WPSurf HOME PAGE LAYOUT
This is layout of the main wpsurf site home page.
Statistics
Launched Spring 2006 and growing...
Login / Register
Menu area changes once logged in - 
Dynamic Menus
Depending on whether the current user is logged in or not, and what registrations have been applied for and approved, various menu options will be available to the user:
Top Photographers
List changes dynamically as you navigate through the maps - ranked by photographer sales.
World Sponsors / Advertisements
Maps
Navigable maps drives all the other home page dynamic content. MAPS
When a user performs a search for a break (SEARCH) or clicks down through the maps to the lowest level (most detailed) map, this is where you should find the break you are interested in.
Each map has a number of elements:
Breadcrumb Trail
Directly above each map shows a "breadcrumb" trail giving the location of the map. The user may click on any name in this trail to jump back to that map.
In the example above, the user could jump back up any of the five levels right back to the world map.
Map Breaks
Positioned on each map there may be a number of breaks. These may be either
An Individual Break - marked with a pin (
)
or
A Group of Breaks (where there are too many in a small area to mark with individual pins 
)
When the user moves their mouse over the pin for an individual break:
the pin will highlight (
) and the name will appear
When the user moves their mouse over the pin for a group of breaks:
the pin will highlight (
) and the list of grouped breaks will appear
To hide the list of grouped breaks, simply move the mouse over the 
at the top right corner of the list.
More Detailed Map
The primary mapping aim of wpsurf is NOT to provide highly detailed world mapping, but rather to enable fast and easy location of Breaks and Images on our wpsurf worldwide maps.
We do however realize that there will be times when users would like a more detailed view of the surrounding area for a specific break or map.
We have provided this via an accurate link at the bottom of every detailed wpsurf map (containing breaks) to the nearest equivalent map on a well established mapping site. This is shown directly below each map:
- Photographers get the following message:
- Non photographers get the following message:
Break Names List
Below each map containing breaks there is also a list (sorted alphabetically, left to right) of all of the breaks on that map.
Moving the mouse over the name of any of these breaks will cause the pin marking that break to be highlighted (
) on the map above.
Where a map contains a very large number of breaks this list may be quite long and with lower resolution computer monitors it may not be possible to see the map and the breaks at the bottom of the list at the same time.
By clicking on the Shrink / Hide option 
at the top of the list of breaks, the list will be split into "pages" so that the breaks will always be visible along with the pins on the map.
Searches will only find breaks and photos from the map level viewed down.
Top Photographers and Selection of Images changes depending on the map being viewed.
Search Criteria
Find photos (and breaks) by simply entering WHERE and WHEN. SEARCH
A number of different types of search may be performed on the wpsurf site.
Brief Site Description
What is wpsurf...and what does it offer each type of user?
Language and Currency
Change Language or Change Currency
The default currency of the site is £ Pounds Sterling and the purchase price for all images is always given in £ Pounds Sterling but may be displayed (approximately) in five other currencies.
Pounds Sterling £ (default)
- Euro €
- US Dollars $
- Japanese Yen ¥
- Australian Dollars AU$
- Canadian Dollars CA$
Simply select the desired currency from the selection available at the top right of the screen:
The exact cost (in currencies other than £ Sterling) will not be given until the Checkout option is selected and payment is actually being prepared using Paypal, as they set their own currency exchange rates.
The default language of the site is English but, as the site content matures and dependant on demand, the intention is to translate the site into four other other languages.
English (default)
- French
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Japanese
- Italian
Simply select the desired language from the selection available at the top right of the screen:
Top Menus
Various Site Menus
Selection of Images
Image Content changes dynamically as you navigate through the maps.
Bottom Menus
Various Site Menus
Scrolling News Items
Click on these to see recent news stories.
