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This link site is dedicated to the residents of Greater Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. It contains links to many local sites as well as to a few sites
of special interest not found locally. Included are links to federal, provincial and
municipal government web sites as well as to those belonging to the major political
parties. Other local links include weather, tv listings, movie listings, lottery results,
newspapers, sports associations, tv and radio stations, schools, libraries, hospitals, law
enforcement agencies, legal information, medical and emergency resources, careers and
employment, business and finance, shopping and commercial establishments, transportation
and travel, discussion groups, directories and search engines. Also to be found are links
to on-line dictionaries, encyclopaedias, converters and magazines. Of special interest are
links to a list of child-approved sites, learning aids for children, parenting aids, home
improvement projects and how-to guides, computing assistance, science and technology, etc.
Some of the local links will allow you to purchase event tickets on-line, to place
classified advertisements on-line and to check your financial, phone, hydro and gas
accounts on-line. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this site please send me an e-mail message. |
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H o w t h i s s i t e w o r k s |
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This site uses frames. If your browser is Internet Explorer version
4 or later, the left-hand frame will contain an expandable menu system. Clicking on a
green ball or the associated heading will expand that menu item and display either a
hyperlink title (preceded by a red dot) or a sub-menu option (preceded by a green ball).
The colour of the green ball will change to yellow when selected. Clicking on a red dot or
associated hyperlink title will open that web page in the right-hand frame (the frame you
are now reading). Clicking on the yellow ball will contract that menu or sub-menu item and
the colour of the ball will change to green. Other browsers may open with the full menu
expanded, in which case it will be necessary to simply click on the required link name to
open that web page in the right-hand frame. The menu will remain in the left-hand frame
allowing instant access to, and instant switching between, hyperlinks. Some sites may not
allow the use of frames and will open up a in full window hiding the left-hand frame. If
this happens, click the back button until the left-hand frame reappears. Other sites may
look better in a full window and you may wish to manually hide the left-hand frame. To
return to this home page at any time click "home" at the top of the left-hand
frame. |
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P h i l o s o p h y b e h i n d t h i
s s i t e |
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The World Wide Web has become saturated with information on every
subject imaginable. It is becoming increasingly difficult for an internet surfer to find
local information when the web seemingly has no international boundaries. This is
particularly true for newcomers to the internet. Search engines help, but the results are
often so numerous, ambiguous, or weighted in favour of commercial sites that they are of
no use at all. In addition, many of the more interesting local sites are not listed with
any search engines. I wanted to create an easily accessible web index of local
information, and other information that I access regularly, for my internet start page. I
wanted the index to be available while viewing a web page so that I could instantly switch
to another page without going to favourites or bookmarks. I did not want all the
information to be overwhelming by appearing in the index all at once. I wanted to be able
to open category files as I required them to easily find the web site I required.
Unfortunately, this technology is currently only available with Internet Explorer version
4 and higher, although I am hoping that later versions of Netscape Navigator will
incorporate this feature. Once created, I found the site so helpful that I decided to make
it available to anyone who was interested. I have added local sites that many surfers do
not know exist or do not have the time to search for, and I am updating the index
regularly. I have split this link site into two sections: a) the information
section relates to sites that primarily provides information of a non-commercial nature,
although a few of the sites do have some commercial content, and b) the marketplace
section relates primarily to local commercial sites. Please send me an e-mail if you have any
suggestions or comments. |
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B o o k m a r k t h i s a n d
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If you find yourself using this site often I would recommend that
you set it up as your start page through your browser. In any case, if you feel that you
may wish to return to this site, I would suggest that you bookmark http://www.linksabound.com/ for easy
access in the future. To bookmark a page viewed
within a frame (such as the one you are viewing now) do NOT use the Favorites or Bookmark
feature in the menu bar or icon bar of your browser. Instead, click the right mouse button
within the boundaries of the frame that you wish to bookmark, then select "Add to
Favorites..." from the drop-down menu. |
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B
r o k e n l i n k s |
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If you find any broken links while surfing through this
site, please let me know by clicking here and
telling me the address of the site you are trying to access. Thank you. |
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B e s t v i e w e d w i t h ... |
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This site is optimized for Internet Explorer version 4.0
and later browser versions. Most earlier versions do not have the capability to present
the drop-down feature. When the menu is not shown compressed (it is fully expanded) it may
be fixed by adding this website to the compatibility list. If this does not compress the
menu it will require navigation with the scroll bars. In Internet Explorer access
Compatibility View Settings through the Tools menu and add http://www.linksabound.com to the list. |
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M a n u a l a d d r e s s i n g |
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If you have the address for
a web site that you wish to visit (but wish to keep the left-hand frame menu), instead of
enterring the address in the browser address bar, enter or paste it in the box below then
click on the "Go to.." button (do not use the ENTER
key).
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