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About this Web Site

The Community Development web site is composed using the following products:

For HTML coding and overall site structure, Dreamweaver 2004 from Macromedia.
For Javascript pull down menus, Smart Menus 5.5.4 from SmartMenus.org.
For PDF files, Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional.

HTML code is validated using the HTML 4.01 Transitional specification, though it is not completely compliant with that standard. For styling, Cascading Style Sheets are validated using the CSS2 standard.

Windows testing of the web site took place with Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7 and higher, and Firefox 1.0.1 using Windows 98 and Windows 2000. To get full use of the pages please be sure that your browser has Javascript enabled. Testing with Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 also has proven largely successful; please report any problems you might experience when using Internet Explorer 5.5, so that they can promptly be corrected. Testing with Internet Explorer 5.0 SP2 found problems with pop up windows called by a javascript; otherwise the site performs as expected.

We also previewed pages in Netscape 4.7 using Windows 2000. As might be expected, Netscape 4.7 ignored certain aspects of the style sheets, and legibility was substantially reduced. However, if you turn off JavaScript while browsing with Netscape4.x browsers, the pages become useable. In place of pull out menus, use the Site Map for navigation.

For Macintosh users the scripts perform as expected using OS9 with Internet Explorer 5.1.7. Testing with OS9 and Internet Explorer 5.0 for the Macintosh was not succesful; we recommend that users of OS9 upgrade to v. 5.1.7, the last release of Internet Explorer available for users of OS9. The scripts perform as expected on OS10 using Internet Explorer 5.23, Camino and Firefox. On Safari the scripts work, but certain font colors may change.

All PDF files used here should be compatible with all versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher. If you find any exceptions, please report them to the webmaster.

Browsing Our Pages

To view page content as intended on a Windows PC, we recommend using as a browser FireFox 1.0 or higher, Mozilla 1.x, or Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. The CDD web will likely perform well with current versions of other modern browsers, such as Netscape, Opera, or Safari when using Windows operating systems, though these have not been tested. On Macintosh OS10 we recommend using Firefox, Safari or Camino, though other up-to-date browsers will likely perform well. Certain combinations of Macintosh operating systems and browsers may experience difficulties when browsing the site. Netscape 4.x browsers will experience substantial problems.

Your Feedback

Being that we do not have the resources to test our web site in every conceivable configuration of browser and operating system, we would appreciate your feedback. What works? What doesn't work? Suggestions for adding content are also welcome. Please report any errors and broken links. If doing so, please tell us what browser and what operating system you use.

To give us feedback, send an email to the Community Development Webmaster at ccook@cambridgema.gov.

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