McKinney Net - Questions
Site help and navigation tips

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Our Site
    The McKinney Net website is arranged in what is known as a "frameset" for ease of navigation. When the first page loads in your web browser, it actually loads three webpages at once. The first is the "McKinney Net Logo" frame in the top left corner which contains our site's logo which, when clicked, will return you to the main (Home) page. The next page to load is our "Banner Frame" at the top of your window. This frame is where we display the advertising banners of our site's sponsors. The last frame to load is the "Main" frame which contains our Home Page and from then on, any requested pages will load in that part of your window. If we have linked to another internet website other than McKinney Net, we will usually open that page either "on top" of our frameset or in a "new window" meaning that another browser window will open containing that page and our site will still be open in the original window. We do this so as not to confuse our site's visitors by making them think that the "other" site is part of "our" site.

    We have gone to considerable lengths to assure that our site is viewable with most any web browser and at most any resolution (screen/monitor setting). If something at our site does not look right to you, please let us know by clicking here.

Resolution
    We realize that different people have these settings set in different ways. We highly recommend a resolution of 800 pixels by 600 pixels which is standard on most computers. At settings lower than this such as 640x480, the content of some pages may be off the right side of the window and those users may have to use the scroll bar at the bottom to scroll over before being able to see that content. But again, we know this is an issue and have tried to address it when writing the pages.

Browsers
    We also realize that there are almost as many computer users using Netscape Navigator (or above) web browsers as there are using Microsoft Internet Explorer. We have made every effort to assure that both users can equally enjoy our site. We do recommend Internet Explorer 3.02 or above. This browser is available from Microsoft's web site as a free download. You can click here to go to the Internet Explorer Home Page and download the browser.

Font Settings
    Internet Explorer allows users to select the font size for the web browser. This is easily done in version 3.02 with the menu item View then Fonts. We recommend that McKinney Net visitors use a setting of Medium to best view our site.

Some Issues with Netscape
    Netscape Navigator, while a popular browser, is somewhat limited in it's abilities and for that reason we have tried to avoid including items in our site that would not be supported by Netscape. However, some of our sponsors pages may contain background music (MIDIs), marquees (scrolling text) or other components that may require that a "Plug-in" be installed. Another feature not supported by Navigator is the Tool Tips (if you will) that appear when Internet Explorer users hover their mouse cursor over a graphic. While most all of the graphics used by us do have these "Tool Tips", it is really not a big issue if you are not able to see them because you are using Netscape Navigator.

Navigation Tips
    Our site is very easy to navigate using the Table of Contents on the left side of every page. To return to the Home page when at any other area of the site, you can click on the "Home" link or the McKinney Net logo in the upper left hand corner. You can also jump directly from the page you are on to another area of the site using the links in the Table of Contents. Lets say you are on the Local Info page and want to look at the Weather Page. You would simply click that link to go straight to that page. If you ever do get "stuck" on a page, you can always click the "Back" button on your browser. If you do get stuck we ask that you let us know so we can correct the problem.

Searching our Site
    We have made it easy for you find what you are looking for at McKinney Net by customizing our 3 search engines. When looking for a businesses, use the "Business Directory" link.by clicking here When looking for a church, use the "Church Directory" link, by clicking here When looking for feature pages at McKinney Net, use the "Search" link, by clicking here.

If there are any other issues that you would like to see addressed
here on this page please contact us and let us know.

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