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The Outdoor Idiots.com User Manual

Thank you for taking the time to read this. People are always in such a rush these days. Why not put the kettle on before you go any further?
Accessibility
If your eyes don't work properly any more, like our editor's, then most browsers will let you increase the size of the text throughout this site. For example, Internet Explorer's "View" menu has a "Text Size" option. A lot of sites these days don't support this feature. Not Outdoor Idiots.com. We love you, even if your eyes are all wrong. However, if your browser resolution is less than 1024*768, then we will still try to love you, but it could get messy.
Navigation
All features on the site are accessible through the links displayed on the left of the screen. Links which take you to another site will not be underlined, but will appear in a rather shocking red colour, and should open in a new window.
Site Updates
The main site will get updated whenever we have the time and enough content. The best way to keep track of newly added items is by looking in the library. In the meantime, please make use of our forums.
Site Content
We will come up with our own content, however we also aim to help outdoor types share their own stuff with others, in a quality, satisfying, "published" kind of a way. All content, whether submitted by you or produced by ourselves, will be opened up for discussion in our forums. God help us all! Please rack your brains to see if you can come up with an item for submission. We feel that most outdoor types probably have something silly, interesting or useful to share with the rest of us.
Forums
Please use our forums. They enable you to express your opinions on the items that have been submitted, or yatter on about any subject you want with other people. If we see discussions in the forums that we feel would make for a good item for the web site, we will get in touch with the people involved to see if we can produce something interesting. Just to confuse you, when you are viewing the forums, most navigation links appear on the top-right. Notice there is a FAQ section there, too, which may interest you. And also a link to get you back here to the main site.
Joining the Forums
Anyone can view the forums. However, if you wish to engage in a discussion, you must first register. Registration...
  • Is quick and painless
  • Costs nothing, except for a few seconds of your time
  • Helps us protect the forums - if we know someone's email address, they are less likely to harm the forums!
  • Means you can communicate with other forum members via email - if you choose to allow it
  • Means you can subscribe to any topics that interest you - you will be notified when somebody else adds a comment on that topic.
... and can be achieved by clicking on the "register" link at the top right of the forum pages.
Advertisements
We are experimenting with various advertising schemes. We hope they won't be too intrusive. We believe they are of potential value to the site, because:
  1. The UK stores (i.e. the banner ads) are companies we ourselves have used, and so we feel comfortable in recommending them.
  2. The Google ads are dynamic, and depend on (1) your geographic location and (2) the content of the page that they are displayed on. Therefore there is a good chance that if you are looking at a page that interests you, you might see a link from a company that has something to offer you.
If you have any bad experiences as a result of companies that advertise on this site, please let us know.






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