Other Technical
Tips
Monitor
Settings
shorelineoftahoe.com
looks best at a monitor resolution setting of
800 x 600 or above pixels.
To enhance your shopping
experience, set your monitor to display millions
of colors. Although you
will get best results
from our site when your monitor is set at
millions of colors, all images,
except photographs, are
optimized at 256 colors. We try our best to
display the colors of our products
as accurately as
possible. Please call 1-888-877 Snow (7669) with
any questions about merchandise
colors.
It is also a good idea to
make sure your display font is set to a
small-sized font when viewing our site.
Plug-Ins
A few plug-ins, Web
browser helper applications, will enhance your
shopping experience at skis.com.
To view our television
advertisements, experience multimedia effects,
view downloaded order forms
and take advantage of
other features, you need to download and install
the following plug-ins:
QuickTime (www.apple.com)
Shockwave (www.macromedia.com)
Flash Player (www.macromedia.com)
Adobe Acrobat Reader
(www.adobe.com)
Installing A Plug-In Or
Application
When downloading the
software, be sure to write down where on your
computer you're saving it.
Once it has downloaded
completely, locate it on your hard drive and
follow the included installation
instructions.
If you can't find what
you've downloaded:
For Macintosh
users:
Under
"File", select "Find..."
Type in the name of
the file and click "Find"
Once the file is
found, double click on it and follow the
installer instructions
For PC
users:
Under
"Start", go to "Find"
Select "Files or
Folders"
Type in the name of the file and
click "Find Now"
Once the file is found,
double click on it and follow the installer
instructions
Shopping Bag
Disappears
If your shopping bag has
disappeared, you may have disabled the "cookie"
on your browser, or you may be using
a browser that does not
support "cookies." A cookie is a small
identification file that is stored on your
computer.
shorelineoftahoe.com
stores shopping bag information with the cookie,
so we recommend that you turn on or use
a cookie-enabled browser
while shopping at
shorelineoftahoe.com.
Enlarging Text
Size
Our website was designed
for optimum appearance on a variety of monitors.
If you would like to enlarge the text,
however, just follow the
instructions given for your browser.
For Netscape Navigator
4.5:
Under "Edit", select
"Preferences"
Select "Fonts" under
"Appearance" in the left-hand menu
Choose a
larger number from the drop-down menus in both
of the size boxes to the right; we recommend
using size 12
Below the size boxes, make
sure "Use document-specified fonts, including
Dynamic Fonts" is selected
Click
"OK"
For Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5.0:
Under "View", go to "Text
size"
Select "Larger" or
"Largest"
For Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.0:
Under "View", select
"Internet Options"
Click the "General" tab
Select "Fonts"
In the new window, go to
the "Font Size" drop-down menu and select either
"Larger" or "Largest"
Click "OK"
Click
"OK" in the main window
Enabling
JavaScript
We're sorry, but you'll
need to enable JavaScript in your browser to
shop our site. See below for easy-to-follow
instructions.
You cannot shop the
skis.com site unless your Web browser supports
JavaScript. If your firewall does not allow
JavaScript from the Web
in general, you will need to ask your network
administrator to enable JavaScript for the
skis.com site.
How to enable JavaScript
in your web browser
If you are using Internet
Explorer 6.x, 5.x or 4.x (Windows):
Click the Tools menu
Click Internet Options
..., to open the Internet Options dialog box
Click the Security tab
Click the Internet symbol
(a globe)
Click the Custom Level
... button, to open the Security Settings dialog
box
In the Settings list,
scroll down to Scripting
Under Active Scripting,
click Enable, so that a dot appears next to it
(If you are unsure about
the other Security Settings, please check with
your Network Administrator)
Click OK to close the
Security Settings dialog box
Click Yes in the Warning!
message box
Click OK to close the
Internet Options dialog box
If you are using Netscape
6.x:
Click Edit, then click
Preferences
Click on Advanced.
Check Enable JavaScript
for Navigator.
Click the OK button.
If you are using Netscape
4.x:
Click Edit, then click
Preferences
Click on Advanced.
Check Enable JavaScript.
Click the OK button.
