Basic Navigation

The DigitalRockArt application can be described as a specialized photo album backed by a relational database for recording and reporting on rock art. It manages a database of JPEG images and an SQL relational database containing data related to the images. Whenever large amounts of textual data are required to elaborate on a topic (like this page) the DigitalRockArt application uses a MoinMoin wiki as a companion application. A wiki is a popular software tool designed for creating and maintaining text documents by groups of users.

Home Page

The DigitalRockArt home page is a wiki page that presents a brief overview of the DigitalRockArt application. On the left side there is a menu of wiki pages that describe the application in more detail. Many wiki pages may be read without logging on. On the left side there is a link to the DigitalRockArt Logon page. Access to DigitalRockArt application functions requires a logon ID and password.

Click on Blue

Blue text indicates a hyperlink. Clicking on a blue hyperlink will either move the current window to a different web page or open a popup window. Except for a few recording functions, small images or cropped elements are hyperlinks that will open popup windows to display larger images.

DigitalRockArt Application Pages

Choosing the Logon hyperlink on the DigitalRockArt home page displays a logon page. After a successful logon, the user will be presented with a menu of available functions in the main, or parent, browser window. Using the main window, users will select a function and will either input or receive data through a series of subsequent pages. When ready to move on to a different function, the user will return to the menu page by clicking the Menu button.

Learning how to use and when to close a popup window will make your use of the DigitalRockArt application more efficient. Many browsers now have an option to open new tabs instead of windows -- if this feature is activated new tabs will be created rather than new windows.

Popup windows are opened only as as the result of a user initiated mouse-click. When a popup window opens, the main window will remain at its current location and the popup window will overlay either a portion of the main window or the entire window, depending upon the settings in the user's browser. Popup windows display web pages from either the DigitalRockArt application or the wiki. Clicking on hyperlinks within popup windows may open additional popup windows.

Although popup windows may remain opened for an extended period, they are normally transient. The user will view or enter a small amount of information, close the popup window, and continue on with the current function. Alternatively, the user may click buttons or hyperlinks within the popup window that will move the popup window to a new location or open another popup window. Multiple popup windows may remain open as long as the user wishes. They can be hidden by clicking on the main windows' button in the task bar (or tab bar) or clicking on an exposed area of the main window that was not overlaid by the popup.

Popup windows that are allowed to remain open may be reused. Any hyperlink or button that would normally open a new window to display a wiki page will reuse a popup window containing any wiki page that has been left open. In this case the old popup window will be reloaded with the newly requested page, and the window will be given focus causing it to overlay the main window. DigitalRockArt application popup pages will be reused only when the same hyperlink or button is clicked a second time or when multiple hyperlinks display the same data or similar data.

Popup windows used to display DigitalRockArt application pages will display only the title bar at the top of the page. Wiki, Print, and Close buttons will be fixed in the upper right corner. The menu bar, tool bar and location bar will not appear unless overridden by the user's browser settings.

DigitalRockArt Mouse Functions

If you are viewing a lengthy page, a double left click will take you to the top of the page. However, if you are viewing a wiki page, double-click will enter the page editor and scroll the text edit area to the paragraph that was the target of the double click.