Castle Mountains Postcards are
html documents containing graphics,
text and some are created using Java.
Castle Mountains Postcards
currently uses My Postcards Platinum 4 for reliability and security.
You can send as many postcards as
you like as often as you like, they're free.
To send a Castle Mountains
Postcard the recipient must have an e-mail address and a browser that is capable of
displaying graphics.
From the menu page, select a catagory of
cards that you would like you view. From the card selection page click on the link
under the graphic you would like to select (if you would like to preview the image prior
to selection just click on the image for 100% viewing) click on the back button on your
browser to return to the card selection page. After selecting a graphic
you will be directed to the page where you can select the postcard options, etc. After
completing this section select the send this buttom and this will take you to a
preview page, where you can preview your creation.
In addition to selecting a
graphic, we also have features which allow custom design of cards - stamps,
poems, music, personal messages, multi send function (send the same card to up to
25 recipients), and the send later function (choose the date you would like your
postcard sent -
up to 30 days in advance). It is very important to ensure that you have
entered your email address correctly and the recipients email address correctly.
We will notify the recipient
via e-mail that they have a card waiting with instructions on how to retrieve the
card. Castle Mountains also sends a notification to the sender when the recipient
has picked up the card. If the postcard is not claimed within 7 days it will
be deleted from our server.
A lot of your computer memory is used
up by viewing graphics in card sites. Not only does you computer have to view the
card images but the background graphics, title graphics and sound file if one is embedded
in the selection page. You can make more memory available by closing other programs
or web pages. Don't forget to clean out your temporary internet files or
cache files on a regular basis and restarting your computer.
Due to the high graphics and your modem speed depends on how fast the page will download
for you. The Castle Mountains Postcard server is very busy with 20,000 plus visitors
per day, this will also affect the speed of the web page download for you. Should
you receive an error message while trying to enter the site, this means the site is very
busy and you should try again later.
Castle Mountains Postcards offers Java postcards (i.e. Lake Reflections, Snow and Rain
effects on cards). These cards can only be viewed with browsers that are Java
enabled. If you have a Java enabled browser and still cannot view the Java cards,
you might have to change the Java settings on your browser. If you still are unable
to view the Java cards you can click on the reload or refresh button on your browser menu,
this usually always works. The recipient of a Java card must also have a Java enabled
browser to view the postcard that you sent.
To hear a midi file (music) the receipient must have a sound card, speakers and driver
software. There are free downloads available for Microsoft
Media Player and Crescendo
Free plug-ins you might want to download as well:nbsp;
SHOCKWAVE
REAL AUDIO PLAYER
QUICKTIME FOR APPLE
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