Purpose
Heal
the Bay's website is a free public
educational service for all of California's
beach-goers
and ocean-users. The content provided on
this site is intended to educate about
coastal pollution,
its causes, its solutions, and to provide
the means for the site visitor to participate
in Heal the Bay's programs and take
action on critical water
quality
issues. As
such, this website's overall purpose is to
assist in reaching the goal of making
Santa Monica Bay and Southern California
coastal waters safe for people and
marine life.
Site Organization and Navigation
Heal the Bay's website is organized to provide
a continuum of information about Santa Monica
Bay and coastal pollution...from problems,
to solutions, to inspiration. These main site sections
are contained within the large colored buttons
at the top of each page (global navigation
area).
The top black navigation bar, also a part of the
global navigation area, provides access to supplementary
site sections for learning about Heal the Bay,
joining, donating, shopping online, getting event
details, viewing press related materials, and learning
about this site.
Once a section is chosen from the global navigation
area, a local navigation menu (if needed)
displays pages contained in your selected section.
Your location within the site is always
discernable as it is indicated in both the global
navigation (site section) and local navigation
(page within that section). You can also immediately
go to any other section in the site using the
global
navigation.
If all else fails, please make use of the Search
function which will help you find what you are
looking for on this site.
Content is presented primarily through the main
text area, with additional information and focus
provided in the
sidebars on the right side of the page.
Browser Versions
Heal the Bay's website was created using basic
web development technologies (HTML 4.0, frames
for
popups, JavaScript, DHTML).
Most modern browsers support these these technologies.
In a nutshell, minimum browser levels are Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and
Netscape Navigator 4.05. Recommended browser
levels are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or
higher (provides the best results) and Netscape
Navigator
6 or higher. It is suggested that you download
the
latest
version of either
Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator if
not already installed on your computer.
Monitor Resolution
Heal the Bay's website looks best with a monitor
resolution or display size of 800x600 pixels
(width x height), or greater.
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