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Internet Tips

Rotating Images and Files on Webpage

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Continue to work on getting my website updated.  It is fun learning new things as I work on the site.    Ive added rotating images to my pages and the background using the rotate.php script from Dan P. Benjamin, Automatic, Ltd. The script is very simple to implement copy the file into the directory with your images and and call it from your page or from the css file to rotate the background.

Dan P. Benjamin, Automatic, Ltd.  random image rotator.

 Sample entry for css file:
background: url(images/random-images/rotate.php);

Sample entry for webpage:
<p align=”center”><img src=”images/photography/rotate.php” alt=”random photos” width=”375″ height=”315″ /></p>

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Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys

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Viewing and exploring webpages

The following table describes shortcuts used to view and explore webpages.

To do this Press this
Display Help F1
Toggle between full-screen and regular views of the browser window F11
Move forward through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar Tab
Move back through the items on a webpage, the Address bar, or the Favorites bar Shift+Tab
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Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

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Keystroke shortcuts have been around for many years and Firefox takes useful browser shortcuts to a new level. It may take a little adjusting to get used to using shortcuts but once you do they’ll become second nature for speeding up your web browsing.

 

Page Navigation Shortcuts

These shortcuts allow you to navigate quickly around a web page, most with only a single keystroke.

  • Spacebar — Page down one full screen at a time
  • Shift – Spacebar — Page up one full screen at a time
  • Down Arrow – Scroll down
  • Page Down — Page down one full screen at a time
  • Up Arrow –  Scroll Up
  • Page Up — Page up one full screen at a time
  • End – Go to the Bottom (end) of the page Continue reading →