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Banner

The “Dickimaw Books” banner has elements that can be hidden. The cookie notice setting also applies to the shop and blog.

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RSS and social media buttons:

Images

If you have a narrow screen or low bandwidth, the online store has smaller images that can be used instead of the standard ones. Some of the other scripts on this site may also use this setting, but it’s not used by static pages.

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Links

Links that open a new tab or window are or with the following symbol:

For example, the following link opens a new window or tab (depending on your browser settings): Dickimaw Books. (These types of link are being phased out on this site.)

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Side Panel and Table of Contents

Navigational lists use custom markers (but not on all pages):

Top level:
Current level 1 item:
Second level:
Current level 2 item:
Third level:
Current level 3 item:
Fourth level:
Current level 4 item:

For example:

  • First (current)
    • Subitem 1
    • Subitem 2 (current)
      • Subsubitem 1
      • Subsubitem 2 (current)
        • Subsubsubitem 1
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    • Subitem 3
  • Second
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Custom text list markers are easier to implement and look better with CSS3 but not all browsers support this, so a CSS2 alternative is used by default. In the list below, do the list items start with the section marker § (CSS3 support) or do they use the default list marker (usually a small filled circle)?

  • First item.
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Forms

These settings are for forms on the main site (not including the shop or blog).

Search/Find

Text for search/find button:

Text for view button:

Navigation

Previous Page:

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Accessibility

The accesskey attribute allows a way of accessing a form element using the keyboard, but the actual activation depends on your browser (for example, on Firefox you need to press down both Shift and Alt followed by the access key). This can help with accessing the form elements if you are unable to use, or have difficulty using, the mouse. However it can also cause a form to be submitted or changed in error through an accidental key press or can conflict with the browser's shortcuts. Therefore you can choose whether or not to include accesskey in form elements. (Not all elements have an accesskey even if this setting is on.)

If you choose a page style that has the hamburger menu button, then both "Include accesskey" options will set the accesskey to "M" for that button, but the key won't be shown next to the button even if you have chosen the "show key" option.

Other Symbols

Missing images (for example, a book cover that hasn’t yet been designed) are denoted with:

Page Style

You can choose which page style you prefer for the main part of this site (doesn't include the shop or blog). Note that for the "with side panel" styles, the side panel will always be moved to below the navigation bar if the window/screen width is too narrow to support it. The sticky hamburger styles hide the side panel and only show it when the hamburger menu button is clicked, which requires JavaScript. The sticky part requires a browser that recognises the position: sticky or position: -webkit-sticky CSS property.

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