We thought that we would put this page together to help those new to our site and the Internet. It's intended to clarify how our site works and what the formatting means.This page will show you what to look for if you want to find our hyperlinks, download our material or contact one of our staff.We hope that you find it helpful.
Here are the areas that we cover:
Who should I contact if I see something wrong on the site or if I'd like to add some content?
How does the BALC web site manage my privacy when I use it?
What is BALC's position with regards to linking and working with other web sites?
What do your hyperlinks look like?
What browsers do you support? What level of accessibility do you support?
What format do you support for document and data downloads?
Who should I contact if I see something wrong on the site or if I'd like to add some content?
If you need to contact the BALC office about this site or about your parish council, please use the contact details in the Contact BALC section on the lefthand-side.
How does the BALC web site manage my privacy and data when I use it?
BALC does not share any information that you provide to us with any thrid party without securing your express permission beforehand.
What is BALC's position with regards to linking and working with other web sites?
Whilst we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the site, BALC does not and cannot accept any responsibility for errors or omissions on this site.
Inclusion of a hyperlink to another organisation's web site does not constitute a recommendation, or endorsement, of that organisation, or its site, or its content, by BALC.
Whilst BALC encourages other sites to link to the BALC web site, in order to help spread information, we make every effort to ensure that that links are not be placed in such a way that might imply an endorsement of any kind.
BALC does not allow or authorise the use of the BALC name or logos in any format without express and explicit prior permission.
BALC has these policy for protection - yours and ours. The disclaimer reminds you of your responsibilities when you visit our web site and the privacy policy reminds us of our responsibilities when you visit our web site.
What do your hyperlinks look like?
In order to maintain consistency on the BALC site, we have set our site so that links either to our pages or someone elses are normally coloured green and bold. If you move your cursor over the link, the mosue cursor should change into a hand and the text below should change to black and appear underlined. Please note it is possible for you to specifically set the local conditions and responses to hyperlinks in your own browser.
What browsers do you support? What level of accessibility do you support?
Currently we support the following browsers fully: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or higher, Netscape 4.0 or higher, Opera 7.x or higher. We are working towards meeting wider accessibility requirements with regards to extending access to as many people as possible.
What format do you support for document and data downloads?
For the most part we use two file formats - PDF (Portable Document Format) and ZIP.PDF files are usually used for reading documents. They require a special
reading software. The software is called Adobe Reader,
it's free and you can download it by clicking here.
We choose PDF files for 3 reasons - 1 - the files are quite small and therefore
should be easier to download especially over a low speed internet connection. 2 -
the format is not easily altered or corrupted and therefore we hope it should be more resistant
to third parties interfering with its content. 3 - the PDF format is available for multiple operating systems. We review the validity of our assumptions on a regular basis based on feedback from our visitors.
ZIP files are a way of compressing files so that they are smaller and therefore
are more quickly downloaded. In order to open ZIP files, you will need Windows
Me or higher.
Although if you are using Windows Me or higher you should be able to open ZIP files without needing any additional software, we suggest that you use a special piece of software called Winzip for Windows users or Stuffit for Mac or Linux owners.
Both product provide a trial version and are modestly priced to keep afterwards if necessary.
