Resolving Reader Problems Reaching and Printing This Blog

It has come to my attention that some are having difficulty accessing or reaching the blog, and do not always arrive at the "home" page. The following instructions work in recent versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.

Printing Only This Post
If you are reading this, you might want to print this post before proceeding. You are currently viewing the five most recent posts. So if hit your "print" button now, you will print all five of them.   To avoid that, click (that is, use the left clicker on your mouse) on the beige text "Resolving Reader Problems Reaching This Blog" at the top of this post. That will eliminate the four posts following this one.

Then you can choose one off the two following methods to print:

1. Press the "right click" on your mouse or touch-pad. This will open a menu, and you may select Print.... from among the items on the list. Your Print window will appear.  Press the Print button.

2. Instead of using the right mouse button, you may use the keyboard. Press and hold the "Ctrl" key (there is one in the lower left hand corner of your keyboard. While holding it down, press the "P" key. Then release both the "Ctrl" and the "P" keys. Your Print window will appear.  Press the Print button.

Note that the photo at the top of the post will not print. You will have an open, white rectangle with nothing inside. On the bright side, this saves ink!

Going to the Home Page of this Blog

To get to the "home" page, click on the following link, which will insert the link into your browser:

http://briarcliffelakes.blogspot.com/

After you are taken to the site, add it to your "Favorites". One way to do this in Internet Explorer is to press and hold the "Alt" key (usually near the space bar of your keyboard). While holding it down, press the "Z" key. Then release both the "Alt" and the "Z" keys. You can then select "Add to Favorites" from the menu.

In the future you can go to your list of "Favorites"  by pressing the star on the left side of your Browser, and select this blog from the list. Here is what the button looks like:

That way, you avoid the need to type the complete address, called a URL. Note that "URL" stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" and previously "Universal Resource Relocator" which is internet speak for the unique address for a page on the world wide web. Each page on my blog has a different "URL" but the one above takes you to the most recent, which is the "home" page.

Opening a New Tab

The best way to go to this or any other website is to open a new tab. In that way, you won't replace an open browser window and possibly lose your place on the web.

What I describe will work with Microsoft Vista, or XP with later versions of Internet Explorer.

1. Press and hold the "Ctrl" key (there is one in the lower left hand corner of your keyboard. While holding it down, press the "T" key. Then release both the "Ctrl" and the "T" keys.  This will open a new tab in Internet Explorer.

2. You should see a new tab open with this message displayed "You've opened a new tab" and some additional info. Or, you may see this message "What do you want to do next?"

3. At the very top of the new tab, there is a white space and in it a symbold and the text "about:Tabs" which may be highlighted in blue or not.  Go to your "Favorites" and select this blog from the list. Or, type this link in the white space http://www.briarcliffelakes.blogspot.com  and then press the "Enter" key.

You should be taken immediately to the home page for the blog.


If you have any questions or comments, email me.

letmethinkaboutthisblog@gmail.com