Introduction
ChiBrow Help  Version 5.02

Welcome to the ChiBrow Help System.

Within this help facility you'll find the on-line and only documentation for

ChiBrow - The Childrens' Browser.

To display the Help Table of Contents, click the Contents Button above.

In the event you are unable to locate the answer to your question, for best results, it's suggested that you email our technical department with your questions.

Email:  webmaster@childrenbrowser.com

A link to email has been removed for security purposes.


Overview

This browser was designed to prevent it's users (mainly children) from visiting Web Pages and/or Sites not meeting the approval of their parents and/or guardians (supervisors).

When the user clicks on a link or object the browser verifies the site against it's safe-site database.  If the URL (web address) of the site is not contained within the safe-site database, the browser ignores the click.

After the user is taken to a 'Safe-Site' he/she is then able to browse the links within the site that either contain the same domain (web address) or are contained within the safe-site database.

The Browser contains a Safe-Site Database Drop-Down List of allowable sites that enables the user to quickly goto any of the preapproved sites.

The Favorites Folders enable the use to save and organize bookmarks to favorite web pages.

Additionally, the supervisor can activate settings (via the Supervisor Settings) to enable or disable the following:

•	Access to all .gov (US Government) URL/domains.

•	Access to all .edu (Dept. of Education) URL/domains.

•	Access to all .org (Organizational) URL/domains.

•	Access to all Sites contained in the allowable Search Engine.

•	Disable/Hide Desktop Icons.

•	Disable/Hide the Start-Menu.

•	Disable/Hide the Task-Bar.

The supervisor can add, edit and delete allowable sites and web pages by use of the Safe Site Database.  The adding of sites is enhanced by Disabling the Safety, browsing to the desired page/site and clicking the 'Add Link' Button at the bottom of the browser.  The 'Add Link' button is only displayed while the Safety is disabled.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

 Supervisor topics


The Browser
The Browser...

The Browser consists of a Button Bar, Safe-Site Drop-Down List and the Web Browsing Window.

The Web Browsing Window inherits the browing capabilities of your installed Internet Explorer (IE4 or IE5).  Although, the use of Pop-Up Content Menus has been disabled for security reasons.

Adding Plug-Ins:

The browser requires and uses MicroSoft Internet Explorer versions 4 & 5 (IE4/5).  Likewise, this browser can use all of the Plug-Ins installed in your system's IE4/5.  Refer to the online help contained in your Internet Explorer for more information regarding Plug-Ins and other IE features.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

 Supervisor topics


The Button Bar

This is perhaps the single most used area of the browser outside of it's Web Browsing Area.  Below you'll find a list of the available buttons and their purpose.

 Displays the Navigation Panel.

 Displays the Previously viewed Web Page.

 Displays the Next viewed Web Page.

 Stops the downloading of the current Web Page.

 Reloads the displayed Web Page.

 Displays the Start Page.

 Displays the Search Page.

 Displays the Favorites Folder Form.

 Prints the displayed Web Page.

 Displays Supervisor Settings Form.

 Displays this Help Document .

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 Fravorites Folder topics

 Supervisor topics


Safe Site Drop-Down
The Safe-Site Drop-Down

This Drop-Down List contains the Titles of the Safe-Sites contained in the Safe-Site Database, which enables the user to quickly scan and select a Site to browse.

The Drop-Down List can be found on the Navigation Panel, which is displayed when you click the Nav Panel Button of the Button Bar.

Two buttons are associated with this Drop-Down List.  The Drop-Down Button (with Down-Arror) and the 'GO!' button.

Clicking the Drop-Down button Drops down the list of Safe-Sites.  If you know the Title of the desired site, you can type it's Title to Quick-seek to it... And, then click it to select it.  At this point, you can either press the <Enter> key or click the 'GO!' button to browse to the selected site.

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The Navigation Panel

The Navigation Panel is displayed and undisplayed when you click the Nav Panel Button of the Button Bar.  This Panel contains the Safe-Site Drop-Down List and (40) Quick-Link Buttons.

The Safe-Site Drop-Down List allows the user to select a site from the list and then navigate to the site by clicking the 'GO' button.

The Quick-Link Buttons allows the user to store visited web pages to any of the (40) Quick-Link buttons and later revisit that web page by clicking on the button.

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The Quick-Link Buttons
The Quick Link Buttons

The Navigation Panel contains (40) user defined Quick-Link buttons.  Using these buttons, the user can store visited web page to any of the (40) Quick-Link buttons and later revisit that web page by clicking its the button.

Defining a Quick-Link button:

1. 	Right-Mouse Button click on the desired Quick-Link button.

{The Quick-Link Button Dialog is displayed}

2.	Edit the Button Title as desired and Click the 'OK' button.

Erasing a Quick-Link button:

1. 	Right-Mouse Button click on the desired Quick-Link button.

{The Quick-Link Button Dialog is displayed}

2.	Erase the Button Title and Click the 'OK' button.

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Bookmarks & Favorites Folders
Bookmarks & Favorites Form

This form is used to save bookmarks to favorite web pages.  Using this form, you can create Folders to organize your Bookmarks and Bookmark the displayed page in a created folder.

Creating a Folder:

Below the Folders List you'll find the New button.  Clicking this button displays the 'New Folder Name' Field.  Enter the desire Folder Name and Click the Save Button.

Adding Bookmarks:

First, click a desired Folder to put the bookmark in.

Click the 'Add Current Web Page' Button.

Selecting a Bookmarked page to display:

Click the Folder containing the Bookmark.

Double-Click the Bookmark's Title.

Deleting Folders and/or Bookmarks:

To delete a Folder or Bookmark, select the desired Folder or Bookmark by clicking it (One Click) ... Then, click the Delete button.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

 Supervisor topics


Supervisor Settings
Supervisor Settings Form

This form is access from the Supervisor's button on the Button-Bar and requires the entry of the valid Supervisor's Password.

Note:  The first thing you as the supervisor should do is change the Supervisor Password.  When prompted for the password, the default password is displayed.  This password allows you to enter the Supervisor's Form.

Warning!  Reinstalling the browser software may revert the Supervisor's password to the browser's default.  Should the Installation/setup software be made available to the user (child), he or she could reinstall the browser and overwrite your Supervisor Password.

Supervisor Form Areas:

•	Safe-Site Database

•	Site Options

•	Change Password

•	System Security Settings

•	Disable Safety Option

•	Adding Safe Sites

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The Safe Site Database
The Safe-Site Database

Pertains to Supervisor's Settings Form.

This area of the Supervisor Setting Form enables you to Add, Edit and Delete entries in the Safe-Site Database.

The Database Button Bar:

This bar is located directly below the Safe-Site Data Fields and contain the following buttons (from left to right)

•	|< Goto and display the first Safe-Site Record.

•	<  Displays the previous Record.

•	Add Creates a New (Blank) Record.

•	Delete Deletes the displayed Record.

•	Save Saves any changes you made to the displayed Record.

•	> Displays the next Record.

•	>| Goto and display the last Record.

Finding Safe-Site Records:

To quickly locate a safe-site record, use the Search Text field and it's associated buttons: Find Title and Find URL.

A)	Enter a word or text to search for in the Search Text field.

B)	Click the Find Title to find the next record whose Title contains the entered Search Text.

Or, click the Find URL button to find the next whose URL contains the entered Search Text.

Adding Safe-Site Records:

1.	Click the New button (Once).

2.	Enter the site's Title.

3.	Enter the site's URL (web address).

Important: Do Not enter http:// at the beginning of the URL.  This part of the URL is not required for the Safe-Site URL.

For Example:

   For:  http://www.someplace.com/luckyme.htm

Enter:  www.someplace.com/luckyme.htm

Quick Add Link Method !

This method enables you to browse the web in search of safe-sites and quickly add their links to the database by clicking the Add Link button.  This button is placed at the bottom of the browser when the Disable Safety Option is checked.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

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Setting Site Options

Pertains to Supervisor's Settings Form.

These options let you allow category sites without having to create Safe-Site Database Entries for them.

Site Options:

Allow Search Page Sites - This option allows the user to browse all web pages (links) contained within the defined Search Page/engine.  For Example: If the user clicks a link from the search page/engine, he or she is allowed to browse that page and pages on it's site/domain.  Links that lead away from the site/domain of the page are disallowed unless contained in the Safe-Site Database.

Allow .edu Sites - Allows the user to browse all pages contained on .edu domains/sites.  Where .edu is for Dept. of Education sites (usually official school sites).

Allow .gov Sites - Allows the user to browse all pages contained on .gov domains/sites.  Where .gov is for Government (US Gov.) Sites.

Allow .org Sites - Allows the user to browse all pages contained on .org domains/sites.  Where .org is for Organizations (Non-Profit...) Sites.

Use with Caution! The content of some organizations may not be suitable for young children.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

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Changing the Password

Pertains to Supervisor's Settings Form.

1.	Enter the desired password in the New: field.

2.	Enter it again for verification in the Verify: field.

3.	Click the Save button (once).

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System Security Settings

Pertains to Supervisor's Settings Form.

These settings are great for our younger users.  You know the ones., the ones who manage to somehow click on every icon and folder on your system.  Eventually causing many hours of corrective actions and much grief to yourself.

The System Security Settings can

•	Hide your DeskTop Icons.

•	Hide the Start-Menu & Task-Bar.

•	Prevent Task Switching and Rebooting.

Once enabled,

•	The settings will remain in effect while the browser is loaded.

•	Closing the browser will require the Supervisor Password.

•	The settings will be re-enabled when the browser is loaded again.

You can find these settings by clicking the 'System Security Settings' button on the Supervisors' Settings Form.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

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Disable Safety Option

Pertains to Supervisor's Settings Form.

Use this option to disable the Safe-Site Mechanism and enable you to use the browser freely.  This is useful when browsing for sites to add to the safe-site database.

The Add Link button:

This button is display at the bottom of the browser when the Disable Safety Option is enabled.  Clicking this button will add the displayed Web Page and Site to the Safe-Site Database.

Note:	This Option's setting is not saved and therefore is reverted back to it's off mode when the browser is unloaded/exited.

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 Fravorites Folder topics

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Adding Safe Sites

Pertains to Supervisor's Settings Form.

There are two ways that you can add sites to the Safe-Site Database; Manually via the Supervisor's Safe-Site Database Fields or Quickly by use of the Add Link button in conjunction with the Disable Safety Option.

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Trips & Tricks
Tips & Tricks

Quickly Surf & Add Safe-Sites !

You can quickly surf and add Safe-Sites to the ChiBrow database by using the Supervisor Settings 'Disable Safety' option.  This feature allows you to surf freely in search of acceptable web sites/pages.  When you find a site/page you would like to add to the Safe-Site database, you simply click the displayed 'Add-Link' button at the bottom of the browser.  When you do, you are prompted with a small dialog that allows you to edit the web site/page title and click 'OK' to save or 'Cancel' to abort.

With the Safety Off, you can also activate the IE4/5 context pop-up menu by right-mouse button clicking on the browser.  The pop-up menu is normally disabled for security reasons.

Drag & Drop web page content !

The user can Drag & Drop the displayed web page content (text & images) to his/her word processor.  This is useful for gathering content for homework and class assignments.

First, open your word processor and/or document. Position ChiBrow and word processor windows, so that both can be seen.  Then, select the desired text on ChiBrow.  This is done by  highlighting the text with the mouse by clicking and holding the left-mouse button at the beginning of the text and then dragging the mouse pointer to the end of the desired text.  Note that the desired text is now highlighted.  Next, click and hold down the left-mouse button over the selected text., then drag the mouse pointer over to the word processor window and release the mouse button.  The selected text is copied and dropped to the word processor.

Likewise, you can drag & drop images to your word processor or image editor.

However, the distination program (word processor or image editor...) must support the Windows Drag & Drop feature.  For example: MicroSoft Word and Word Pad both support this feature.

Prevent the user from messing up the desktop and computer !

We'll call this the Garrett fix.  Our Garrett, then 4 years old, was notorious for sitting down to use a piece of childrens' software and going bonkers on the machine.  He'd enjoy hours of playing with everything besides the intented application.  After using the machine, he would leave it in such a horible state of disarray and disfunction that we devised the following features for ChiBrow.

The ChiBrow Security Settings enable you to protect your desktop, disable the Start-Menu and even prevent the child from exiting from ChiBrow without the supervisor password.

 Browser topics

 Fravorites Folder topics

 Supervisor topics