Culver.org Technologies | Plugins and other techs we use on our site.

Culver.org Technologies

The Culver web site uses many exciting, newer, technologies. We want to make your visit to Culver.org productive, interactive and fun. To achieve these goals we have used some software that not everyone has on their computer. The aim of this page is to help you upgrade and install these packages on your computer. Please note that not all of our pages will require you to have all of these technologies.
Web Browser We recommend you use Microsoft^® Internet Explorer 5.5 and above to properly view our web site.
Windows Version 6 MacOS Version 5.1

Electronic Documents with Acrobat^® A few of our pages contain links to online books or pamphlets. If you wish to view these, you will need to download the Adobe^® Acrobat^® Reader™.
Windows, MacOS, and many others Version 5

Streaming Video A few of our pages contain links to videos that are 'streamed' from our Real Networks^® Server. To view these videos, you will need to download RealPlayer™.
Windows, MacOS and Unix RealPlayer 8 Basic (free) RealPlayer 8 Plus

Virtual Tours We have added a new section to our site containing 360º views of various locations on campus. To view these pages go here, but you will first need to download Apple's QuickTime software.
Windows and MacOS Version 6

Animation A few of our web pages contain Macromedia Flash animations and will require the player to be properly viewed.
Windows, MacOS and others Flash

Live Video We have cameras installed in various locations on campus. Some of these cameras use ActiveX control that should install automatically when you view these pages (requires Internet Explorer).
	Axis Communications

JavaScript Some of our sites use JavaScript as a means to make calculations dynamically. To use these pages properly, you should make sure that you browser has built in support for JavaScript, and that it is enabled (see our browser recommendation above)
	JavaScript Release About.com Java

Java Some of our sites have miniature applications written in the Java Programming Language. To properly view these pages you should have a Java enabled browser with Java installed (see our browser suggestion above). After going to the link below, click on the "Get It Now" button in the upper right corner of the Java website. It will check to see if you have Java already loaded and if not, download the appropriate code.
	Java Web Site About.com Java

Cookies Some of our pages use cookies to collect data. This data is stored on your computer and is submitted only when you click on a submit button. This allows us to use multiple pages for our online forms. To properly view these pages you should have a cookie enabled browser with cookies turned on (see our browser suggestion above).
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