the CD/DVD virtual-website (side navigation frames).
This CD/DVD contains more info and better pix than the website.
In the following pages I have those items marked with an asterisk.
If you have anything not listed, please let me know.
If you have any items not illustrated, a rubbing, photocopy or scan would be most welcome.
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the CD/DVD virtual-website (side navigation frames).
This CD/DVD contains more info and better pix than the website.
In the following pages I have those items marked with an asterisk.
If you have anything not listed, a rubbing, photocopy or scan (ideally 300dpi) would be most welcome.
When a page is open, remember that pressing Ctrl-F
(i.e. hold down the CTRL key and press F) will open the IE search box.
Once you enter the "virtual website" you can browse the MAIN MENU files and
click on (nearly) everything or click on "MORE" to access the MORE MENU with many additional pages.
It is a good idea to print both the MAIN MENU and the MORE MENU screens as a guide.
You can also click most small images to open a larger one in a new window.
1000+ items listed and 600+ illustrated in HTML format - as "virtual web" pages.
Illustrations are scans of the actual tokens, photographs, or rubbings supplied by other
collectors.
Most are converted to 350x350 dots per side and are 256 level greyscale.
The files will load at least 5 times faster from a hard disc compared with a CD-ROM. Some of the larger files, e.g. Miscellaneous, can take 1-2 minutes to load all 150+ images. However, you can press STOP after a few seconds and just have the text displayed.
It is therefore better to copy the files to your hard disc - create a new folder on your PC, say, IRISH TOKENS, then copy the file index.html in the root directory of the CD-ROM and the folder named HTML to the new folder. This space required can be reduced by deleting the postcard folder. The CD-ROM can then be stored in a safe place. You can then create a shortcut to the index.html file in the HTML folder which will by-pass this page - go to the HTML folder on your hard disc, right-click on INDEX.html, then click CREATE SHORTCUT, then drag the new shortcut icon created in the HTML folder to your desktop (you might need to first click the restore icon next to the close icon at the top right of your screen so than the folder contents AND the desktop are visible).
By having the files on your hard drive, you can have updates emailed to you when requested.
You can also correct simple problems and customise the font size to suit your normal screen setting or if you find the type too small.
(PLATES MAY NOT ON THIS RELEASE!)
Tokens are also organized into plates with up to 4 double sided or 8 uniface tokens per plate.
The plates are suitable for printing on A4 or A5 sheets, with a reasonable degree of detail.
Even-numbered plates are rotated 180 degrees with respect to odd-numbered plates so that four plates can be printed on both sides of an A4 sheet with the correct orientation. These plates, which are in TIFF format, may not be on the DVW to save hard disc space.
The CD-ROM changes frequently - it will never be finished. If you would like the latest version, then return the original CD-ROM with a SAE. Only the "virtual website" will be updated but there should be enough space for two or more updates.
If the returned CD-ROM has been damaged, or you can't bear to part with it, send two £1 coins for the latest version - but email first to ensure there is one available (UK only).
Sometime in the future I will perhaps include a text-only list of everything, with shortcut links to the appropriate file listing and image. Perhaps I will create a thumbnail illustrated list, with everything in tables, which will load faster and look better. Perhaps I will add both sides of some tokens I currently show only one side. Perhaps I will re-scan all the plastic tokens in colour. Perhaps, perhaps perhaps...
Any images shown "courtesy of..." should not be used without first seeking their permission. I am happy to have small numbers of any of my images (say under 20) used for any not-for-profit work, but please ask if larger numbers are to be used.
My personal copy references some articles and images which are still under copyright and are not on this CD. Usually I add something like "see ..." alongside the missing illustration. Links to "missing" articles which are not on the CD are often in green. If anything is on the CD which shouldn't be there, I apologise and will remove it. It is not my intention to distribute illegal copies of others' work. If there is a link to a web page which no longer exists, I might be able to email a copy if I have shown it as "archived."
Most articles longer that a few lines are probably from the www - articles which are freely available on the www, and therefore in the public demain, are used for this not-for-profit work. Since all history notes are plagiarized, I have merely continued the custom! If anything is on the CD which shouldn't be there, let me know and I will remove it.
The CD-ROM is designed for browsing in the original sense of the word
It also assumes you know what a particular token is likely to be listed under.
However you can search for a single keyword, e.g. a town, street name or surname, in ALL the html files in one go by clicking the taskbar's Start button (at the bottom left of your screen), select Find, select Files or Folders, then type *.htm in the the Named textbox, and then type the word (avoid phrases since these may be missed if the words are spread across two lines and because spaces are sometimes replaced in HTM files by "%20" which still get displayed as a space) you are looking for in the Containing Text textbox, and then the drive&directory (e.g. D:/irish tokens/html) where these .htm files are located on your PC in the Look In textbox, then click Find Now. A list of files containing your keyword will be shown - simply click on each file in turn to open that file (they should open automatically in your internet browser, e.g. Internet Explorer), and you can then use your browser to search for the keyword in that particular file - e.g. press Ctrl-F to open a search textbox in IE6.
If you see something which looks wrong then it probably is! Errors creep in all the time and are difficult to spot. ASK if you suspect something is wrong.
Links to different files and illustrations are tested (although you may find this hard to believe) as they are created. However, every so often, I have a tidy-up and move things to a more logical folder, and while the more obvious links are changed, some might be forgotten. I'm only human, despite what you may have heard.
Probably 99.9% of items linked to will be on the CD-ROM somewhere - it is only an addressing problem, i.e. an incorrect path, and not a missing file problem. If you have transferred the listings to your hard disc, then you can correct these. Right-click on any broken link and find the name of the file which should be linked to. Then use the Windows search facility to find that file. Close the search window and then view the SOURCE (from the VIEW menu) of the file with the incorrect link (this opens the file in NOTEPAD or WORDPAD) and you can then type in the correct path, save the file and then refresh the page to update the link.
© 2001-2017 Barry Woodside, 225 Tixall Road, Stafford, England, ST16 3XS
ph: 01785 256 656 (Sunday evenings only)
email: info@irishtokens.co.uk (checked once a week only!)
Any new information, scans (anything will do but ideally 300dpi b/w or better), rubbings etc gratefully received!
All providers will be acknowledged in the listing.
If you have a number of pics. to send, please send them spread across a number of small emails to avoid the lot being lost in hyperspace.