How to Use this Website

*From any page, click on the 'CrossRoads' logo (upper-left of the page) to return to the Home page.

*Mousing over the 'New?', 'About', 'Connect', 'Media' links at the top of the page reveal drop down menus that will take you anywhere in the site that you'd like to go.

*Not sure how to find what you want? Type a word or two in the search field (upper right) and hit 'Enter'.

*The Home page has hidden information below the large image. Mouse over these buttons for quick access to Service Times & Locations, Teachings, Calendar & Events, and News.

*All of the other pages look similar to this one - with a black banner across the top of the page (below the logo and navigation). On the right is the name of the current (eg. 'Learn') and on the left are links to the content of this page. The highlighted/underlined link (How to Use) is what you're reading right now. You can browse the other (hidden) content on this page by clicking those links.

*That's pretty much it! If you run into trouble, send us an email and we will be glad to help you out!

Help!

Having trouble figuring something out? Ask us! Don't worry - we won't make fun of you. Did you find a bug/glitch/dead link? Please let us know! We use this site as a valuable communication tool - so it's important to us that you are able to utilize it effectively.

Send us a little (or large) email - and we'll get right back to you!

Happy Browsing!

Compatibility

We worked really hard to make this site compatible with your browser. But if something isn't working right, you might want to try updating your browser to one of the following (at least they're free!):

- Google Chrome

- Apple Safari

- Mozilla Firefox

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 +

*Note: The site still works in IE6, Opera, etc - it just won't look as cool!

*Problems? Shoot us an email.

Under the Hood

We spent a lot of time trying to make this site fast, well organized, and of course, spiffy!

For our fellow geeks and the just plain curious - here are the tools that we've used to build it:

Technologies

- jquery javascript framework

- css_browser_selector (adds css classes - making stylesheets cross-browser compatible)

- idTabs (versatile 'do whatever' jquery plugin - used on sub navigation)

- innerfade (image cross-fader jquery plugin used for homepage splash rotator)

- twitterjs (load twitter feed into homepage)

- gdata (used to parse google calendar data feed into homepage)

Software:

- Photoshop (image editing)

- Espresso (html/php/js editing)

- CSS Edit (css editing)

- Transmit (ftp)

- VirtualBox (for testing browser compatibility in a Windows environment)

Third Party Services:

- Wufoo (forms)

- ServiceU (Scheduling/Calendar)

- Surreal CMS (Content Management)

*Questions? Feel free to ask!