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Click CLOSE. Click CUSTOM LEVEL.

Now this is tricky, but scroll thru the Custom Level settings until you see, under "Miscellaneous," Navigate sub-frames across different domains. Click ENABLE.

Click OK. Click OK again to close Internet Options.

REFRESH this page. For eStyle or LifeLines, close the popup window and re-launch the site.

Try starting over. Now that you have added this web site to your Trusted Sites List, the site should load normally.

firewalls & privacy protection

Ok, I added the site to my Trusted Sites list, and there are still problems!

Many new home computers come with firewalls and other privacy protections preinstalled. Unfortunately, many of these products re-write web pages “on the fly,” adding proprietary code that interferes with web pages as they load. Many of these products require you to be a rocket scientist to understand how to use them. Here are some basic steps you can take to assure your over-protective firewall that this site is, indeed, safe to view. If these steps do not help, please contact our webmaster for additional help.

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Firewall
The basic privacy controls built into Windows are accessible through the INTERNET OPTIONS section of the TOOLS menu in Internet Explorer: Click the PRIVACY tab.

Click SITES:

Type in the following web site addresses (you can copy and paste them).
Click ALLOW for each added domain:

http://phonogram.us

http://godiswithus.org

http://relevantword.org

http://darrylcherry.com

Click OK. Then click the SETTINGS button in the Pop-up Blocker section:

Type in the following web site addresses (you can copy and paste them):

http://phonogram.us

http://godiswithus.org

http://relevantword.org

http://darrylcherry.com

Click CLOSE and then OKAY to exit.

Norton Internet Security Firewall
Symantec's Norton Internet Security is the industry leader in being bloated, overprotective and annoying. McAfee Internet Security Suite is less annoying, but both will block many website features if they are not configured properly.

If you have Norton (NIS) installed, there should be a pull-down menu in the upper right-hand corner of your Internet Explorer Window. Click that menu and, from the list, choose the security settings for this site (Allow PopUps and so forth). If that does not help, your firewall settings are probably set very high, which will require you to configure your firewall to access this site. This is a little complicated, and we apologize for the hassle, but we're not making this stuff up:

Screenshot 1 - Norton Internet Security

Screenshot 1 - Norton Internet Security

1. Open Norton Internet Security

2. Click on Privacy Control

3. Click on "Configure” button

Screenshot 2 - Privacy Control

Screenshot 2 - Privacy Control

4. In Privacy Control - Click on the Advanced button

Screenshot 3 - Advanced Web Contents Options

Screenshot 3 - Advanced Web Contents Options

5. Click on the Add Site button

Screenshot 4 - New Site/Domain

Screenshot 4 - New Site/Domain

6. Type in the following web site address (you can copy and paste them):

7. click OK

Screenshot 5 - Advanced Web Contents options with christchurch.org.nz

8. Select each new domain you have just added

9. under "information about visited sites”

DE-select "use default settings”
click "permit”

10. Return to Step 5 and add the list of domains listed below:

http://phonogram.us

http://godiswithus.org

http://relevantword.org

http://darrylcherry.com

That should tell Norton to stop messing with the site. MacAfee's firewall configures similarly, see your owner's manual for details.

how to turn off clicks

I keep hearing “clicks” from your web pages. It's really annoying

The PraiseNet uses scripts that rotate pages and features within pages. Internet Explorer has a “click” feature most people don't know how to or even realize they can turn off. If you have more than one explorer window open, these clicks can get really annoying. Luckily, you can turn this feature off.

graphics quality

The graphics look blurry and pixilated. What's up with that?

If you are using AOL, many of our graphics may appear blurred or pixilated. This is because AOL uses a graphics compression scheme that saves you time downloading but makes the graphics look absolutely terrible. If you are using an “optimized” or “high speed” dialup connection, most likely your “top speed” or “optimized” dialup connection achieves its speed by short-changing you on the graphics: by downloading low-resolution alternatives to our graphics.

We work very hard to create the best quality graphics we can achieve at a minimum file size for optimum downloading speed. Whether you want fast speed or better-looking graphics is ultimately your choice. To improve the quality of your visit here, you should turn compressed graphics OFF in your web browser. Information on how to do that can be found below.TOP OF PAGE

america online users

I'm using AOL to view the site and the site doesn't seem to work.

Use Our Lmited-Use Mode This site is not compatible with AOL's built-in web browser. Their web browser looks like Microsoft Internet Explorer, but it is really a proprietary version of MSIE, designed to block and interfere with web sites AOL doesn't like. Many of our Special edition pages are designed to be viewed in Kiosk or “Full Screen: mode, and AOL's web browser does not permit that.

We STRONGLY discourage use of AOL's built-in web browser to view this web site. Instead, we encourage you to login to AOL (if that is your only internet connection) and, once you've logged on, launch Internet Explorer by clicking START and selecting INTERNET EXPLORER. Then load our web site in MSIE.

To log off, you must exit AOL.

You have to go out the way you came in. If you used AOL to connect to the Internet, you must exit AOL when you wish to disconnect. Otherwise your computer will continue to redial into AOL to attempt to re-establish your Internet connection.

This sounds more complicated than it actually is.

Why the site doesn't work with AOL:

AOL's web browser LOOKS like Microsoft Internet Explorer, but it is NOT MSIE. Microsoft and AOL had a falling out a little bit ago, and Microsoft no longer properly supports AOL's program.

AOL wants to sell you stuff. AOL wants to push stuff on you and control what you see on your computer screen. Thus, AOL will not allow you to view websites in full screen mode. Full screen mode covers AOL completely, and AOL will not allow that.

AOL uses compressed graphics by default. This doesn't allow JavaScript to work while browsing inside AOL (additionally, this makes photos you view on web pages look less than optimal).

If you are bound and determined to use AOL's crummy web browser, you could try switching the graphics to UNCOMPRESSED and dumping the browser cache.

Believe me, launching Internet Explorer is MUCH EASIER and SIMPLER and MORE EFFECTIVE. But, if you're a die-hard AOL fan, try this:

1. Click Settings.

2. Click Preferences.

3. Click Internet Properties (WWW).

4. Click Web Graphics tab.

5. Check Never Compress Graphics.

6. Click OK Restart the computer.

If the site STILL does not load properly, I strongly urge you to not use AOL's browser. Launch Internet Explorer as directed above.

page transitions

I Clicked A Link And Nothing Happened! This Website Is So SLOW!

Most of the pages on this site use a transitional effect that blends the incoming page with the existing one. In order for this effect to work, your computer must draw the new page before it releases the old page. If you click a link and nothing happens, your computer is probably assembling the new page, downloading the graphics and getting the page completely drawn before it releases the page you are on.

This slowness is especially evident if you are using a dial-up modem connection. Once you have visited the site a few times, this wait will become less and less of an issue, as your Web Browser will be storing many of these images in its memory (cache).

One thing you should do, if you are using a dialup modem connection: check your connection speed. Click on the flashing dual terminal icon on the task bar and see how fast your connection is. The fastest dialup connection speed currently available is 56.6 kbs. But, just because your modem says it's 56.6kps doesn't mean you are actually getting that speed. Your actual speed is whatever your phone company lets you have. If your actual speed is 33kps or less, this site will load very slowly and likely drive you nuts.

If you have a poor connection speed, check your manuals for the manufacturer of your modem. Then visit your modem manufacturer's web site to download the latest driver for you modem. This may help increase your modem's efficiency. TOP OF PAGE

macintosh users

This site is not Mac compatible. Microsoft no longer supports MSIE for Mac, and this site may not load properly on Mac's Safari browser. For best results, view with Internet Explorer on Windows XP. Surfing the web on a Mac means some sites will load just fine on Safari, but a lot won’t. Safari has trouble reading cascading style sheets (CSS), and chokes on non-W3C compliant code. So you can try switching over to IE on a Mac, and maybe that site will look better on IE. You can get Safari to imitate Internet Explorer, which is actually a pretty neat trick. In fact, if you are surfing the net n a Mac, I’d recommend setting your user agent to MSIE 6.0 (click “User Agent” from the Debug menu). This way, Safari emulates Internet Explorer. It’s not a perfect solution, but it helps.

Microsoft’s Windows Media Player does not work with Macintosh. Oh, Mac tells you it does, but don’t drink the Kool Aid. It just doesn’t work. You CAN get it to work, but be prepared to roll up your sleeves and learn more about the technical fixes to OSX than you really ever cared to.

You can use Mozilla’s excellent Firefox web browser on a Mac, which is another good alternative, but you’ll have the same problems with your plugins. You CAN get them to work, just be prepared to be frustrated and have to try several things before you finally figure out why they’re not working. Apple’s far superior Quicktime format plays automatically on Safari, but you may have problems getting QT files to play on Firefox until you go through four or so hours of banging your head into your computer screen.

We've received reports that our cascading style sheets render the site's type nearly microscopic on Macintosh platforms. We've recently re-coded our style sheets to pixels instead of points, which should maintain uniform sizing across platforms. MacFolk: if all the type here looks teeny, check that your screen monitor is set appropriately. If you're using MSIE 5.0 for Mac, we've experienced some odd behavior with that browser, as it likes to render everything as Tiny Town. Try adjusting the browser itself in the View menu, select Text Zoom and see if that helps. We've been told MSIE 5.5 for Mac is a huge improvement.

Macintosh users can obtain the Mac TrueType versions of the major Windows TypeType fonts listed above by downloading and installing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.5 for Macintosh. If all the type here looks teeny, check that your screen resolution is set appropriately. If you're using MSIE 5.0 for Mac, our own experience has been... odd... with that browser, as it likes to render everything as Tiny Town. Try adjusting the browser itself in the View menu, select Text Zoom and see if that helps. We've been told MSIE 5.5 for Mac is a huge improvement.

If everything seems ok and this site still looks like a legal disclaimer, *sigh* let us know. We'll see what we can do.

monitor resolution

Here are some basic guidelines for setting your monitor's resolution: This site should look fine if your monitor is set to these resolutions:

800/600 for a typical 14-inch monitor
(but, you'll hate squinting at the site and lots of stuff will be cut off. C'mon, upgrade already)

1024/768 for a 15, 17, 19 or 20-inch monitor

1280/800 for a 17, 19, 20, or 24-inch "widescreen" monitor

1280/1024 for 21-inch "square" monitor

1600/1200 if you either have a very big monitor or very good eyes

If you set your monitor rez higher than these typical guidelines, the site will appear smaller. If you set your rez lower than these guidelines, the site will appear bigger.

You can access your monitor's resolution in the control panel (Windows) by clicking on START— SETTINGS— CONTROL PANEL. On a Mac— click CONTROL PANEL (the light switch icon in your OSX dock. Under the old system (9.x and earlier) click on the Apple Menu and selected CONTROL PANELS— MONITORS & SOUND.

Or, you can ignore all of this, and forge ahead anyway Thanks again for visiting!

dialup modem users

If this is your first visit, you may notice a lot of these pages take a very long time loading. Particularly if you are using a dialup modem connection (as opposed to a cable modem or DSL, ISDN or T1 connection, as many people have at work). You do not need a high-speed connection to visit this website, but if you are using a dialup connection, you will need a little patience. This site is fairly graphics intensive, and some pages also have fairly large MP3 files that download when you access those pages for the first time. Once you've visited these pages, and patiently waited for the graphics and sound to download, your next visit should be no wait at all. Your web browser, ideally, should cache these pages and these images so, on your next visit, the page should load much faster. TOP OF PAGE

images & sound

Please do not link to images or sounds on this site. You may be able to make limited use media from this site for your personal use, so long as appropriate copyright and trademark notices remain intact. I do not own most of these images, but they are not in the public domain, and the rights of the respective copyright owners must be protected.

Please do not link to sounds or images here for your site. Your site's traffic will be using our bandwidth, and we get charged for that. Linking to images on this site is, in effect, stealing bandwidth, and is subject to legal action. If you want to use sounds or images found here, please upload them on your own server and do not link to this one.

Any use of any sound(s) and/or image(s) found here is at user's own risk, and may be subject to conditions of the copyright owner(s).

Please see our TERMS OF USE for additional information. Thanks!

link exchange

Link your site to ours with these ready to use icons. Please do NOT link directly to these images on our server, but save them (right-click and select "Save As") and upload them to your server. Create this URL link for these images:

250 pixels

125 pixels

Please send us an email to let us know about your site and where our link appears. Thanks for supporting this site! TOP OF PAGE

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