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Welcome to Daves Moth and Butterfly World
The Home of All Things Lepidoptera
How to use this Website


 Welcome to Dave McCormick's Moth and Butterfly World. If you are not sure how to use this site, please read below carefully and you'll soon know how this site is laid out and can be used.

Introduction

This site may look at first, hard to be able to find all the right information on it. Its not that hard really once you figured it out.

Each section of the website is designed a certain way so that you can tell which section of the site your on. When I redesigned the site, I forgot to use CSS style sheets to link on pages.

(CSS Styles sheets are a document that can be linked to many pages that alter their looks very easily without the need to change every page, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS for more) and since I did not do that, I have to alter every page if I want to redesign them, and this can take a while, so you may notice some pages look same as others, but may have some differences. This happens until all pages I want to change, are changed. But the way the site looks now overall, I am not doing any major design changes, I already did 3 and this is the last.

In the next table, you'll see some thumbnail images. Click each one and you'll see how a typical page on this website, is laid out. (be patient while images load, might take a minute or so)

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Banner on Top of Page.

On each page there is on the top, the website banner image. This will be on every page. Most websites have this banner so that you can tell what website your on. This may change in looks over time when the site gets updated, but much of the time it will remain the same.

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Page Content.

At the top of every page is the Page title is in larger text and bold, in the lighter grey area.

Below the title is a quick few words summery of what the page is about, this is also on every page.

Where you see the title "Introduction" this is the title to a section of text which will be on most pages.

As you can also see, the different sections are separated by lines. This makes it easier to understand which section starts where.

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Hyperlinks.

On every page, you'll see this on the left of each page. This is where all the main sections of the site are linked and below the links is a copyright on when the content of the current page is updated.

 
 

Home Page

When you first enter the site, you will see the home page: Home Page and this where any current and recent information is put, as well as a quick guide to what this website is about, the number of hits on the website and number of pages, species of butterfly, species of moth and total number of pages on website and when it was last updated. Any important information I have is put on this page too.

Newsletter Page

The newsletter page: Newsletter has pdf files which can be downloaded, I will sometimes create on things like trip reports and other information regarding butterflies and moths that won't fit anywhere else.

About Me Page

The about me page: About me has information about who I am and what photographic equipment I use too.

 

How to Take Good Photos Page

The How to Take Good Photos Page: How to take good photos has information on how to use your camera to get good shots of butterflies and moths like I have. Its far better and the highly preferred way of "collecting" butterflies now, as a photograph of a live creature can tell far more than a dead one can, plus they can go on living and carry on their kind and since photography is quite popular and digital cameras can start of cheap enough, anyone can get started. Remember "A picture can tell 1000 words."

A-Z Family Index and Photos Page

The A-Z Family Index and Photos: A-Z Family index and Photos was a long, hard section for me to write and some of the information may be lacking or missing, but I tried my best to get everything right with it. Every time I create a new species page, its linked to the family page and or even subfamily it belongs to.

Below is some images of each section of this section and how the pages within it are set. (be patient while images load, might take a minute or so)

How to Use: A-Z Family Index and Photos
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Banner on Top of Page.

On this page only, this page has a different banner image than on any other page. This is to show that this is a different, big section on its own.

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Superfamily Page.

This is how every superfamily page is laid out. The title on the top of the page, the links to subfamily pages below and information on that superfamily below it and below that, any species I have information on.

 
How to Use: Superfamily Page
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Top of Family Page.

On each family page, it will look similar to this one. There is a link back to the A-Z Family Index and Photos page, so you can get back to it easily.

Below this is information on that family. And below this is where you will find the Subfamily links.

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Species Links.

On the family or subfamily pages you will see tables. These tables are to hold any species pages I have on species that belong in that family. You can see how I do this on this image.

 
How to Use: Species Page
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Top part of the Page.

On this part of the species page is each section that has information on Caterpillars, Pupae, Subspecies, Forms and Videos.

TThe caterpillar information has always got links to the fooplants it eats on wikipedia. This is easier than creating information on foodplants myself.

On each section, if I have images on them, they will be on a table with a thumbnail link, date the image was taken and who took the image. /p>

To find out more on this section, see the last link on this table.

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Different Parts of the Page.

On this bottom half of the species page is each section that has links to subspecies, forms and aberrations. These sections if I have any known information on a subspecies or form, you will see the form or subspecies name crossed out. This will be like this if I know the form or subspecies name, but don't have any images of that form or subspecies. If I do, you can click on a link to take you to a page that has information on that specific subspecies or form.

The video Pages part has any videos I have taken of that species that I have uploaded to www.youtube.com and are put here so you can see them.

Next is references to all the books and various places I got that pages information from. This is important to stop people thinking I am plagiarising others work.

Below this is the copyright on year the page was updated and the date and time it was updated.

 

Species Identification/FAQ Pages

The Species Identification/FAQ Pages: Species identification/FAQ are where I put interesting facts about butterflies and moths and how to identify species.

Moth Trap Page

The Moth Trap Page: Moth traps has information on how to trap moths in various ways. Trapping moths is a good way of finding out what species are in an area because its hard to find many moths during the day.

Breeding with Caterpillars Page

The Breeding with Caterpillars Page: Breeding with Caterpillars  has information on how to rear caterpillars to adult butterflies. Any helpful and important tips on doing this, along with conservation will be in this section.

Seasons to Find Moths and Butterflies Page

The Seasons to Find Moths and Butterflies Page: Seasons to find  Moths and Butterflies  has information regarding on how species can differ throughout the year, what species can be found when as well as seasonal differences of species etc...

Contact, Disclaimer and External Links Page

The Contact Page: Contact is just how to contact me with any queries or information you may have. the Disclaimer Page: Disclaimer is just how to use the content on this website and what you can and can't do with it and the External Links Page: External Links is just a page of links to websites on the same subject which I feel are good websites on butterflies or moths etc... 
Page last edited: 05/09/2009 17:47

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