3. Your Website

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HARDWARE: Minimum Recommended (Mac or PC)
Processor: Pentium II (or equivalent).
Memory: 128 Mb (Megabytes).
Software: Anti-virus recommended to protect your own computer and others!
Hard Disk: 20 Gb (Gigabytes) 
Sound Card: For ReadSpeaker functionality or any audio media on the sites.
Internet connection: A modem (such as a Dial Up or Broadband modem). You will also need to subscribe to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to get access to the Internet. Some common ISP links http://www.ispreview.co.uk/list.shtml 
Email Account: You usually receive an email account when subscribing to an  ISP. Free email accounts can also be obtained online via the many suppliers i.e. www.hotmail.com , www.yahoo.co.uk
Internet Browser: Safari 1.2+, Firefox 1.0, Netscape 7, IE 5.5 / IE6.0

A: The set of templates provided by essexinfo.net allows organisations to select from a limited number of designs and a large number of services (Events/Jobs/Photo Album/Discussions/Weblogs etc.)

A: Yes if you are the administrator of your organisation’s website. The system will automatically re-size the image for display, but the ideal size is 150 pixels x 80 pixels high and with 72 dpi. The format must be in gif, jpeg or png formats. Bmp format is not acceptable for use on web pages.

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Yes. You can either redirect your essexinfo.net site URL to your own site within the 'Manage Your Website' area. Click on 'External site options'. Enter the URL for your website and set the 'Use External Site' to Yes.

Or if you want to redirect your current website url to the essexinfo.net site just tell your ISP (Internet Service Provider) to redirect your web address (www.mygroup.co.uk) to your site on essexinfo.net e.g. www.essexinfo.net.org/mygroup . If you use Internet Explorer as your browser you will need you will need to allow cookies from essexinfo.net to ensure all the features of the system to work (Log In etc). Other browser do not have this issue e.g. FireFox, Safari etc.

To do this in IE5+ ...

1. Click on 'Tools' in the top line of the browser
2. Click on 'Internet Options'
3. Click on the 'Privacy' tab
4. Click on the 'Edit' button in the 'Web Sites' section
5. Type in 'www.essexinfo.net' in the 'Address of website' section
6. Click the 'Allow' button and 'essexinfo.net' will appear in the list of 'Managed Website'
7. Click OK twice to close the selection

You will now be able to Log In and use your site with your own URL.

A: No, you must register and apply for a website and then enable the events service on your website to publish events.

A: The administrators of the community groups and voluntary organisations are legally responsible for content. The administrator is the person who set up, and is responsible for, the running of the website on behalf of their group.

A: Your are responsible for maintaining and updating the content of your website and ensuring that it conforms to the Terms and Conditions of Use for essexinfo.net. This includes ensuring that personal information is held subject to the Data Protection Act. You can only post content which you own, or which you are legally entitled to use.
Information about the administrator’s role is also provided in the essexinfo.net Tutorial link.

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There are two steps to getting your organisation listed in essexinfo.net's directory.

• First register as an individual
• Once you have registered you can log in and then apply to list your organisation and create a website

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Email administrator@essexinfo.net to request your organisation is removed and state the reasons why.

• Only organisation administrators can request removal
• The essexinfo.net administrator will disable your website and also your listing in the Life database.
• Websites will be disabled for three months and then deleted from the system.
• You can email the administrator if you wish to re-enable your website within the three months.
• After three months the website will be deleted and data recovery will not be possible

A: essexinfo.net does not accept legal responsibility for content on the community sites. We will investigate and may suspend a site posting inappropriate content, pending any further legal action, or until the problem has been resolved. All members must comply with the Terms and Conditions of Use

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You need to submit your site to the individual search engines. Note: it can take time for your site details to appear in search queries.

A good summary of how to submit your site can be found at http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2167871

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We welcome feedback and comments to support@essexinfo.net

To contact a community group click on the 'About Us' navigation link on their website.