Getting familiar with Palo Alto Online

We are proud to introduce you to Palo Alto Online and invite you to make us your home page wherever you are.

We know that if something is difficult to use, it will not be used at all. That is why one of the features we tried to build into Palo Alto Online is ease of use. We set out to make this site available to everyone using many different type of browsers, computers, monitors and modems. Here is a tip on how to Get the Most Out of Your Visit to Palo Alto Online.

This help section will answer some of the most common questions and help you with some of the new features.

Navigation Tabs The top of all of the main pages of Palo Alto Online has navigational tabs to easily move from one section to another. Just under those tabs on the front page has last update information.

Navigation Bar The navigation bar appears on all of the section pages of Palo Alto Online and includes links to each of the sections. It is color-coded to allow for easy recognition of each section. Links to Classifieds, Real Estate information, the current editions of the newspapers and other items can consistently be found here. Searching Palo Alto Online At the bottom of the Navigation Bar, we have included an easy way to search throught the hundreds of pages that make up Palo Alto Online. Select the link below the search window to search the newspaper archives. These archives include the Palo Alto Weekly from January 1994, the Almanac (Menlo Park) from March 1998 and the Mountain View Voice and Pleasanton Weekly from January 2000.

Section Bars Community Resources You will find this type of bar on the secondary pages of Palo Alto Online. They will identify where you are in the site. They are color-coded like the Navigation Bar to allow for easy recognition of each section

Modules Palo Alto Online has been set up with information modules that appear from time to time on the home page and the section pages. These modules include breaking news updates, local information, NeighborSpace news, "Online Offer " of the week, or other local information that we think is important to know. The modules will rotate, with some being on the home page all of the time. If something is more important, we will move it to the top so that you see it right away.

Web Search We realize that while Palo Alto Online my be your first stop in your Internet journey, it is most likely not your only. That is why on the home page and every section page of Palo Alto Online we have included a web search so that you can search Lycos, Snap, Yahoo!, Google, Excite, GO.com and AltaVista.

Tell us what you think - The Poll In looking for cool features for the site, we wanted to include an interactive poll. This feature allows us to ask a question and tally your responses in real time. We anticipate asking questions ranging from how you feel about the storm drain vote to whether you've gotten a parking ticket in the last year. If you have questions that you'd like to see asked, please send it to us at webmaster@PaloAltoOnline.com.

By pressing the logo like this one in the copyright information at the bottom of each page, you will be returned to the home page for that section.

Advertisers are at the right hand side of the Home Page and on each of the secondary pages. Please visit them from our site. See our advertising section for more information about becoming an advertiser.

If you are having trouble seeing the most current information, make sure that you press the RELOAD button on your browser.

If you have more questions or you find that links are incorrect or out-of-date, contact Palo Alto Online Webmaster Frank Bravo or the director of Palo Alto Online, Lisa VanDusen.