Helpful URLS and a rant
Diane Whitehead (Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:24:14 PST)

There have been several additions to the Helpful URLS that were
posted to the whole list, and some that were sent just to me, which I
will list here.

Crocosmia,Chasmanthe and Tulbaghia - I forgot the www. It should be
http://www.theafricangarden.com/

http://www.plusgarden.com/ works for some computers, but not mine.
So some of you will be able to see the good collection of Nerine
pictures.

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Complaint regarding some webpages:
It is essential that anyone designing a webpage for public use should
test it on various computers, of various ages, and using various web
browsers of several different versions.

If you look at the two Cyclamen sites I listed, and get only a
homepage with no buttons, boxes or frames around the edges, then you
will be frustrated to know that within those impenetrable sites are
wonderful pictures, useful information, and in the case of the
nursery, plants that you may have wanted to order. Both sites were
developed using the same HTML editor, one that promises a beautiful
website without the need to know any nasty HTML. I wrote last year to
the Cyclamen Society, of which I am a member, to tell them I can't
access the site. I guess I will have to offer to get someone to fix
the problem.

The plusgarden.com site with the Nerine pictures, was not written
using the same program. Part of it works for me. I can see garden
pictures, in the centre of the screen, but none of the pictures
accessed by boxes along the top of the homepage, as I can't see the
boxes. I was horrified when I got on the computer today to find that
part of this site had highjacked my homepage. I had to reset my
preferences.

Diane Whitehead