We've included some basic information for navigating this Web site.
If you are visiting this site for the first time or have general questions about this site, see our list of contacts for more information. If you are an exhibitor with specific questions related to your company's content as it appears on this Web site, contact or call 1-800-310-7554. Help is also available once you have logged into your exhibitor content.
Browsers
This site supports advanced functionality. Part of this functionality requires browsers using recently introduced Internet technology. If you experience difficulty while browsing this site, consider upgrading to either Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Service Pack 2, or Netscape 4.75 or higher.
For the best browsing experience possible, and to make full use of the site's advanced functionality, consider upgrading to Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5.
You can download the latest version of either of these browsers from Microsoft or Netscape.
Note that Netscape 6.0 was still in beta testing at the time this site was built and therefore is not in the suite of compatible browsers.
Colors
This Web site makes every attempt to use "Web safe" colors, so that visitors whose monitors are set to fewer displayable colors (such as 16 or 256 colors) will have an enjoyable experience. Occasionally, continuous-tone photographs that are scanned in, either as part of this Web site, or as products and brochures of exhibitors, may require more than a minimum number of displayable colors. If you see oddly contrasting colors on this Web site, consider adjusting your monitor's displayable colors to a setting where at least thousands of colors can be displayed at once. In Microsoft Windows, this setting can be found by right-clicking on the background of your screen and selecting Properties. On the Macintosh, Select Control Panel or Colors from the Apple Menu.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that Web sites place on your computer for various purposes. For this particular Web site, cookies are placed on your computer to personalize your experience. For instance, if you are an attendee or exhibitor with login information, cookies will store your login ID (not your password) so that you do not have to type your ID every type you wish to log in.
Note that your browser may prompt you to store your password; this is a function of your browser, not of this Web site, and it is entirely elective for you to do so.
Frames
This site makes use of frames. Frames divide content on a Web page into different areas, allowing each area to change independently. Sometimes the content within a frame is longer than the height of the frame itself, and you may have to scroll down the frame to experience the entire content; this is especially true when filling out forms. If you see a scroll bar and you are filling out a form, scroll down to be sure that you have entered all of the necessary information in the form. Many times, the actual Submit button will appear at the bottom of a form.
Internet Connection
The time it takes a browser page to load depends on a number of factors, including the amount of traffic on the Internet at the time, the amount of information you have requested (large or complex searches take longer than simple searches), the speed that your computer can actually refresh content, and your Internet connection speed.
Browsing this Web site does not require a high-speed connection. A traditional modem rated at 28.8K or higher is sufficient, but at such speeds, you may experience longer than average wait times for pages to load. If you plan to conduct extensive searches on this Web site, or are an exhibitor uploading content, consider using a faster connection.
Resolution
Resolution is a measurement of how fine your monitor can display content. Using system software, the resolution of most monitors can be adjusted.
For the purposes of this Web site, we have made every attempt to ensure that content will fit properly on your screen when the resolution of your monitor is set to at least 800x600 dots per inch (DPI). If you find that you have to constantly scroll side to side to view content, consider adjusting your monitor to a higher resolution.
