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1. GENERAL SCREEN LAYOUT
In the middle of the screen you’ll see the central, historical module: in this landscape or scenery, you’ll be able to travel in time and space, by using the timeline or the mouse.
At the bottom of the page, you’ll find buttons that lead to other pages containing more information and an activity corner (kid’s version).
The different buttons are:
turns on or off the fairground background music
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takes you to the educational activity part of the site, with educational
trails and quizzes that test your knowledge about the fairground history. This is only available in the childrens version.
contains a list of specific fairground related words and terms. This button is also only available in the childrens version.
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contains a series of documents and texts to download and print.
is this help text
contains the list of picture credits and a list of collaborators, institutions,
organisations and persons who have produced this website
is a page with interesting links about the fairground’s past and
present.
2. THE MAIN PART: THE HISTORY OF THE FAIR
Move the mouse to the left or to the right to navigate through the landscape.
Choose one of the time periods to access the details of that period.
For each of the
time periods there is an overview text. This is a summary that is split
into a small introductory text and and extended version that you’ll
find by clicking the 
-icon.
-icon extended version
-icon short version
When you click on a period in the timeline, some “icons” appear in the scenery. Each of the icons brings you to specific and historical information about that aspect of fairground life. These icons are time-related: they appear only in the periods where the information is relevant. In the Middle Ages for instance you won’t be able to read about electrical powered rides or about zoos, while in the 20th century there won’t be any information about quacks or religious processions.
When you move your mouse pointer over the icon, you can read the theme that is behind. One click on the icon brings you to the information.
ICON and INFORMATION
Like the periods
(see above), each icon contains a short text and an extended version.
Now each topic also shows historical images as a set of thumbnails on
the right. It’s good to know that all the images come from the
museums that have produced the website. (see and )
One click on a thumbnail will load a larger version, along with a caption.
Some captions have short and longer versions.
By clicking on the magnifying glass you’ll get a full screen picture,
the “shrinking” glass will bring you back to the previous
version.
Depending on the
number of available images, there a several series of 4 thumbnails.
You can switch series by clicking on the number icons … to …
NOW PAY ATTENTION: within each time period o rage, you
can still slide in time. Move the time cursor with the mouse to the
left or to the right and you’ll see some icons appear and disappear:
some events are related to a very specific date and cannot be assigned
to the whole period. Such events are marked on the timeline with a small
ball.
3. TOPICS and STORIES, “a peep behind the scenes”
In addition to the historical, chronological entrance to the information,
there is also a thematic or anecdotal exploration of the fairground.
You can reach that part of the site by clicking TOPICS & STORIES
on the right side of the screen: …
You’ll get a slide menu where you can choose a topic or a story.
The layout of the topic screens is the same as with the chronological
icons.
You can deactivate the menu with the X-button on the right.
4. ACTIVITY CORNER
In the activity corner you can choose between different educational trails with assignments and quizzes to test your knowledge about the fairground.
In the first screen, you choose which trail you’ll make.
Follow the instructions in the trails.
Each stop shows an EYE-icon: this icon brings you back to the correct
spot on the timeline. The information you’ll find on that spot
is the information you need to solve the questions and the final quiz.
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5. GLOSSARY
This glossary contains an alphabetical list of fairground specific words
and terms and their explanation.
6. DOWNLOADS
The download section contains some documents and texts for editing and printing. They are free of use for all educational purposes.
7. CREDITS
The credits list contains all the persons, institutions and organisations
that have collaborated to produce the website. They are grouped by country.
8. LINKS
On the LINKS-page you’ll find other interesting websites about the
past and the present of the fairground. Here again, the links are grouped
by country.
