'The Funny Pages...' application allows Internet users to 'Search', 'Preview', 'Insert' and 'Edit' various content such as jokes, text, information, Website URL's, videos, images .PDF files and Thoughts of the Week online. Users can also Download/Save .EXE files that will run on their computers (since they cannot be executed via the browser).

Anybody can 'Search' for and 'Preview' the content but ONLY users with a valid Login ID and Password can insert and update the information. If you would like to be one of the 'chosen ones' send an e-Mail to the System Administrator.

Searching, Inserting and Editing records is self explanatory but here is the basic breakdown:

Searching

• Click 'The Funny Pages' button on top (or the URL link at the bottom).
• The Search screen will appear.
• Either specify the 'Number' to retrieve or enter the 'Search Criteria'.
• Clicking the 'Search' button on the screen will retrieve the matching records.
• From the list click the corresponding 'Type/Number' URL link to display its detail.
• NOTE: In the detail screen, the 'Send To...' URL link can be used to send the webpage reference to a list of recipient(s) via eMail.

Inserting

• The 'Insert' button appears at the bottom of the 'Search', 'List' and 'Detail' screens. If you are NOT logged in, you will be prompted to do so before you can insert records.
• Once in the 'Insert' screen, first select the 'Type' of content that you will be inserting: i.e. Joke, Thought of the Week,... Notice that the screen will redisplay appropriate entry fields depending on the selected 'Type'.
• Enter the 'Description'. Remember that this information will be used to search for duplicate records, so be short but descriptive. i.e. For 'Jokes', sometimes it's a good idea to use the beginning part of the first sentence.
• Select a 'Rating' from the DropDown box. This identifies how good/bad the joke, image, etc... is. Be selective and ONLY pick the top ratings if they truly are.
• Select an 'X-Rating' from the DropDown box. This identifies how explicit the joke, image, etc... is.
• Select a 'Category' from the DropDown box. This identifies the type of joke, image, etc... Please be selective and identify the most obvious 'Category' that you think the content belongs in. If you don't see a 'Category' that is descriptive enough, you can contact the System Administrator to add a new 'Category' to the list.
• Enter the 'Originator' text (if known).
• Complete the screen information by either entering the text or selecting a file to upload (depending on the 'Type' selected).
• Click the 'Save' button to save the record. NOTE: You can use the 'Preview' button preview the saved information in a separate (popup) window.

Editing

• The 'Edit' button appears ONLY at the bottom of the 'Detail' screen. If you are NOT logged in, you will be prompted to do so before you can edit the record.
• Once in the edit screen, change information as desired before clicking the 'Save' button to update.
• NOTE: ONLY the owner is allowed to edit/save their own record.

NOTE 1
Once you search and find the appropriate content, you can send your friends a URL that will also allow them to view it. This can be done in 2 ways:

1) In the 'Detail' screen, simply click the URL under the 'Send To...' heading. This will open and pre-populate a new e-Mail body with the reference link.

2) You can manually add a URL reference to an eMail. Here is how it's done:

Example 1:
Adding micjarek.com/humor/humorsearch to an eMail will display the 'Search' screen when they click it.

Example 2:
Adding micjarek.com/humor/humordetail?id=24 to an eMail will display the corresponding 'Detail' content (in this case the record where id = 24) when they click it.

NOTE 2
When you are inserting/editing records and you do NOT see a 'Category' that you want to classify your creation with, you can send a request to the System Administrator to create a new 'Category' that can be added to the list.

Everything's on-line and is database driven, including the maintenance screens, so it's no problem.