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Accessibility

We have made every effort to make this website 'accessible' to as many internet users as possible. This not only means just the website being compatible with most web browsers, but also being accessible to people with visual or hearing disabilities.

While every step is taken to ensure that the site is accessible to all users, we accept that we may not be able to get it right all of the time. If you or anyone you know experiences any difficulty accessing this web site, then please let us know and we will do our best to rectify this.

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March 2010
Setup Paypal this month, so that the CACR can now recieve financial donations and gifts. Anyone donating financial gifts please be sure to provide your name and address in order to recieve a tax reciept. The CACR will now accept payment for membership renewal via Paypal, so if you can't make it into the Office at renewal time, please use Paypal and don't forget to complete a membership renewal form. Early last year I submitted a suggestion to the Open Directory Project to include the CACR in their directory, and it was accepted. I have added a graphic link on the front page of the site D M O Z.
January 2009
  • Please visit the site regularly as we update this web site frequently.
July 2009
  • Split the Indian Summer Art Show up, so we can save and archive these pages for this annual show.
  • Created an area for Art Programs and Classes.
  • Updated Membership Page.
  • Updated Membership Application Fill in form PDF.
  • Events Page is updated weekly, by one of the board directors.
August 2009
  • Began upgrade of the website, the end result being that the website will be centered for all viewing the site. Tables will not be used any longer, as all is converted to the more current way of coding using css stylesheets.
  • The site is been tested using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, and Firefox 2.0.0.12 to 3.5.2, and a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or larger.
  • Some area's of the site may not appear as intended. Please be patient as work progresses on the site, and check back soon again. The site is updated regularly by members of the board of directors of the Community Arts Council of Richmond BC.
  • A rewrite of the site code in order to facilitate upgrading the site code, removing all tables, and replacement with css.
  • Added Member Services Page
  • Added Call for Artists Page
  • In progress, upgrade to Member Directory Page(s)
August 2008
  • Site performance enhancements, specifically the 'Member Directory' and 'What we Sell' pages of the site should show page rendering speed improvement. Nothing worse than waiting for your web page browser to display the page you clicked on! While we can not fix your internet problems, we can make the site better (faster). Enjoy!
    Each time the site admin makes a change to the membership, these files are deleted. The 1st visitor to one of these pages will automatically recreate them. The next visitor to the page or pages won't notice anything except how fast the page loaded on their screen.
  • Expect more improvements to this site feature soon. See New Events page workspace.
July 2008
  • Don't forget to update your bookmark of this site to our new domain name.
    - richmondartscouncil.org
    If you use MS Internet Explorer, you may use the link above to add a new bookmark.

    Else you if you use one of the following internet web browsers:
    - Mozilla Firefox
    - Apple Safari
    - MS Internet Explorer

    Use CTRL+D keyboard combination to add a new bookmark. Tested using the internet web browsers listed above.
  • Download and print our new Membership form. It took a bit of doing but we now have a very nice clear easy to use Membership form, to be used for new and renewal Membership.
  • 3rd Annual Indian Summer Art Show page has been added, for more details check it out, it's still under construction at this moment.
  • July 18,2008, we have also now added richmondartscouncil.CA in order to establish our purely Canadian presence, it will also automatically redirect you to our .ORG domain.
    richmondartscouncil.CA --> richmondartscouncil.ORG.
  • This website has been labelled with ICRA (Family online safety institute)   Family online safety institute, what does this mean? Use the link above for a full description of what ICRA does for internet websites.
  • July 15, 2008, we have changed our domain name from
    richmondartscouncil.COM --> richmondartscouncil.ORG.
    Why? Dot ORG domain extension is meant for use by 'Non-profit Organizations'. The CACR is just that. Hence we will use the domain name appropriate to our designation. dot COM is the "commercial" U.S.A. Registry, The Canadian registry is dot CA. Each country in the world has their own unique domain name extensions. For more information on this, use a search engine like Google, and use the search term "top level domain names".
June 2008
  • Added pagination to the 'What we Sell' area of the site, currently these pages display 5 artists per page, with a link both at the top and bottom to navigate forward and back through displayed member artist items. Alternating background colour as artists are displayed down the page.
May 2008
  • Added CACR member artist images to the member directory, featured member artists listed on the front page of the site as well as the What we Sell... area of the site. A new version of Popup image(s) has been enabled.
  • CACR member directory lists:
    Member Name,
    Member Photo,
    Media type,
    Homepage,
    Artists Bio,
    4 jpg images
  • CACR Member Artists may now submit up to (4)... images of items displayed for sale in the What we Sell... area of the Artisans' Galleria.
  • CACR Member Artists wishing to change their currently displayed listing are asked to use the form provided...
  • CACR Featured member artist of the month includes, artist bio and up to 4 images, up to 5 member artists may be chosen, these 5 are displayed in random order.
    Member Artists are chosen by the CACR monthly, and automatically expire ( stop displaying ) in the featured area of the site at the end of each calendar month.


CACR Member Image Submissions

Here's a little info on submitting images:

  • File name convention:
  • When submitting your images, please name your files using your 'first' and 'last' name and a number ( 1 - 4 ), example below:

    • john_smith_1.jpg
    • john_smith_2.jpg
    • john_smith_3.jpg
    • john_smith_4.jpg
  • This will help to speed the process of implementing your images.
  • Failure to comply will result in further delays
  • Remember your image submission may not exceed 5.0 Mb in image file size, and should be of file type 'jpg', or 'jpeg'.
  • Once approved you may expect to see your images displayed in the member directory area of the site.
  • Please use the form provided...


Planned
  • CACR E-mail newsletter sign-up, with user administration.

Currently those wishing to recieve our newsletter should use our online send us a message form and select 'cacr newsletter from the subject line drop down in order to request to be added or removed from our newsletter.



Link to us

Updated: July 2008

Please don't link directly to this image below, windows users can use the right mouse button, and select the 'save picture as' from the right click menu:

http://www.richmondartscouncil.org


http://www.richmondartscouncil.org


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