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This tutorial is designed for you to get the most from Wednesday-night.com. We suggest that you print these instructions so you can refer to them during the tutorial.

To convert the plain-text file to an address book format that is readable by Netscape. The best program to do this trick is something called Dawn version 4.1. It can convert address books between Netscape, Outlook, Eudora, Pegasus and other cbc programs as well as create address books from text files. Amazingly, this program is free and youm can get it by visiting the following address: www.freeyellow.com/members8/zakharin/Software/Dawn.html

1. Logging In
2. Java
3. Adding a bookmark
4. Making Wednesday-night.com your Start Page
5. Error Messages
6. Cookies?
7. Y2K
8. Slow response time
9. Browser crashes
10. Known bugs
11. Server 500 errors
12. Menu of more computer Help
13. French Netscape
14. For 1st timers the LA Times pointers on loading Netscape
15. Chrck out the best browser! Netscape Navigator remains Internet users' browser of choice by an overwhelming margin.
16. help.netscape.com Communicator Information and Support with LINKS

For more assistance, check out the Help Center. If you need to get in touch with Support, click here.

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1. Logging In

To login to Wednesday-night.com, point your web browser to http://www.Wednesday-Night.com which takes you to our index.asp page.

Now, we suggest, to open a second browser window.

If you are using a Netscape browser:

1. Click on "File" on the browser menu bar
2. Select "New"
3. Click "Navigator Window"

If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer

Check the Status Bar!

The "status bar" appears at the bottom of the browser window and represents one of your greatest information resources when navigating within our site. When you pass your mouse over a menu tab, you will see text in the status bar that describes the link.

When in doubt, check the status bar!

Screen Resolution!

If you have the capability to operate at screen resolutions greater than VGA (640x480) then just do it!  While our site will accommodate VGA resolution, some areas and charts simply can't fit into the confined space very well. Using a resolution of 800x600 or 1024x768 will also greatly reduce your need to scroll down pages.

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Required Settings

Windows associates certain file types with designated applications on your system. What this means is that when you double-click on a file, Windows tells your system to open the file with the associated application. These associations are based on the file extension such as .zip for compressed archives or .doc for document files. In this case, Windows has associated .mp3 files with the Microsoft Media Player and is playing them as streaming audio. What you want to do is to associate the .mp3 files on your system with whatever player you are using to listen to your MP3s.

To do this right click on Start menu. Choose Explorer Click on the View menu and select Folder Options. Click on the File Types tab. This lists all of your file associations. Scroll down the list until you find .mp3 then press the Edit button. You then highlight open and press the Edit button. Next hit the Browse button and locate to the executable (.exe) file of the MP3 player you want to use in place of Media Player. Hit the OK button, then the Close button and you're done. [Thanks to Web Q&A MARK STACHIEW]

Wednesday-night.com uses frames and JavaScript only on some of our pages. We do not, yet, have a non-framed version. If the browser you are using does not support frames and JavaScript you will still be able to enjoy most of Wednesday-night.com.

To use Wednesday-night.com, you should use Netscape Navigator 3.0 (or higher) Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 (or higher).

To download the latest Netscape browser 6.1 click here. To download the latest Microsoft browser 6 click here.

• How to back up on this site
• Send a web page or photo via e-cbc
• Bookmark the page
• E-cbc a web page or pictur

Cookies

Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but yours may not, and we donot care... yet.

For more on cookies and how to get ride of them if your are truely parinod. You will not need to accept cookies to use Wednesday-night.com yet. While we do believe that cookies are a good way to offer target the user, we have no need yet.

If you want to control which cookies you accept

Java

Wednesday-night.com uses JavaScript [commands] for some functions. So please make sure JavaScript is enabled. You may never know what you will miss. On many sites Java applets inhibits speed so we avoid long time dervoring applets. Java must be enabled for JavaScript to work. To turn JavaScript on, follow these instructions.

Netscape is by far the more Java and Javascript compatible browser (they developed this technology in the first place). You can have both the IE browser and the Netscape browser on the same machine so why not download Netscape today?

In Netscape Communicator 4.6x,
From the Edit Menu choose Preferences. Then choose under Category the [+]Advanced folder. Make sure the box next to "Enable Java & Enable JavaScript" is checked.

In Netscape Navigator,
From the Options Menu choose "Network Preferences...". Then choose the Languages tab. Make sure the box next to "Enable JavaScript" is checked.

In Microsoft Internet Explorer,
choose "Options..." from the View menu. Then click on the Security tab. Make sure the box next to "Run ActiveX scripts" is checked.

If you are using Wednesday-night.com when you activate JavaScript, you will need to exit and then re-enter.

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Making Wednesday-night.com your Start Page

If you make Wednesday-night.com your browser's official Start Page, upon opening your browser, you will be taken to the Wednesday-night.com start page and you will be able to return to Wednesday-night.com from anywhere on the Internet simply by clicking the "Home" button at the top of your browser window.

Here is how to do it:

For Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x or 5.x

See also "Make us your Home" Page

If you are using Netscape Navigator 3.x

1. Click on the word "Options" at the top of your browser window.
2. From the menu that appears, select "General Preferences".
3. Click on the "Appearance" tab, then choose "Home Page Location" next

to the words "Browser Starts With"
4. Type "www. Wednesday-night.com" (without quotation marks) into the text

box you see and then click "OK".

If you are using Netscape Communicator

1. Select "Edit" on the menu bar.
2. Select "Preferences"?
3. Highlight the "Navigator" entry on the "Category:" menu.
4. To the right, find the section labeled "Navigator starts with" and make sure the

"Home page" radio button is selected.
5. Find the section labeled "Home page" and enter the URL of Wednesday-night.com (http://www. Wednesday-night.com)
6. Click "OK".

Note: Next time you open up your browser, your Wednesday-night.com page will appear first. When visiting another site, click the "Home" button (top middle icon of the menu bar) in your browser to return to the Wednesday-night.com web site.

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3. Adding a bookmark

In order to add a bookmark to your Wednesday-night.com, you must be logged into Wednesday-night.com.

There are two ways to add a bookmark.

1. Press Ctrl-D now to bookmark any web page.

2. Right hold mouse and click "Add Bookmark"

Then to tidy up your 'Bookmarks' page click Browser Bookmarks | Edit then grab and move your new Bookmark to its best place. Now edit by right hold mouse | Properties and notes before you forget.

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Wherever available, the user has the choice of French or English text and may proceed directly to the language of choice by clicking on the LINK for English or on small button marked . or

Y2K
Although many people will be celebrating the beginning of a new millennium on December 31, 1999, the fact is that on January 1, 2000, predictions are that over 60% of the world's computers will not work! Computers originally programmed to recognize only the last two digits of a year will not work properly beginning January 1, 2000, when these machines will assume it is 1900. Some computers can be reprogrammed, but many devices have embedded microchips that must be physically replaced. Will you lose all of the information stored in your computer?

Wednesday-night.com uses an operating system and software that are not subject to any Y2K problems, since no references to two digit dates are used.

For much more, see our page Year2000 Y2k where we have a free software fix for you home computer (back to top)

Error Messages

I can't seem to send e-cbc. I keep etting error messages about not being able to write temporary files.
Server 500 errors, Wednesday-night.com errors, Slow response time, Browser crashes, Known bugs

Server 500 errors

What do I do about a Server 500 Error?
Most server errors are caused by temporary problems and are easily solved.

1. Press the "Back" button on your web browser and try your action again.
2. If you get the same error again, you are probably trying to submit a form with invalid data such as special characters. Try rewording your entries and submit the form again.
3. If the problem continues, you may have uncovered a bug. Please contact support to report it.

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Slow response time

"I hit a button and nothing happened for a long time. What is going on?"
If you hit a button or a click on a link and nothing happens for an unusually long time, your browser is "hanging". This means that it is waiting for information from a server or that it is busy processing.

At certain times of the day, the network between your computer and ours gets busy so sometimes you have to wait a little longer for a response. We have more than enough computing power to process your requests. So if your browser hangs, it is probably due to a network bottleneck somewhere along the way.

This should never last more than a minute or two. If it does, the best thing to do is to resubmit your request by pressing the same button (or link) again.

If your browser hangs frequently, clearing your cache may help.

To clear your cache in Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later version, choose "Edit" and "Preferences...", then click the "Plus" sign next to "Advanced". Click "Cache"; then select "Clear Disk Cache".

To clear your cache in Netscape Navigator 3.0, choose "Options" and "Network Preferences". Under the "Cache" tab, click "Clear disk cache now".

To clear your cache in Microsoft Internet Explorer, choose "View" and then "Options" and click the "Advanced" tab. Under "Temporary Internet Files", click the "Settings" button and then click "Empty Folder".

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Browser crashes

Why does my Netscape browser crash sometimes when I press the "Back" button" Occasionally, on Windows 95 and NT platforms, Netscape has been known to crash when hitting the "Back" button on pages that use frames. This is a problem with the Netscape browser.

To avoid this situation, we suggest you use the links on the left-hand navigation bar as well as "back" or links that are provided when appropriate. Alternatively, you could use a different browser.

What do I do if my browser crashes?
If your computer freezes or crashes while you are at the Wednesday-night.com web site, there is a problem with your copy of your browser. We use some unusual, though fully supported, scripts to deliver our service, so you should not have this problem.

The best thing to do is restart your browser and/or your computer. If this does not solve your problem, you may need to either reinstall your browser or use a different one.

Known bugs

Pushing a button or following a link does not appear to do anything

Repeat after me "our father who..."

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All or part of a frame disappears

When you click on a link, it is targeted to a particular frame (in most cases the main frame), but occasionally your browser will not "hit the target". Instead it will wipe out the navigation bar, taking up what was two frames.

This should not be a persistent problem, but if it is, you will need to reinstall your browser or use a different version.

When the navigation bar disappears, you obviously cannot exit Wednesday-night.com. To remedy this, you may be able to restore the navigation bar by clicking on your browser "Back" button. If this does not restore the links, you will need to go back to our start page and login again.

Also, when you resize or minimize a window, pages that have been cached, especially ones that are the result of a form submission (post operation), may sometimes be dropped. This is true even for the currently displayed page and depends on how much memory your computer has available.

If the whole page does not disappear, but only part of the content is missing, chances are it actually is there. Sometimes, browsers will not "paint" everything on the screen.

If you click on the area that was not painted, you may be able to see the missing text, button, box, etc. If this does not work, you should refresh or reload the frame by clicking in the frame where the missing data should be and then click on "Refresh" or "Reload" from your browser's menu.

Closing and reopening your browser may be necessary if this problem persists. You may alsOWN to clear the browser's cache.

To clear your cache in Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later, choose "Edit" and "Preferences...", then click the "Plus" sign next to "Advanced". Click "Cache"; then select "Clear Disk Cache".

To clear your cache in Netscape Navigator 3.0, choose "Options" and "Network Preferences". Under the "Cache" tab, click "Clear disk cache now".

This is a known issue. Since we are working on resolving it, you do not need to report this problem. As of now there is no projected resolution date.

How do I print my Netscape Address Book in Communicator?

With Navigator it was easy to do because the address book was stored in standard HTML format, but Communicator uses a binary format for storing your address information.You can print it by saving it as an LDIF file then outputting it to your printer. To do that, follow these steps. From the Communicator menu, select Address Book. Go to the Address Book's File menu then choose Save As. Save the Address Book as address.ldif to the default directory. Close that window then go to the Navigator window. From the File menu, choose Open Page. Click Choose File and select the file you saved (address.ldif). From the File menu, choose Print. It's much easier to do since Communicator 4.5. You can save your Address Book as a comma-separated or tab-delimited file, which means you can import it in to a spreadsheet or word processor and more easily manipulate the information and customize how you want to print it out. (back to top)