Subscribing to & Downloading EPE Online and FAQs

Topics covered on this page are:
   o) Adobe Acrobat Reader
   o) Supported Platforms (and ZIP files)
   o) Download Problems (can't open ZIP file)
   o) Download Problems (can't see current issue)
   o) Subscribing to EPE Online
   o) Downloading and Reading EPE Online
   o) Faxing your order or paying by Check or Money Order
   o) Terms and Conditions
   o) More Frequently Asked Questions

The key point is that each issue is delivered as a ZIP (compressed) file, and it's your responsibility to ensure that you have access to an appropriate un-ZIP utility on your computer before you purchase the magazine.

In the case of Windows platforms, you can use WinZip® by Nico Mak Computing (www.winzip.com) or PKZIP® by PKWare Inc. (www.pkware.com). Both of these products are available in tryout/evaluation versions. There's also NetZip (www.netzip.com) which is well worth taking a look at.

In the case of non-Windows platforms, appropriate un-ZIP utilities are available from a number of vendors, including PKWare Inc. (www.pkware.com) and Ascent Solutions (www.asizip.com), plus there's really good multi-platform ZIP/UNZIP support at Gnu Zip (www.gzip.org).

If you do have this problem, there's a really useful tool called Netzip Download Demon (from www.netzip.com) that gives you Pause, Resume, and Reconnect control for your downloads. If your connection breaks, just tell Netzip Download Demon to reconnect and it starts back at the point you lost your connection. Or if you want you can pause the Deamon, go and do something else, and then tell it to Resume the download.

Note that this tool is nothing to do with us -- but it really is rather cool. It works with Windows 95 or 98 (and Netscape 4.0 or higher, or Microsoft IE 4.0 or higher).

To clear the memory caches in NETSCAPE Communicator (Netscape 4):
a) Go to the EDIT pulldown menu and select PREFERENCES.
b) In PREFERENCES, select the ADVANCED menu in the box on the left hand side of the PREFERENCES box. Open    ADVANCED by double clicking on it.
c) Select CACHE; the cache options will now appear in the left hand side of the preferences window.
d) Press both the CLEAR MEMORY CACHE and CLEAR DISK CACHE buttons.

To clear your temporary files (same as a cache) in INTERNET EXPLORER 4:
a) Go to the VIEW pulldown menu and select INTERNET OPTIONS.
b) In INTERNET OPTIONS, select the GENERAL tab in the menu box.
c) In the GENERAL menu, press the DELETE FILES button.

To clear your temporary files (same as a cache) in INTERNET EXPLORER 5:
a) Go to the TOOLS pulldown menu and select INTERNET OPTIONS.
b) In INTERNET OPTIONS, select the GENERAL tab in the menu box.
c) In the GENERAL menu, press the DELETE FILES button.

To clear your temporary files (same as a cache) in AOL:
a) Go to the SETINGS pulldown menu.
b) In the Preferences Guide, select THE WEB and click on SET UP NOW
c) In INTERNET OPTIONS, select the GENERAL tab in the menu box.
d) In the GENERAL menu, press the DELETE FILES button.

All you have to do is to click the one year subscription box and/or any back issue boxes, then click the "Buy EPE Online" button. This will take you to a new page where you can purchase your subscription online by credit card (Visa or Mastercard).

If you don't have a credit card or if you don't wish to subscribe online, you can purchase a subscription by Fax or by sending us a Check or Money Order.

As soon as you've completed your purchase, you'll be able to Download the appropriate issues to your computer. (Note that when you purchase a 12-month subscription, only the current month will initially be available -- we'll inform you by email when subsequent issues are posted each month).

When you enter your account number and password, you'll be taken to the same download page that you were presented with when you first purchase these issues. Depending on which issues you've purchased, this will look something like the dialog shown below (once again, the starting month of a 12-month subscription and the available back issues will be updated every time a new issue becomes available):

The active hyperlinks reflect the issues you can download at this time, while the white boxes indicate other issues that are available for you to purchase if you wish. (Note that the issues that are marked as purchased but don't have active links indicate those issues in a 12-month subscription that haven't been published yet).

We suggest that you create a   directory called "EPE Online" somewhere on your system. Underneath this directory, we suggest that you create a subdirectory for each issue. For example, in the case of the March 1999 issue, you could create a sub-directory called ... wait for it ... "March 1999"

Clicking on one of the active links will cause a ZIP (compressed) file for that month to be downloaded to your computer. The name of this file will be composed of the first three letters of the month and the last two digits of the year. For example, the file associated with the March 1999 issue will be called "MAR99.ZIP"

You would first download this file into your "March 1999" directory and then un-ZIP it (note that you will need an appropriate un-ZIP utility as described in the Supported Platforms and Zip Files section elsewhere on this page).

Unzipping the compressed file will result in a suite of Adobe Acrobat PDF files (you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system as discussed in the Adobe Acrobat Reader section elsewhere on this page). The name of the main PDF file associated with each issue is composed of the first three letters of the month and the last two digits of the year (for example, the file associated with the March 1999 issue will be called "MAR99.PDF"). Double-clicking on this file will launch the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system, which will allow you to read this issue and print it out.

In either case all, you have to do is to print out the attached Order Form, fill it in, and either fax it to us (with your credit card details) or post it to us (with your check or money order). Please note that it's VERY IMPORTANT that you provide us with an ACCURATE email address so that we can email you back your EPE Online account number and password.

EPE Online is copyrighted material, and you may not email any portion of the magazine to any other person. Nor may you post any portion on a Web site or bulletin board, or otherwise distribute any portion of the magazine.

Please note that we will prosecute any copyright infractions to the fullest extent of the law!

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