Help Using The Site

Checking for Site Updates

The easiest way to check for updates is to make use of the RSS feed. There is a link to the feed in the side bar. There is also an  HTML page showing the content of the feed. To learn more about RSS see  What is RSS?

You can see if the site has been updated since your last visit by clicking on the 'Last Site Update' date and time on the Home Page.

All non-trivial changes are recorded on the Recent Changes page.

Internal and External Links

To help you navigate links that are to locations internal to the site are coloured differently to external links, which take you away from it.

Internal Links

These are coloured thus

External Links

These are a different colour and usually have a leading icon,  like this link to google.co.uk

Opening Links in a New Tab

By default the text links will replace the current page with the relevant comic. However you may wish to open the link in a new tab or window, for example to view a series of comics.

If you want the comic to open in another browser tab (or window) then you have three options:

Use a Keyboard Shortcut

Click on the text links using the appropriate key combination for your browser. If the shortcut doesn't work for you check your browser settings, you may have overridden the option or changed the key combination.

Use the External Link Icon

Most links to locations outside this site are preceded by an icon ''. Clicking on this will open the link in a new tab. However you will have less control over the process that if you do this via your browser and the 'focus' will probably change to the new location.

Not all links on the site have this Icon, it is omitted if it would disrupt the formatting excessively.

Bring up the Relevant Menu

Most Browsers will present you with a menu of options, including the option to open the link in a new tab, if you Right-Click, Long-Tap or Long-Click (depending on what platform you are using) on a link. This is obviously slow and cumbersome but it does work.

Why is the Address Strange ?

If you accessed the site through http://nbinvincible.org.uk you may be surprised to find yourself at http://www.ricka.plus.com This expected behaviour and is because access to the site is redirected to the site to be moved between hosts more easily.

You may access the site though http://nbinvincible.org.uk or http://www.ricka.plus.com, however at some time in the future you may have to update your bookmark if the site moves. Bookmarks to http://nbinvincible.org.uk will not need updating.

Permanent Links to Points Within the Site

If you want to link to items within the site roll your mouse over the nearest heading. A paragraph mark '¶' will appear. This is the point that you can link to - on most browsers a Right-Click whilst over the mark will reveal a menu that allows you to copy the relevant URL.

Note

Don't be surprised if the domain part of the URL is different to what you expect. The address of this site is redirected and what you are seeing is the domain name of the server the site is currently hosted on.

Note

These 'permanent' links are still subject to change due to site alterations. You should also be aware that the site may move host in the near future, which will break all such links.

Known Issue

The following issue is known about and being worked on:

Search Results Search results will take you to the correct page but not the location within that page.

Suggested Workaround: Navigate to the correct page then use the search function of your browser to find the part of the page you want.