Help on using the BritishVisitor.com website

Advertising

How do I advertise?
Click on the link at the bottom of any page and follow the instructions

How do I update my entry/advert?
At the moment, you cannot. Contact us using the Contact Form for corrections. We will only accept corrections from the same email address that was used to create the entrty/advert.

I have forgotten my password, what do I do?
For now, nothing. As you cannot edit your entry directly, there is no need for a password. Once we have created that facility, you will be able to edit it and also recover lost passwords.

What are the fees?
You can find the fees here

The Web Site

Who owns British Visitor?
British Visitor is wholly owned by Pulse Corporation Ltd, registered in England, reg No. 3342682. Pulse Corporation Ltd has been in existence since 1997. See the Contact us page for our postal address and telephone number

How do I report a bug?
Send an email to the Webmaster here

How can I make an improvement suggestion?
Send an email to the Webmaster here

Can you design me a Web Site?
Yes of course! Contact us for an initial no obligation chat and we'll take it from there. You can have a Web Site in your own right e.g. MySite.co.uk or you can be part of the British Visitor site with an address of BritishVisitor.co.uk/MySite and your own British Visitor email address e.g me@BritishVisitor.co.uk

Why am I not getting emails?
Some Internet Service Providers filter emails to prevent users receiving excess spam. Depending upon the rules that these filters use, some genuine emails may not get through. To ensure that emails from British Visitor get through, you need to add us to your list of trusted sites.

AOL: Place the domain BritishVisitor.co.uk into your address book
Yahoo!: If one of our emails is filtered to your 'bulk' folder, open the message and click on the 'this is not Spam' link next to the 'From' field
Other email providers: Try adding a dummy British Visitor email to your address book e.g. 'test@BritishVisitor.co.uk. Alternatively, look at the 'help' page on their website or contact Customer Services for a specific answer.
If you use a spam filter such as Cloudmark or SpamArrest, make sure that you can accept emails from us as well!

Please accept our apologies for the hassle. Spam is a big issue on the Internet and we accept that it has to be filtered, but how the filters do it is beyond our control.

My Entry / my advert

How do I add links to images and other Web pages?

The tricky bit is finding out the address of the image or page. You will find life a lot easier if you have two copies of your browser running. One copy on the British Visitor page and one copy on the page that you want to copy (or the page that has the image you wish to copy)

1. Getting two copies of the browser running.

Browser	Windows	Mac
Internet Explorer	Click 'file' then 'new' then 'window'
Mozilla Firefox	Click 'file' then 'new tab'
Opera	Click 'file' then 'new page'

Leave the original browser page on the British Visitor page that you are editing and with the new browser page, find the page that you want to link to (or the page that has the image that you want to link to)

2. Getting the address of the page or the image. Go to section 2.1 OR 2.2 as appropriate

2.1 Page

If you go to the Web page that you want to link to, then the address will appear in the box at the top of your browser. If you cannot see a box labelled 'address' with the address of the web page in it, follow the appropriate instructions for your browser.

Browser	Windows	Mac
Internet Explorer	Click 'view' then 'toolbars' then 'address bar'
Mozilla Firefox	Click 'view' then 'toolbars' then 'navigaton toolbar'
Opera	Click 'view' then 'toolbars' then 'address bar'

Now you have the address visible in the address toolbar, click your mouse just ONCE inside the address toolbar. This will highlight the whole address. If it does not, then click your mouse at the very end of the address, hold the mouse button down and drag the cursor to the beginning of the address. This will highlight the whole address. Make sure you don't miss any part of the address. It is all important, including the http:// at the beginning!

Now you need to copy the highlighted address

Browser	Windows	Mac
Internet Explorer AND Mozilla Firefox AND Opera	Click 'edit' then 'copy'

Now go to step 3

2.2 Image

Firstly go to the web page that has the image that you want to link to. Then we need to find and copy the address of the image. Find the image and hover your cursor over it.

Browser	Windows	Mac
Internet Explorer	Right click your mouse, click 'properties' then where it says 'Address (URL)' use your mouse to click at the end of the address, then hold the mouse button down and drag the cursor back to the beginning of the address. This should highlight it all. Now Right click your mouse and choose 'copy'
Mozilla Firefox	Right click your mouse, then select 'copy image location'
Opera	Right click your mouse, then select 'copy image address'

3. Finally, you need to paste the page or the image address into the box in your personal details or in the Forum box

Change back to the British Visitor 'my details' page or the Forum page. Click your mouse where you want to place the address. (Note: On the 'details' page, use the backspace button to delete anything that is in there already (for example 'http://')

finally:

Browser	Windows	Mac
Internet Explorer AND Mozilla Firefox AND Opera	Click 'edit' then 'paste'

* Right clicking. If you have set up your mouse to reverse the buttons (e.g. you are left handed) then you 'left click'. But then you knew that already.