The text on screen may sometimes be displayed over varying background colours. To help improve readability hyperlinks change to a contrasting colour when the mouse pointer is rolled over them. If there is an issue with text contrast try swiping the text – hold down the left mouse button while dragging the text cursor over the text you wish to read.
Maximise (full screen) your browser.
If you do not use the online system for a while it will log you out. There should be some message to show this with a link to the login page.
Move around by using the links found at the left side, also any underlined text [sometimes in square brackets]
Go back a page - Backspace key or browser back arrow or Alt + Left.
Scroll Page - up/down arrow keys or page up / down keys.
1280 x 1024 works best and allows most of the report form to be seen without scrolling the page too much.
1024 x 768 - the report form layout seems to work OK but will require more page scrolling.
If the page does not layout properly it maybe that you need to change your browser font size - some experimentation to suit your preference may be worthwhile.
Firefox 3.6: -
Internet Explorer 7: -
text size
Font
1. Go to Tools - Internet Options menu
2. Go to General Tab - at the bottom, under Appearance click the Font button.
To access any part of the Report system you will need some login credentials from the admin team. The password is case sensitive.
The part of the login system available to users is dependant on their login credentials and permission level.
Click on the ‘login' link on the left side of the welcome screen. On the login page the username field should be the default field so you can type right away without selecting with the mouse. Once the user name is entered use the TAB key to get to the next field to enter your password then hit the Return / Enter key.
You will need your own account to be able to use the Reports System. If you do not have a username and password to login with, ask one of the admin team to create one for you (01375 413680). You will need to provide a working email address to be able to manage your password.
Forgotten password – follow the ‘forgotten password' link on the login page. A new password will be emailed to the email address registered with your account.
Once logged in you will see your reports listed and on this page you can create a new report, change a report's status as well as edit, view and delete them
A number of tasks occur at this stage eg updating the users settings.
The system works in Windows (tested in Widows XP up to Windows7), Mac OS, iPad and kindle and possibly other internet connected devices.
The following browsers have been tested for compatibility.
IE 6, 7, 8, 9 & 11 (IE 11 seems slow when creating pdf report output)
Firefox 22 to 53
Opera 15 to 45
Safari 6
Chrome 28 to 47
Netscape Navigator - not testedNotes
Some variance in screen rendering.
Printing seemed slow in Opera.
PHP and HTML (HTM if you prefer) does most of the work. As a server side program there is no requirement for client applications. Javascript use has been kept to a minimum and as a client side program does require users to have javascripting turned on and java runtime installed. As this is a widely used programming language there should be few issues. If it is not available some functionality is lost but the system will function OK.
These days, it's basically impossible to navigate the web without a JavaScript-enabled browser, so checking whether or not you have JavaScript enabled is not all that important. Chances are, the only way it will be disabled is if the company's IT staff has decided to disable JavaScript for some reason.
In Internet Explorer 6/7 (download Internet Explorer ), you can check to see if JavaScript is enabled by navigating to the custom security settings that are somewhat buried (don't worry; we'll help you find it).
In Firefox 2 (download Firefox ) you can check to see if JavaScript is enabled by navigating to the Content settings under Options .
In Opera (download Opera ) you can check to see if JavaScript is enabled by navigating to the Content settings under Preferences .
Javascript is used for: - updating spell checked fields, some form validation eg limiting textarea input size, window / page navigation.
The browser status area (bottom of page) indicates how many characters you have left for the report text areas. Please note the amount of characters available depends on the word wrap imposed by windows. The character count may not show because most (newer) major browsers disable status bar messages by default. If your status bar doesn't change while typing it's probably because of this.
If you want this functionality, you can enable status bar messages by changing your browser settings.
For example, in Firefox:
In Internet Explorer: