Saturday, 4th September 2010
Foolkit is built to support all modern web browsers and utilises the newest technologies to enhance your user experience. To ensure you are viewing the site as intended please make sure that you have an up to date version of your browser. If you are unsure of which browser to use we reccomend Mozilla Firefox.
As a Mozilla Firefox user you can make Foolkit your homepage in 5 easy steps. Click on the thumbnails below for a graphical guide.
As a Google Chrome user you can make Foolkit your homepage in 5 easy steps. Click on the thumbnails below for a graphical guide.
As an Apple Safari user you can make Foolkit your homepage in 5 easy steps. Click on the thumbnails below for a graphical guide.
As a Microsoft Internet Explorer user you can make Foolkit your homepage in 5 easy steps. Click on the thumbnails below for a graphical guide.
As an Opera user you can make Foolkit your homepage in 6 easy steps. Click on the thumbnails below for a graphical guide.
To create a short cut on your desktop, make sure that you can see some of your desktop behind your browser. Reduce the size of your browser if necessary.
Left click on our very small logo at the left hand end of the location bar, i.e. where the web address (URL) is shown.
While still holding the mouse button down, move the pointer to the desktop, then release the mouse button. The shortcut will be created.
You can also slide it onto bookmarks or favorites on the menu and save it there.
Or, you can slide it down to the bookmarks or favorites bar that is just below the location bar. Then you will always be able to see it when you are in your browser.
If you want to bookmark a particular page (for example Family Law), then go that page before creating the shortcut.
The Foolkit Tour Video is a six minute introduction to the website.
Menu The menu at the top of the page is the easiest way to move around Foolkit and to find what you are looking for. At the top of each page is a box listing the topics for that page. (Legislation is always highlighted). You can click on that list to go to the topic.
Search The search box in the top right hand corner of each page will search the whole website for you. It uses standard Google search terms. You will get too many results if you just use one common word. The best thing to do then is to add more words to the search box to describe what you are looking for.
Site Map There is a link to the site map in the bottom left hand corner of each page. This will take you to a diagram that illustrates who the website is structured.
Foolkit search is powered by Google technology and therefore all the basic principles of forming search queries within Google also apply to searching on Foolkit. To learn more, try one of the following resources:
If you are at the top of the page then you can use the box that lists the topics for that page. (Legislation is always highlighted). You can click on that list to go to the topic.
If you want to go straight to something in particular (the name of an Act for example) then hold down the Control key while you press f. Type in the text that you are looking for. If you don't find the exact item the first time then click on the Next button that is next to that text box.
If you want to get back to the top of a page then click on TOP on the right hand side of each of the colored topic headings.
Downloading PDF versions is quicker than downloading RTF or Word versions.
If you keep being asked by your computer how to open the file, you can choose to either tick the option to open the file this way every time in future or you may choose to tick the option to stop asking you this question every time. We tick the option to open the file this way every time and so immediately after we click on the document link it springs open in either Word or Acrobat Reader.
What if you want Text files to open in Word each time you click a link and Firefox keeps saving it to file or insists on asking you what to do? This applies to problems with any type of file.
If you have trouble viewing a PDF file in Firefox then view this Support Page.
We advise against downloading and storing a copy of the Act on your computer. There are copyright issues and also there is the danger that this version on your computer will unwittingly go out of date when a new version is posted.
Press and hold down the Control key while you press the F5 key. This reloads a fresh copy of the page.
These are part of the Fast Lawyers Tools. This features on the homepage. It is also available on every page from box in the top right of the page. Click on the arrow and it expands.
You can use the Legislation Finder to go directly to a section of a commonly used Act or Regulation. If you are unsure of the Section Number, then just leave this blank and
The first time that you use the Legislation Finder or CPI Calculator you may get a message in a yellow bar at the top of the page. This asks if you want to allow pop-ups in Foolkit.
Please answer to always allow pop-ups. Your answer will appear in a second window.
We do not have any pop-up advertising, but we use similar techniques for some of our calculators and tools.
You only have to do this once. If you search for two items in the legislation finder then the second answer will open in the second window. This can happen so quickly that it seems that nothing is happening. Click on the second window to see the answer.
The Legislation Finder uses information provided by AustLII. To check the currency of that information visit Update Status for Legislation.
This is because you have not allowed cookies. When you first use the map and choose a State and the Lawyer (or Public) pages, we set a cookie.
Next time you visit we take you straight to that page, even though you may have only typed in our www.foolkit.com.au address.
So, if you are having this problem then the answer is to allow a cookie for Foolkit.
Use the following instructions except allow the cookie for www.foolkit.com.au (not timeanddate.com!)
If you don't already have it, then download Acrobat Reader
for free to open and read the PDF files.
