Overview

The SoC Box is your own personal assistant as you browse this site. SoC stands for 'Stream of Consciousness' and the SoC Box is desgined to make it easy for you to gather your thoughts as you wander through the site, making notes that you can refer back to or to ask questions.

All the features that are available to you are listed below.

You can open the SoC Box at any time by clicking on the red double quotes icon that you'll find at the top right of every page.

You can drag and drop the SoC Box to a position most convenient to you by clicking on the bar at the top of the SoC Box and you can use the minimise/maximise buttons, or double-click on the top bar, to change the size of the SoC Box.

Please note that your browser must have Javascript enabled to make use of this feature.

Make Notes

On this page you make notes as you move through the site.

These notes may just be for your use, which you can either discard at the end of your visit or save as a pdf, or you can use them to write a message and make a list of questions for me, that you can then email to me.

You can send as many messages as you like from the notes page, however it maybe easier for you to wait until you have finished browsing the site, before sending your message. You could also save a pdf including your message at this point.

If your message requires a reply, please ensure that you choose a reply method from the settings page.

Save Your Favourites

Every entry in the galleries has an 'Add to Favourites' button, that allows you to build a list of items that you like. When an item has been added as favourite, a 'Remove' button becomes available to allow you remove items from the list.

These favourites are shown in a list on the favourites page and you can also add notes against each entry and rate them.

If you send me a message, I will also receive your list of favourites with your notes and this will help me to understand what kind of design you like.

Email a Page to a Friend

You can use this feature to send the url of a page that you are viewing to one or more friends.

To send to multiple email addresses, you just need to separate each email address with a comma.

Your Contact Settings

This is the page where you need to specify your preferred method of contact - you only need to worry about this page if you send me a message that needs a reply.

You can enter your email address or choose one of the anonymous contact options.

If you select to be contacted by RSS, you will be asked to save your personal feed. To view my reply, you just need to open the feed. Please note that it may take me a little while to respond, so you will need to keep an eye on the feed for your reply.

There are also 2 options for receiving a reply through this site's drop box facility. 'Remember me on this PC' will set a cookie so that the next time you visit this site, any reply will automatically be desplayed to you (do not use this on public computers. 'Create an Access Key' allows you to set a unique key which must be between 4 and 20 characters inclusive. When you visit the site again, you can click on the Introduction/Help button and then enter your Access Key to view my reply to your message.

Open a PDF of Your Visit

When you have finished browsing the site, you can save a pdf of your visit.

The pdf will include your notes as they stand when you open the pdf, your saved favourites, including notes and ratings, and a reminder of the contact method you chose for your reply from me.