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We've provided this guide to using the Colby-Sawyer Web site so that your experience with us will be the very best it possibly can. Any college's Web site serves as its digital campus, a virtual representation of its culture, setting and offerings. Colby-Sawyer's Web site is no different. It is our mission to serve our students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends with the highest level of support when visiting and browsing our Web site.
At any point during your visit with us, if you have any questions or encounter any problems while browsing, please feel free to contact us for help.
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- Browser Requirements
- Monitor / Screen Resolution Recommendations
- Internet Connection Recommendations
- Browsing Tips and Hints
Browser Requirements
During your visit, you may be offered content in different formats, such as downloadable documentation and forms in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat files. These file types do require the appropriate software to view once downloaded, such as the (free) Adobe Acrobat reader or (over-priced) Microsoft Word.
The Colby-Sawyer Web site is platform independent and will work on any operating system using the latest internet web browsers.
The Colby-Sawyer Web site is best when viewed with the latest version of the any browser listed below. This Web site was developed using the World Wide Web Consortium's Extensible Hypertext Transfer Protocol Document Type Definition version 1.0 Transitional. Older web browsers may not support this XHTML DTD, thus the Web site and its pages may not be displayed correctly on your computer.
All popular modern browser makers (listed below) offer their latest web browsers free of charge and make updates available on their Web sites. To check the version of your web browsing software, please see your web browser's user documentation. To download the most recent versions of the most popular web browsers, please visit a link below:
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Monitor / Screen Resolution Recommendations
The Colby-Sawyer Web site was developed for optimal viewing on all screens sized between 760 x 600 and 1280 x 1024 pixels per inch, but will display gracefully in larger browser windows. The graphical layout, text, images and links comprising the Colby-Sawyer Web site are viewed best in browser windows sized between 800 x 600 and 1024 x 768, but this is not required to view the Colby-Sawyer Web site. If the layout of a page on this Web site causes you to scroll horizontally to see the entire contents of a page as you browse, you may consider changing your screen dimension settings to a number within this range.
The graphical elements and hexadecimal colors used on the Colby-Sawyer Web site are best viewed with your computer monitor's color settings configured to display in the millions of colors. Though this is not required, it is recommended for the best possible browsing experience. A lower setting, such as 256 colors, will not alter the way the Web site is displayed though it may result in detailed graphics such as photographs to appear distorted.
To change your computer's screen dimensions, color settings and resolution, please see your operating system's user documentation.
Internet Connection Recommendations
The Colby-Sawyer Web site is designed to load quickly on any type of internet connection. A dial-up internet connection of 56k will work well to load pages, images, links and text, but if you wish to access some of the more interactive features of the Web site, such as campus virtual tours, video files, larger documents such as the Student Guidebook, Faculty Guidebook, and Sitemap, a broadband internet connection is recommended.
A DSL connection of 300k or a cable modem connection of 800k will allow you to access these features much faster and more easily. For example, if you were to access a PDF file that is 5 megabytes, it could take up to three minutes to download to your computer from the Colby-Sawyer Web site. If you were to access this same file from a broadband connection such as a DSL or cable modem connection, the download time would decrease significantly. Sometimes, with a dial-up connection, accessing a larger file on our Web site may cause your internet connection to time out, resulting in a partial download. Though not required, a broadband connection is recommended as the Colby-Sawyer Web site is designed and optimized for all connection types including dial-up internet connections.
Browsing Tips and HSints
The Colby-Sawyer Web site is divided into seven major topical categories, available at the top of every page within our site. The most frequently requested groups of information within each of those categories is also immediately available as you focus or hover over their links.
User-specific resources have been optimized and gathered into six major audience categories as well (Prospective Students, Current Students, Alumni & Friends, Faculty & Staff, Parents & Family and Community & Visitors), and are now available under the "resources" heading on either the left or right side of every page within the Colby-Sawyer Web space.
The helpful task-specific content of the Web site has been optimized and gathered for these six categories and linked from their landing pages to supplement your browsing experience of Colby-Sawyer. For instance, the Prospective Students section contains all of the information a new, incoming student will need to get started at Colby-Sawyer. The Faculty & Staff section contains contents Colby-Sawyer faculty and staff will need to be productive with their visits to the Web site, including links to academic areas of the site and much more.
When your visit begins, select the audience group that best suits you. From that point on the Web site, you will gain access to all of the information and resources available on the Colby-Sawyer Web site. This area will serve as your springboard to which you may return at any time. From there, you will have access to all of the web resources you will need. If at any time during your visit, you have a content suggestion for your respective area of the Web site, please feel free to contact the Colby-Sawyer web team with your comments and questions.
If you cannot find the information you are seeking during your visit, you may search the Colby-Sawyer Web site by using our site search tool located at the top-right of every page. For questions about admission to Colby-Sawyer-College or applying online, prospective students should contact the Admissions Office. For questions about financial aid, please contact Financial Aid. Any other questions or comments may be directed to the Colby-Sawyer web team.
