ℹ️ About site – Over 55 Walking Association Inc.

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🧭 Website compatibility

This website is compatible with:

Android (tablet, phone)
or
iOS (iPad, iPhone, Mac)
or
Windows PC

🌐 Menus on PC | Tablet

On ‘the web’, menu options are listed in the green-coloured banner.

e.g., ‘About site’, ‘About Us’, ‘FAQs’, ‘All Events’, ‘Contact Us’, etc.

Simply click on any of these menus to access more detailed information.

📲 Menus on Mobile

[i.e., iPhone or Android]

If you are using a mobile phone (iOS or Android), the ‘compact view’ displays menu options in an elongated oval line item.

The symbol (see below) that appears on the right side of the oval box indicates that it is a collapsable menu.

Click anywhere on the box to reveal the full list of menu options, then select the menu (or sub-menu) to reveal more detail.

pic: iOS iPhone example shown

⏩ Viewing ‘current and future’ events

General Navigation

Click on the “🗓️ All Events” menu to display events from ‘now’ and into the future.

‘Listed events’ scrolling

Conveniently ‘toggle’ between listed events using the
“<Previous” (left side) button
or,
“Next >” (right side) button
located at the bottom of the screen.

Event details

Click on the individual event to reveal full details, including:

Day & Time allocated
Venue address
Assembly point location
Parking hints
Special instructions
Walk mud maps
‘Direction of walk’ information
Driving Directions to the venue

‘Add to Calendar‘ function

DETAILS
- Date
- Time
- Event categories
  (e.g., points of interest)
- Event Tags

ORGANISER
(e.g., O.F.F.W.A., S.R.C.W.A., etc.)

VENUE
(for the arrival point by car)

Google integrated map
(for download and GPS navigation)

‘Paging-back’ and ‘paging forward’ between events

When you are viewing an individual event, conveniently, you can see the past event and following event named at the bottom of the screen. Click on those ‘buttons’ to jump to that event.

Upcoming ‘All events’.

🖱️ Subscribing to our Digital Calendar

The ‘interactive digital’ O.F.F.W.A. events calendar can be downloaded to the digital calendar on your phone or PC.

To do this, click on the “Subscribe to calendar” button and follow the prompts.

** Please ask for assistance if needed. **
It can be tricky if you’ve never done this before.

Tutorial – Subscribe to Calendar

🗺️ Viewing Google Maps

To access the Google Map – via a smart device or PC – click on the ‘+Google Map’ or ‘view larger map’ hyperlink.

** Please ask for assistance if needed. **
It can be tricky if you’ve never done this before.

credit: LoFi Alpaca [YouTube video]

🧠 Advanced

⏪ Viewing ‘past’ events

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🔎 Searching for specified ‘event types’

The “month” view
The Month button (at the right-hand side) of the “Search for Events” menu allows you to jump greater distances, across multiple months. By default the search bar only searches going forward. ➡️ To look at past events, select the Month filter icon/button, then choose the oldest month you require from the calendar (that is displayed when you click on the “Upcoming” dropdown list), then switch back to the List filter icon/button. ➡️ You can then use the ‘search’ bar to find the ‘event location’ or ‘event type’ Alternatively Toggling through the displayed events (using the ‘past’ or ‘next’ buttons at the bottom of the screen). e.g., selecting January (as the first month of the calendar year) should allow you to undertake a wider search – of past and present walks.

The “month” view

The Month button (at the right-hand side) of the “Search for Events” menu allows you to jump greater distances, across multiple months.
By default the search bar only searches going forward.

➡️ To look at past events, select the Month filter icon/button, then choose the oldest month you require from the calendar (that is displayed when you click on the “Upcoming” dropdown list), then switch back to the List filter icon/button.

➡️ You can then use the ‘search’ bar to find the ‘event location’ or ‘event type’

Alternatively
Toggling through the displayed events
(using the ‘past’ or ‘next’ buttons at the bottom of the screen).

e.g., selecting January (as the first month of the calendar year) should allow you to undertake a wider search – of past and present walks.

Searching for ‘event types’
The “🔍Search for Events” box (at the top of the screen) allows you to search for keywords to locate particular events. ➡️ To do this, in the search box type a keyword, then hit enter (or select the ‘Find Events’ blue-coloured button). e.g., Sunset, Summer, sausage, Bassendean, AGM, etc. Note: If you are looking at the details of past events, you may need to first “move back” on the timeline by using the Month filter, then select the List filter (as described in Tip #1).

Searching for ‘event types’

The “🔍Search for Events” box (at the top of the screen) allows you to search for keywords to locate particular events.

➡️ To do this, in the search box type a keyword, then hit enter (or select the ‘Find Events’ blue-coloured button).

e.g., Sunset, Summer, sausage, Bassendean, AGM, etc.

Note: If you are looking at the details of past events, you may need to first “move back” on the timeline by using the Month filter, then select the List filter (as described in Tip #1).

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For assistance with the website

And, for reporting problems or errors

Please speak or email club member
Annette Althuizen, O.F.F.W.A. webmaster

Mob: 0421 888 150
email: offwawebmaster@over55walkingassociation.org.au

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By request

Post-walk training sessions – for you or ‘your group’

or

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