No need to go out for the paper

Pamela enjoys the free English papers that you get here on the Costa Blanca. Whenever we go out shopping, she tries to find copies of The Leader, The Round Town News and The CoastRider. Of course, each of these papers has a website where you can read many of the articles online but not the whole paper. The Round Town News has now solved that problem on its new website with a clever mix of Javascript and Macromedia Flash.

Go to the paper's website and click on the ONLINE PAPER menu at the top of the page and you can view any or all of the editions of the paper as they are printed. Once you have selected a paper to view, you'll find a navigation bar at the bottom which allows you to choose a particular page or move forward and backwards through the paper.

To give you the feel of having an actual paper though, RTN have incorporated a snazzy feature which allows you to use your mouse to turn the pages. As you hover over the top corners they start to curl. If you then drag the corner, the page will turn with your mouse. Once you have the page you want; a click of the mouse will bring up a full size version for you to read. All very clever stuff.

So, if you miss getting a copy of the paper, or you want to see the other editions, they are all there waiting for you at the click of your mouse.

PS I forgot to mention; at the very top of he screen you will see three buttons; red, blue and green. Click on those and you can change the background colour of the web page. Come on Round Town News, even for me, that feature is a bit over the top!