Once the 'Submit' button is pressed invokes a slide out panel to appear from the left and the template provide can be filled in and submitted.
Search Our Site - The Search Engine searches the entire site in addition to searching Word and PDF documents for example anyone searching for Major General Tim Ford AO will find a listing of him in multiple Liaison Letters and within Cannonball documents held on the website.
The 5 Pillars
Immediately under the Banner region are 5 pillars which are the 5 principal areas of the website. By passing your cursor over any of the 5 pillars you will invoke a drop down black cover with the word 'Explore' on it thus encouraging the visitor to explore that particular region of the website. Once explore is clicked you will be taken to that selected area of the website.
18 Pounder Project Video. When the visitor passes their cursor over the image a pop up box will automatically unfold in the centre of the screen. In this instance we have inserted a video with text below. The pop up box can be used in many different ways to contain a wide variety of information presented in many different ways.
Donate. The 'Donate' button immediately below the 18 Pounder Project Video image is a second instance of the pop up box magic.
Up Scrolling Billboard.
The up scrolling billboard is the same as was on the old Home Page only larger. On this occasion it has been filled with a wide variety of articles to demonstrate what can be contained within it such as video, slide shows, text photographs and images. To pause the upward scrolling simply place your cursor over the billboard and remove it to allow it to proceed. This will be the Notice Board of the website
Stable Belt.
The final element of the Home Page (excluding the bottom banner) is what is termed the Stable Belt due to the colour sequence. When each of the buttons is pressed the information relevant to that particular button then appears. Within the information panel to the right of the buttons we are able to insert photographs, images, video, text and linked text/images/photograph.
Hope you all enjoy. Please feel free to use the Feedback and Upload capabilities.
