Upon entering the web site with www.cocsc.org.uk the introduction page displays this displays for 20 seconds, after this it will automatically display the main page of our web site www.cocsc.org.uk/main.html The introduction page is used to display advertising materials e.g. for our 2003 Designated Open Meet.
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The main page of the web site displays a scrolling area used to display announcements and news, there is a scroll bar to the right of this area which you can use to display the older news stories and announcements. Many of these items contain links you can click on to display further information.
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On the right hand side of this there are a series links to the other pages of our web site.
Underneath the news area is a series of buttons known as 'The Swim Ring' this is a series of swimming web sites around Great Britain, you can use this to easily explore the web sites of the other swim clubs in the UK.
Toward the bottom of the screen on the right there is a link which will allow you to install a copy of the Adobe Acrobat PDF reader, simply click the button and follow the instructions. The use of PDF is very important to the web site, it is used to display small (faster download) versions of large documents such as the fixture list and competition results. It also allows us to display and print larger, unwieldy documents such as the squad training schedule. On the left hand side is a button which will allow you to subscribe to a mailing list where members of the list may discuss anything to do with swimming, for example you could use this to arrange lift sharing for training sessions or find which swimmers are going to enter a particular open meet.
This is the most important area of the site for swimming members of the Club and their parents. This should be your first port of call when looking for current information regarding the Club and its activities.
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The scrolling area is used to display important Club news such as canceled sessions and results of competitions. The newest items are always displayed at the top of the list, however the scrolling area is not very big so to see all the news that may be relevant it is a good idea to scroll down the list.
Many of the news items will contain links to other web pages that will show more related information or take you to another web page somewhere else in the site or even somewhere else on the Internet, just click on the blue link to see the information or web page.
These news items are placed in here by members of the Club's Executive and the Coaches.
Click the Squad Training Schedule link from the right hand side of the main page
The complete listing of the Cub's training sessions is here, as you will appreciate there is a lot of information, so you may well find yourself using the horizontal and vertical scroll bars on the frame to make the schedule visible. The different all the squads in the club are shown and the individual groups within them in the rows across the table. The columns show squad commitments, age groups, training hours available, followed by the specific session throughout the week in the rows. There are more explanatory notes at the bottom of the page and contact details for the coaches.
The list is easier to read if you have a large computer screen, otherwise it is a quite hard to read and involves lots of scrolling of the display. The list will not print correctly from the web browser. Because of this there is a PDF button at the top of the page which will display a differently formatted list which will print correctly.
The page always displays the date it was published and the date it is effective from so you can have confidence that the information is current.
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Training Cancellations and Changes
Click the Training Cancellations and Changes link from the right hand side of the main page
A list of canceled and changed training sessions is maintained on the web site, scroll down the list to the later cancellations. For each change to the program you are told the Day, Date, Time, Pool, Change (canceled or altered), Other Options/Changes (details the squads affected and any alternate session which may be available). Often there are extra notes displayed.
The list is easy to read if you have a large computer screen, otherwise it is a little hard to read and involves scrolling the display. The list will not print correctly from the web browser. Because of this there is a PDF button at the top of the page which will display a differently formatted list which will print correctly.
The page always displays the date it was published and the date it is effective from so you can have confidence that the information is current.
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Click the Reports link from the right hand side of the main page
The reports area allows visitors to the site to read reports of recent galas and competitions. The really good thing here is that anyone can write these, you don't need to be a rocket scientist you just have to be able to type!
The first screen shows a list of links to all the previous reports, just click on the one you want to display. At the very top of the list is a link that allows you to write your own report
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To write your report simply type into the fields: Author - type your name in here, Subject - this is the title that will appear in the report on the web, Content - This is the actual report (you type it in plain text, nothing special is required for it to go onto the web. If you want to be clever you can use copy/paste to get text from a word processor in here, this is good because you write your report while you watch the gala!), Link Text - the title for a web link to more information like a web site with the results, Address to link to - the web address of the site e.g. http://www.speedoleague.org.uk and finally press the Submit button. Your article will now wait to be checked, as soon as it is approved it will appear on the web site. If you want it to appear quickly an e-mail to webmaster@cocsc.org.uk will help
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And this is what your report will look like when it appears on the site
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Click the Monthly Rankings Lists link from the right hand side of the main page. You will be prompted for a user name and password, this is available from any of the coaches or by sending an e-mail to webmaster@cocsc.org.uk A web page will then display showing you links to the most up to date long course and short course rankings, rankings from previous months are also available.
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The rankings will then display as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file, this is suitable for printing and has tools for searching the document e.g. for the name of a particular swimmer, look for the icon with the binoculars. The page can also be sized to the screen, look for the 3 icons with the pages of paper on them
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The diving section run their own web site within the City of Cambridge Swimming Club web site www.cocsc.org.uk/diving this is run by Marc Tyson who can be reached at yahoo The diving section contauns information on the following topics: club details, location, coach and diver profiles, videos of divers, links to other diving sites etc. Any questions on the diving pages please direct them to Marc Tyson Marc Tyson
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Swimming Web Links / Cambridge City Web Links
This page provides details and maps for pools that the club uses frequently,
it also provides various search tools to help you locate pools by region
in the UK and anywhere else in the world. There are 3 columns on the page.
On the left the pools we use frequently, with a button to push for 
on the pool and one to push for a map 
of the pool. If the name of the pool is in bold black text the details
button displays information from the Swimmers guide on line and the map
button displays the location of the pool based on its postcode using multi-map.
The centre column allows you to browse for pools by region in the swimmers
guide (see note below). The right hand column allows you to search for
pools using the Swimmers Guide, the on-line Yellow pages, Multi-map and
Street map. You can search by postcode or streetname.
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The tools on this page, especially the search by region depend on other web pages that are not under our control, sometimes there may be problems with these. Please let John Cochrane know if this occurs.
At present the swim shop pages on the web site simply show pictures of what is available and their prices.
It would be possible to run an on-line ordering service for the swim shop, however to do this the club needs a volunteer with e-mail, if you could do this or are interested please contact Steve Buckley or John Cochrane
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The web site contains a number of password protected areas these are
used by the executive committee and the coaches to aid in the running of
the club. The links to private pages are marked Private and have
a 
icon at the front
of the link