All pages are set up to allow access by versions of any browser ranging from IE3.02 and further as well as IE based browsers. Netscape browsers are currently still being tested.

The following information will help you understand what standards we have applied to the site and how to deal with certain file types.

Navigation
Site specification
Browser compatibilities
Printing pages
Bookmarking pages
Search
Submitting feedback
Saving pages to your PC
Information
Total document size

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Navigation

Text navigation

Each of the www.pembroke.gov.mt pages has a text navigation section down the left hand side of the screen.
There are no graphical navigation buttons within the no frames environment as they are unnecessary devices which can in many cases be more of a hindrance than a help.

The text links include a description box informing the user where the link will go. This can be viewed by placing the pointer over the line of text.

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The www.pembroke.gov.mt web site has been designed with all users in mind.

The standard outline guide for the site was for an SVGA resolution monitor (800 x 600) using 256 colours. The site is quite useable with specifications lower than this.

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The www.pembroke.gov.mt web site has been fully tested on a number of browsers on the majority of existing computer operating systems.

www.gov.mt uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format the textual information within each page. Only browsers from version 4 upwards fully understand CSS formatting.

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Any page can be printed from the web by the user selecting file, print from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Netscape.

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To bookmark a particular page the user selects Favorites, Add to Favorites from the menu option within Microsoft IE or Bookmarks, Add Bookmarks in Netscape.

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To complete a search the user has to enter a word or collection of words into the text search box. Pressing the return key or clicking on the search button will present the user with a listing of documents which correspond to the search details. These results will be rated, the most complete matches will be listed first, decreasing in relevance as the user goes further down the list.

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www.pembroke.gov.mt supplies a feedback form to give users an opportunity to voice their comments on the service.

Once the form has been completed the user must click on the submit button at the bottom of the page. This will forward the information to the www.pembroke.gov.mt service.
We cannot reply to every query but each one will be read and acted upon where necessary.

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Any page displayed on your browser can be saved to your local drive. Select File, Save as from the menu option within Microsoft IE and Netscape.

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Some pages within the www.pembroke.gov.mt service are in other formats other than HTML or XHTML. These are portable document files (pdf). To read these files the user requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software which can be freely downloaded from the Internet.

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Users will notice that each of the www.pembroke.gov.mt pages has its total document size detailed at the bottom.

It is important that individual files remain small on the web so that download times for a user are kept to a minimum. A single page should never be larger than 120k in size. This is not a figure confined to the ascii text (HTML or XHTML file) but must also include the file sizes of all files contained on that page as well (.gif, .jpg, etc). For example, this document is 12k in total.

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