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First decide whether you want the results to appear in a new tab (or window) or not, then check the
desired option at the bottom of the page. Since we don't use cookies, you'll have to do this every
time when you first activate the index page. Using the hyperlink (and getting a new tab) will require
that after you make a selection (see below), you will have to find the hyperlink (just above the search
panel and to the right). The link will be labeled with your selection, so it isn't that hard.
The alternative will immediately show the results as soon as you make a selection. If you do so, there will be a [Return] link at the bottom of the display page. If you use it, you'll return promptly to the index page. If you use the back-arrow option on your browser, you will probably have to agree to resubmit the information that your browser has associated with your use of the index page. Just agree and all will be well. All of this is a reflection of the client-server system used by the web, i.e., there is no convenient way to order the use of a new window from the server-side, so you need to click something to get a new window. To see a desired article, click on the terminal line (the one with the source enclosed in square brackets - for example: [Clinker Breaker]). If nothing happens, then you selected a non-terminal level. If all goes well, a new webpage will appear or the hyperlink will reflect your selection. In the later case, click on the hyperlink to show the new webpage. Typically, the page will be made up of thumbnails of the images that constitute the article. You can download the article by clicking on each thumbnail to display the full size image, right clicking on the big image, and using the [Save] option. Note that in many cases, there are multiple images, so you will have to repeat this process an appropriate numbers of times to access the complete article. If the article is a PDF or an indirect link to another website, you will see that material directly and can forget what was just described in the preceeding paragraph. You can also search using key words or phrases. Enter one or more words (phrase are enclosed in double quotes like "this is a phrase"). You can select to search for items contaning any one of the words or phrases or all of them. When you click [Search], the items matching your search parameters will appear in the listbox to the right of thesearch criteria panel. Click on the one(s) you want to display just as described above. A screen setting of 900 or more pixels is recommended. |
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As editors of blacksmithing newsletters, we typically urge our members to write up
projects, shop hints, etc. We happily print the material but precious little of it gets
archived in a way that makes it available once the hard copies get buried in the ever
growing pile of old newsletters. And that's a problem and a shame. As the first step, I've spent a certain amount of time scanning old copies of the FABA newsletter and digging out the scans from other newsleters that I thought I might use. Since I'm a professional programmer (and needing a project), I've developed an ASP.NET application to index and make available all of that material but I realize the material is just the tip of the iceberg. While I'm happy to extract digitial material from PDFs and add it to the archive, I am also aware that many of you have on-line archives of your newsletters. While it may seem like I have time to burn (given the project, that's a reasonable assumption [grin]), I wanted to come up with a way that you can help (without spending too much time). The idea is simple - send me an e-mail with the subject and the on-line reference to the issue in which the subject appears. Something like: Fork-Colonial in http://Vulcan.org/newsletter/may_2009.pdf credit to Vulcan Blacksmiths Artist Assoc. I'll add an indirect reference in the archive and when someone clicks on 'Fork@Colonial', they will be directed to your site and the correct issue. So that's it -- just send me the bare bones info and, together, we can build a useful source and honor those who actually did toss something into our newsletters. Steve Bloom (Ironflower.com) -- smith -at- blacksmithing.org |