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firewalls & privacy protection
Ok, I added the site to my
Trusted Sites list,
and there are still problems!
Many new home computers come with firewalls
and other privacy protections preinstalled.
Unfortunately, many of these products
re-write web pages "on the fly," adding
proprietary code that interferes with web
pages as they load. Many of these products
require you to be a rocket scientist to
understand how to use them. Here are some
basic steps you can take to assure your
over-protective firewall that this site is,
indeed, safe to view. If these steps do not
help, please
contact our webmaster for
additional help.
Windows XP Service
Pack 2 Firewall
The basic privacy controls built
into Windows are accessible through the
INTERNET OPTIONS section of the TOOLS menu
in Internet Explorer: Click the PRIVACY tab.
Click SITES:
Type in the following web site addresses
(you can copy and paste them). Click ALLOW
for each added domain:
http://godiswithus.org
http://emmanuel-cs.org
http://www.praisenet.org
http://phonogram.us
https://secure18.inmotionhosting.com
Click OK. Then click the SETTINGS button in
the Pop-up Blocker section:
Type in the following web site addresses
(you can copy and paste them):
http://godiswithus.org
http://emmanuel-cs.org
http://www.praisenet.org
http://phonogram.us
https://secure18.inmotionhosting.com
Click CLOSE and then OKAY to exit.
Norton Internet Security Firewall
Symantec's Norton Internet
Security is the industry leader in being
bloated, overprotective and annoying. McAfee
Internet Security Suite is less annoying,
but both will block many website features if
they are not configured properly.
If you have Norton (NIS) installed, there
should be a pull-down menu in the upper
right-hand corner of your Internet Explorer
Window. Click that menu and, from the list,
choose the security settings for this site
(Allow PopUps and so forth). If that does
not help, your firewall settings are
probably set very high, which will require
you to configure your firewall to access
this site. This is a
little complicated, and we apologize for the hassle, but we're
not making this stuff up:
Screenshot 1 - Norton Internet Security
1. Open Norton
Internet Security
2. Click on
Privacy Control
3. Click on
"Configure" button
Screenshot 2 - Privacy Control
4. In Privacy
Control - Click on the Advanced button
Screenshot 3 - Advanced Web Contents Options
5. Click on the
Add Site button
Screenshot 4 - New Site/Domain
6. Type in the
following web site address (you can copy and paste them):
http://godiswithus.org
7. click OK
8. Select each
new domain you have just added
9. under
"information about visited sites"
10. Return to
Step 5 and add the list of domains listed below:
http://emmanuel-cs.org
http://www.praisenet.org
http://phonogram.us
https://secure18.inmotionhosting.com
Close Norton and delete your Temporary
Internet Files (in Internet Explorer, click
TOOLS and INTERNET OPTIONS and then click
DELETE FILES from the Temporary Internet
Files section). Close Internet Explorer then
open a new Internet Explorer window and
re-load the web site.
That should tell Norton to stop messing with
the site. MacAfee's firewall configures
similarly, see your owner's manual for
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graphics quality
The graphics look blurry and pixilated.
What's up with that?
If you are using AOL, many of our graphics may appear blurred or
pixilated. This is because AOL uses a graphics compression
scheme that saves you time downloading but makes the graphics
look absolutely terrible. If you are using an "optimized" or "high
speed" dialup connection, most likely your "top speed" or
"optimized" dialup connection achieves its speed by
short-changing you on the graphics: by downloading
low-resolution alternatives to our graphics.
We work very hard to create the best quality graphics we can
achieve at a minimum file size for optimum downloading speed.
Whether you want fast speed or better-looking graphics is
ultimately your choice. To improve the quality of your visit
here, you should turn compressed graphics OFF in your web
browser.
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america online users
I'm
using AOL to view the site and the site doesn't seem to work.
 This
site is not compatible with AOL's built-in web browser. Their
web browser looks like Microsoft Internet Explorer, but it is
really a proprietary version of MSIE, designed to block and
interfere with web sites AOL doesn't like. Many of our Special
edition pages are designed to be viewed in Kiosk or "Full
Screen: mode, and AOL's web browser does not permit that.
We STRONGLY
discourage use of AOL's built-in web browser to view this web
site. Instead, we encourage you to login to AOL (if that is your
only internet connection) and, once you've loged on, launch
Internet Explorer by clicking START and selecting INTERNET
EXPLORER. Then load our web site in MSIE.
To log off, you must exit AOL.
You have to go out the way you came in.
If you used AOL to connect to the Internet, you must exit AOL
when you wish to disconnect. Otherwise your computer will
continue to redial into AOL to attempt to re-establish your
Internet connection.
This sounds more complicated than it actually is.
Why the site doesn't work with AOL:
AOL's web browser LOOKS like Microsoft Internet Explorer, but it
is NOT MSIE. Microsoft and AOL had a falling out a little bit
ago, and Microsoft no longer properly supports AOL's program.
AOL wants to sell you stuff.
AOL wants to push stuff on you and control what you see on your
computer screen. Thus, AOL will not allow you to view websites
in full screen mode. Full screen mode covers AOL completely, and
AOL will not allow that.
AOL uses compressed graphics by
default. This doesn't allow JavaScript to work while browsing
inside AOL (additionally, this makes photos you view on web
pages look less than optimal).
If you are bound
and determined to use AOL's crummy web browser, you could try
switching the graphics to UNCOMPRESSED and dumping the browser
cache.
Believe me,
launching Internet Explorer is MUCH EASIER and SIMPLER and MORE
EFFECTIVE. But, if you're a die-hard AOL fan, try this:
1. Click
Settings.
2. Click
Preferences.
3. Click Internet Properties (WWW).
4. Click Web
Graphics tab.
5. Check
Never Compress Graphics.
6. Click OK Restart
the computer.
If the site STILL does not load properly, I strongly urge you to
not use AOL's browser. Launch Internet Explorer as directed
above.
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page transitions
I Clicked A Link And Nothing Happened! This Website Is So SLOW!
Most of the pages on this site use a transitional effect that
blends the incoming page with the existing one. In order for
this effect to work, your computer must draw the new page before
it releases the old page. If you click a link and nothing
happens, your computer is probably assembling the new page,
downloading the graphics and getting the page completely drawn
before it releases the page you are on.
This slowness is especially evident if you are using a dial-up
modem connection. Once you have visited the site a few times,
this wait will become less and less of an issue, as your Web
Browser will be storing many of these images in its memory
(cache).
One thing you should do, if you are using a dialup modem
connection: check your connection speed. Click on the flashing
dual terminal icon on the task bar and see how fast your
connection is. The fastest dialup connection speed currently
available is 56.6 kbs. But, just because your modem says it's
56.6kps doesn't mean you are actually getting that speed. Your
actual speed is whatever your phone company lets you have. If
your actual speed is 33kps or less, this site will load very
slowly and likely drive you nuts.
If you have a poor connection speed, check your manuals for the
manufacturer of your modem. Then visit your modem manufacturer's
web site to download the latest driver for you modem. This may
help increase your modem's efficiency.
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 macintosh users
This
site is not Mac compatible.
Microsoft no longer supports MSIE for Mac, and this site does
not load properly on Mac's Safari browser. For best results,
view with Internet Explorer on Windows XP
We've received reports that our cascading style sheets render
the site's type nearly microscopic on Macintosh platforms. We've
recently re-coded our style sheets to pixels instead of points,
which should maintain uniform sizing across platforms. MacFolk:
if all the type here looks teeny, check that your screen monitor
is set appropriately. If you're using MSIE 5.0 for Mac, we've
experienced some odd behavior with that browser, as it likes to
render everything as Tiny Town. Try adjusting the browser itself
in the View menu, select Text Zoom and see if that helps. We've
been told MSIE 5.5 for Mac is a huge improvement.
Source:
Yale Web Design Style Manual
© 2002
Macintosh users can obtain the Mac TrueType versions of the major Windows TypeType fonts listed above by downloading and installing Microsoft's Internet Explorer
5.5 for Macintosh. If all the type here looks teeny, check that your screen
resolution is set appropriately.
If you're using MSIE 5.0 for Mac, our own experience has been... odd... with that browser, as it likes to
render everything as Tiny Town. Try adjusting the browser itself in the
View
menu,
select Text Zoom
and see if that helps. We've been told
MSIE 5.5 for Mac is a huge improvement.
If everything seems ok and this site still looks like a legal disclaimer, *sigh* let
us know. We'll see what we can do.
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monitor resolution
Here
are some basic guidelines for setting your monitor's
resolution: This site should look fine if your monitor
is set to these resolutions:
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640/480 for a typical 14-inch
monitor (but, c'mon, upgrade already)
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832/624 for a typical 15-inch
monitor (Mac)
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800/600 for a 15 or 17-inch monitor
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1024/768 for a 19-inch or 20-inch
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1280/1024 for 21-inch
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1600/1200 if you either have a very big monitor or
very good eyes
If you set your monitor rez higher
than these typical guidelines, the site will appear smaller. If
you set your rez lower than these guidelines, the site
will appear biger. You can access your
monitor's resolution in the control panel (Windows) by clicking
on START— SETTINGS—
CONTROL PANEL. On a Mac— geez, I don't know
Mac OSX, but under the old system you clicked on the Apple Menu
and selected CONTROL PANELS—
MONITORS & SOUND.
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dialup modem users
If this is your first visit,
you may notice a lot of these pages take a very long time
loading. Particularly if you are using a dialup modem connection
(as opposed to a cable modem or DSL, ISDN or T1 connection, as
many people have at work). You do not need a high-speed
connection to visit this website, but if you are using a dialup
connection, you will need a little patience. This site is fairly
graphics intensive, and some pages also have fairly large MP3
files that download when you access those pages for the first
time. Once you've visited these pages, and patiently waited for
the graphics and sound to download, your next visit should be no
wait at all. Your web browser, ideally, should cache these pages
and these images so, on your next visit, the page should load
much faster.
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images & sound
Please do not link to images or sounds on this site.
You may be able to make limited use media from this site for
your personal use, so long as appropriate copyright and
trademark notices remain intact. I do not own most of these
images, but they are not in the public domain, and the rights of
the respective copyright owners must be protected.
Please do not link to sounds or images here for your site. Your
site's traffic will be using our bandwidth, and we get charged
for that. Linking to images on this site is, in effect, stealing
bandwidth, and is subject to legal action. If you want to use
sounds or images found here, please upload them on your own
server and do not link to this one.
Any use of any sound(s) and/or image(s) found here is at user's
own risk, and may be subject to conditions of the copyright
owner(s).
Please see our
terms of use for additional information. Thanks!
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link exchange
Link your site to ours
with these ready to use icons. Please do NOT link directly to
these images on our server, but save them (right-click and
select "Save As") and upload them to your server. Create this
URL link for these images:
<a href="http://godiswithus.org" target="_blank"><img border="0"
src="emanlink250.jpg"
alt="Visit Emmanuel"
width="250"
height="63" target="_blank"></a>
250 pixels
125 pixels
100 pixels
Please send us an
email to let us know about your site and where our link appears.
Thanks for supporting this site!
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terms of use
GODISWITHUS.ORG is a NON-COMMERCIAL community web ministry
that provides content and resources to online ministries in the
Colorado Springs area. Emmanuel Ministries is serious about protecting the
rights of the copyright owners of the work(s) represented here,
and no statement(s) or work(s) hosted here are intended to
minimize or in any way interfere with the rights in an to these
works. Visiting this site means you have read and accept these
terms. If you disagree with any of these terms, do not access or
use this site.
1. EMMANUEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ("EMMANUEL") maintains this site (the "Site")
for NON-COMMERCIAL and PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. Although
EMMANUEL accepts donations for services and creates
advertisements for local ministries and events, EMMANUEL does not
derive any profits from this site, nor is access restricted or
fees assessed. This site is for editorial, journalistic and
entertainment purposes only. Your access to and use of the Site
are subject to the following terms (the "Terms") and all
applicable laws and regulations. Please note that the Terms may
be periodically updated and modified, so please be sure to
recheck them. By accessing and using the Site, you accept,
without limitation or qualification, the present Terms. You also
agree to so accept future updates and modifications of the
Terms.
2. In the case of text, you may download one copy of material
displayed on the Site for non-commercial, personal use provided
that you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices
contained on the materials. You may not, however, recopy,
distribute, publicly display, modify, transmit, reuse, repost,
or use for public or commercial purposes any of the contents of
the Site, such as text, images, audio, and video, without
EMMANUEL's
prior written permission. In the event that third parties obtain
access to materials that you have downloaded, it is your
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3. You should assume, unless otherwise specifically noted, that
everything you see or hear on the Site, and any files or
programming related to the Site, are protected by proprietary
rights, such as copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, etc.
Absence of a specific notice of proprietary rights, such as a
copyright notice, does not necessarily mean that the item is in
the public domain. Unauthorized copying or use of items from the
Site can lead to enforcement actions by the holders of
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criminal actions. Please be careful and considerate of
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with Section 107 of the United States Penal Code: Limitations On
Exclusive Rights: Fair Use. The use of these images is for
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respective property of their copyright owners. EMMANUEL in no way
challenges the rights of the respective copyright owners and
will remove or modify any image or copyright notice thereof at
the request of a verifiable agent of the copyright owner.
EMMANUEL
will make every reasonable attempt to present proper
notification of copyright and trademark ownership, and where
appropriate, provide links to and/or promotional added value to
the copyright owner and/or site of origin. EMMANUEL will never use
private works without permission, and will make every attempt to
gain the written permission of private works before adding them
to The Site:
Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the
fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by
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relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value
of the copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a
finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration
of all the above factors
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circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall
EMMANUEL and any other parties involved in creating, producing, or
delivering the Site be liable for any damages whatsoever
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the possibility of such damages. Without limiting the foregoing,
everything on the Site is provided to you "as is" without
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but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement
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delivering the Site also assume no responsibility for, and shall
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viruses) whether such damages are related to access or use of
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connection with the Site is to stop using the Site. Your
permission to use the Site may automatically terminate without
notice at EMMANUEL's sole discretion. Please note that some
jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties,
so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. Check your
local laws for any restrictions or limitations regarding the
exclusion of implied warranties.
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comments, sugestions, etc. is, and will be treated as,
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other party, for any purpose, including, but not limited to,
reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication,
distribution, broadcast and posting. To the extent waivable, you
waive any so-called "moral rights" or droit morale in
communications or items that you transmit to the Site.
8. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as
granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or
right to use any trademark, service mark, trade dress, or logo
displayed on or associated with the Site. EMMANUEL is not necessarily
affiliated with sites that may be linked to this Site and is not
responsible for the content of any linked sites or any link
contained in a linked site or any changes or updates to such
sites (collectively, "Linked Sites").
9. EMMANUEL has no control over Linked Sites and cannot endorse or
make any representations regarding any Linked Sites. Your
linking to any Linked Sites is at your own risk.
10. Users of this Site are prohibited from posting or
transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane
material or any material that could constitute or encourage
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regulation.
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fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court
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anyone allegedly posting any such information or materials. You
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creating, producing, or delivering the Site for any and all
claims, damages, losses, and causes of action arising out of
your failure to comply with these Terms. While EMMANUEL does not and
cannot review every communication from or submission by users of
the Site, and is not responsible for the content of those
communications and submissions, EMMANUEL reserves the right, in its
sole discretion, to delete or edit such communications or
submissions.
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the standard operation of the Site. This information is
primarily used to determine the frequency and nature of the uses
of this Site and its features. By having this information, we
can provide better and continued service.
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room within the State of Colorado, United States of America.
EMMANUEL
makes no representation that materials in the Site are
appropriate for use in other locations. Those who choose to
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are responsible for compliance with any and all local laws, if
and to the extent local laws are applicable. No item from the
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shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to any
principles of conflicts of law. You hereby consent and submit to
the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts
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action against EMMANUEL other than in such courts.
16. If any of the provisions of this agreement are held by a
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the minimum extent necessary so that this agreement shall
otherwise remain in full force and effect. This agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto
relating to the subject matter herein.
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privacy policy
EMMANUEL does not collect or maintain user information about
visitors, other than eMail addresses of parties corresponding
with EMMANUEL. We do not sell or lease Emmanuel Ministries mailing list(s), nor
do we make any information about our visitors available to any
parties. Weblog and message board posts are public areas. If you
include your eMail and web address in your post, it will be made
public when you publish to this site.
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