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About Our Web Presence
Welcome to the new and improved web site for Westward Connections.
We are revitalizing our web presence with a new look and
structure in an effort to help you find what you need much
faster. Here are some tips to make your experience in navigating
this web a little easier and hopefully more enjoyable. First
and foremost, if you get lost, be sure to check our Site
Map. Second, you should know that more often than not
another browser window will be launched when you select hyperlinks
external to our site. It's a good idea to monitor the number
of browser windows you have open by periodically checking
at the bottom of your computer screen. (Multiple browser
windows open simultaneously will use more of your computer
memory; we recommend setting your software for a maximum
of 3 at one time).
Tips For Enjoyable Page Viewing
In an effort to make visiting our site an enjoyable experience
for the broadest audience, we continue to publish to HTML
4 standards, which are easiest and more convenient to experience
with the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and
Netscape. We also use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control
the appearance of our web site content. By using CSS, we
are able to deliver a consistent look and feel and faster
page load times. Older browser versions will display
our pages but some of the page formatting will not be accurately
displayed. Because the vast majority of our web site visitors
are using a version of Microsoft Internet Explorer, we no
longer design or test for Netscape compatiblity. For your
best page viewing experience, please use the latest version
of
Internet
Explorer.
You will need special browser utilities to view certain
content on our site. For your convenience we have placed
links to the vendors who provide the latest free versions
of any viewers required. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view
the PDF documents as well as FlipViewer, Real Player and
Macromedia Flash player to view some of the video and audio
content found on this web site.
For the most enjoyable experience of this web, we also recommend
using a 32-bit computer system with a color monitor displaying
no less than 256 colors, allowing the color preferences we
have selected to override your defaults. The majority of
our pages are designed to be viewed in a 800x600 16 bit color
format. We also suggest selecting Trebuchet MS type for your
browser font set. All of our web pages will scale to any
screen size; however, a 640x480 screen format may produce
less than desireable results.
Finding Specific Information
Using Our Site Navigation System
The primary navigation for our web site appears at the top
of each page on our site. Using that navigation system will
get you to the major sections within our web publication.
Once you are within a specific section, you will find a sectional
navigation system on the left side of every page. The sectional
navigation system will direct you to pages that directly
relate to the area you’re browsing. We are using Javascript
components to create and manage our navigational system.
Should the navigational components not show up in your browser,
please check your browser security settings to be sure you
have enabled Javascript viewing.
Site Map
To view the organization of our web site at a glance,
visit the Site Map. You can navigate directly from the
map to other sections of the site. This is a
fast way to get to information about funds if you know the name of the fund.
Creating Reliable Bookmarks
Web database HTML publishing technology is used to develop
and manage our web publications. As such, many of the page
URL addresses are dynamic. To be sure you can always find
your way back to your favorite area, bookmark our site map.
Your Rights and Responsibilities
Browsing our web, posting in our discussion areas, using
our site content and subscribing to our web hosting or Internet
access services carries certain rights and responsibilities.
You have the right to roam about our web freely so long as
you do not infringe upon our rights or the rights of others
who come here. The best way to avoid any misunderstandings
is to take a few minutes to read our Terms
of Service as well as our Copyrights & Disclaimers.
How long has Westward Connections been on the Web?
We published the first home page for Westward Connections
in 1994. It consisted of five HTML documents which were hosted
in a UNIX/Apache server environment. We registered and launched
westward.com as the domain for our corporate web site in
1995. The first edition under our own domain name consisted
of 15 HTML documents. The site was hosted in a Windows NT/WebSite
Pro server environment. From 1997 through 2001 our corporate
site was hosted in a UNIX/Apache server environment. In 2002
we switched to a LINUX/Apache server.
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