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Enabling Javascript.
Basic information on this website is enhanced by having Javascript enabled. This adds the following facilities:
  • tooltips,
  • indication of the region, where a walk is,
  • indication of the OS map/s, which cover the region of a walk,
  • the ability to print out walk tables without page headings and buttons,
  • the gradual magnification and shrinking of images,
  • a slideshow of photos supplied by members of the Penrith Ramblers and
  • the sending of e-mails.
Javascript is used because it can bring movement to otherwise static web pages. It does not provide any way to read, write or delete files or directories on your computer. Hence viruses and data cannot be moved from or to your computer using it.
Do not confuse Javascript with Java, which is unrelated. (The similarity in names was a marketing ploy by Netscape and Sun Microsystems.) Java and Microsoft's equivalent, ActiveX, can however be used to send viruses to your computer and are usually disabled for this reason, unless the website can be trusted.

If you want to know how to enable Javascript, read the 'Enable Javascript' guide below for your particular browser. Only the more recent versions of browsers are included, as earlier versions will not meet the latest Javascript and CSS specifications. Security issues also tend to rule them out. If your version is earlier than those listed, you should download and install the latest version free off the web.
(Despite continuing updates to the browsers, the settings procedure for enabling Javascript has tended to remain the same, although, some changes to the design of the pop-up windows in some browsers has occured in order to accomodate the introduction of ancilliary features. Thus the basic information here should continue to be valid.)

(* Initially websites were written using HTML, which stands for the jargonised expression 'HyperText Markup Language'. This produced static web pages. HTML is still used but extra facilities can be introduced with the use of Dynamic HTML or DHTML. Javascript (or Scripting in Internet Explorer) is the word used in browser menus for DHTML, which consists of the language Javascript together with Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS. Javascript, like HTML, is a scripting language, which tells the browser what to do, unlike a programme that does everything. CSS is used by the Javascript language to dynamically change colours and fonts and alter the position and visibility of elements such as tables and images, etc.)

Table of Contents.

 Enable Javascript with Opera browser. 
 Enable Javascript with Mozilla Firefox browser. 
 Enable Javascript with AOL browser. 
 Enable Javascript with Netscape browser. 
 Enable Javascript with Sea Monkey browser. 
 Enable Javascript with Safari browser for Macintosh PC. 
 Enable Javascript with Google's Chrome browser.  
 Enable Javascript with Internet Explorer browser. 

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Enable Javascript with Opera browser.

Opera 10.xx (Windows)

  1. From the browsers Tools menu select Quick Preferences or press F12.
  2. Check the box labeled Enable JavaScript, after which the 'Quick Preferences' window closes and Javascript is enabled immediately.
If Javascript is still not enabled, you may have Opera set to User mode rather than Author mode. To get Author mode:
  1. Select Tools.
  2. Select Preferences.
  3. Select Advanced.
  4. Select Content.
  5. Select Style Options.
  6. Select Presentation Modes.
  7. Scroll to Author' mode. Click on it and then click OK.

Enable Javascript with Mozilla Firefox browser.

Mozilla Firefox 2.x.x or 3.x.x (Windows)

  1. Select Tools from the menu bar and click on Options.
  2. Click on the Content tab along the top of the Options window.
  3. Click on the checkbox next to Enable JavaScript.
  4. Click OK.


Because of security considerations you are advised to use the latest version (3.04 or later).

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Enable Javascript with AOL 9.x browser.

AOL, America Online (Windows)

AOL makes use of Internet Explorer and by default Javascript is enabled. If Javascript is disabled, you may use AOL or IE to enable it..

  1. Click on Settings tab on menu bar

  2. If AOL is on line, click on Essentials tab, followed by Internet (Web browser) Settings.



    (If AOL is off line, click on Internet Properties.
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    3. In both cases the Browser Settings window is displayed.)
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  3. Under the section Related Settings click on internet Explorer Settings.




  4. In the resulting AOL Internet Properties window, select the Security tab and click on Custom Level.

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  5. In the Security Settings window, scroll down to the section labelled Scripting and check the Enable box applying to the topic Active scripting.



  6. Click OK.
  7. Click OK in the AOL Internet Properties window.

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  8. Close the Internet Preferences window.

Note: because AOL (if you have it) links to IE, changing the setting of either affects the other.



(To set AOL as your browser.
  1. First sign on,
  2. Choose Settings.
  3. Click on A-Z tab.
  4. Check the box labelled AOL as default.
  5. Then click OK.)
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Enable Javascript with Netscape 9.0 browser.

  1. Select Tools tab on menu bar.
  2. Click on Options.
  3. Click on Content tab on 'Options' window's menu bar.
  4. Check the box alongside Enable Javascript,.



  5. Click OK after which the 'Options' window closes and Javascript is enabled immediately.

Don't use Netscape older than version 9, because of security flaws. Further upgrades have now been abandoned.

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Enable Javascript with Sea Monkey 2.x.x browsers.

  1. Select Edit tab on menu bar.
  2. Click on Preferences
  3. From menu on left click on + sign next to Advanced.
  4. Click on Scripts & Plug-ins.
  5. Check the box alongside Browser in the section Enable Javascript for.
  6. In the section Allow scripts to: you may leave the check boxes in their default settings, as shown.




  7. Click OK.
  8. If you have a page already on display containing Javascript, you will need to refresh the page to see the effect.

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Enable Javascript with Google's Chrome browser.

Browser 1.0.xxx.yy (Windows)

  • The browser is designed with javascript enabled, (it would appear permanently). It is even built using a brand new javascript engine (V8).

Hence, there is no need for you to do anything.

Enable Javascript with Safari 2.0 + browsers for Macintosh PC.

Although earlier versions of Safari, such as 1.0 or 1.1, don't suffer from security problems, they will not have the latest implementation of Javascript. and should be updated. In April 2010, Safari 4 was available.

  1. Select Safari from top menu.
  2. Click on Preferences in drop down menu.
  3. Click on Security icon.
  4. Check Enable Javascript.
  5. Close the Security window.
  6. Exit Sarari and then restart it. Javascript is enabled.

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Enable Javascript with Internet Explorer 7.0 browser or later.

Internet Explorer (IE) is the most popular browser, not because it is the best but because it comes packaged with Microsoft's operating system for Windows. Because of their better implemention of the latest 'scripting' specifications and/or better security, the latest versions of Opera, Chrome and Mozilla Firefox all out-perform IE, (even the latest version, IE 8). Unfortunately, this is of little concern to the general public.

Don't use earlier versions of IE, which use an Active X control to handle Javascript. ActiveX is Microsoft Technology used to provide visual display of web content and is their answer to Sun Microsystem's Java technology. Because of this design feature, you could not have Javascript enabled without also having ActiveX enabled too. However ActiveX can be accessed via the web by the unscrupulous to introduce to your computer malicious software such as spyware, Trojan horses and virus infections. Hackers may gain control of your computer, invade your privacy and get financial information like passwords, stored addresses and banking/credit card details.

To improve the security of earlier versions, IE 7 and I.E.8 have altered the way Javascript is handled, so that you can have (safe) Javascript enabled without having to enable ActiveX too. However flaws in design mean that security is still an ongoing problem with patches still having to be installed via the web to overcome them. Because of this, if you must use IE, then you are advised to use the latest version of I.E in conjunction with a suitable firewall and anti-virus software, ensuring also that the latest 'security' patches are installed.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x or later. (Windows)

  1. Select Tools from the menu bar.
  2. Select Internet Options from the Tools menu to open Internet Options window.
  3. Click the Security tab.
  4. Click Custom Level to open the Security Settings window..
  5. Scroll down to Scripting, near the bottom of the list.
    (Note: where other browsers use the word 'Javascript', IE uses the word 'scripting'.)
  6. Under Active Scripting, choose Enable.
  7. While the Security Settings window is open, the settings for ActiveX controls and Plug-ins could also be adjusted.
    If you do decide to enable the running of ActiveX controls and plug-ins, (which will apply to Microsoft Programmes) then you can also enable the following options a, b and c too:
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  1. ActiveX controls which are marked safe,
  2. allow approved domains to use ActiveX controls without prompt,
  3. binary and script behaviors.

  4. Also, even if you decide that you will allow the downloading of signed ActiveX controls, make sure that you are prompted first.
  5. Finally disable all other options.
  1. Click OK in Security Settings and OK in Internet Options to confirm.


Note: if, as recommended, Internet Explorer Information bar is enabled, then this bar appears at the top of any page that you are attempting to view, if that page contains Javascript or CSS.



This appears, whether Javascript has been enabled or not. This may be useful, if you have Javascript disabled, as you can temporarily enable Javascript if you wish. However, it could be an irritant if you have decided that Javascript should be permanently enabled.
To enable Javascript for viewing that page (and other pages on the same site) you select Allow blocked content.



and then click on YES in the Securiy Warning dialogue box.



Because AOL makes use of IE, enabling or disabling Javascript in either browser will affect the other. AOL does not have an equivalent information bar.

It is advisable not to use any version of IE for Macintosh PCs, because of security flaws.
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