PANES is a multifunctional and customizable programs/notes system to help organize your life. It can be used to create reference notes, to do lists, time your tasks, play games, etc. There are already a many predefined panes, each with different purposes, managed by this window.
Panes generally behave the way you’d expect if you are familiar with any GUI based operating system. Below you will find a description of general pane operation(s).
Double click the title bar to maximize and center a pane. Again to minimize and place back in the layout.
In the upper left corner of the pane are 3 symbols/buttons which can close, minimize, or maximize the pane.
The “x” symbol will close the whole pane. The pane can be reopened using the Control Panel “Open” dropdown menu. See Open section below.
The “-“ symbol will minimize the content of the pane leaving only the title bar showing. By default, on page load, content of the panes will start minimized.
The “+” symbol will maximize the content of the pane showing the title bar and content at the current placement.
In the upper right corner of the pane are 3 symbols/buttons which can change the placement of the pane...left, center, or right.
The “<“ symbol will move the pane to the immediate far left of the window.
The “o” symbol will open and center the pane in the window. Clicking it after the panes is open and center will close and place back in the layout. This is the same functionality as double clicking the title bar
The “>” symbol will move the pane to the immediate far right of the window.
Right click anywhere on the page to get a quick menu.
Double click on the footer or "CoNtRoL PaNeL" title bar to display the "About" pane. This pane includes the page loaded timestamp, page load elapsed seconds, page updated timestamp, color selection details, current window size, internet protocol, autonomous system, and visits information.
Below are general descriptions of the CoNtRoL PaNeL features to help you customize and use this site. Most of these functions are for general/user panes.
Theme (dropdown)
The developer has included a few predesigned themes that are pretty fantastic. Definitely try the “Pumpkin” theme as it is demonstrably the best. Leave the dropdown "blank/empty" if you want to retain other settings like Color, Paper, Layout, etc upon returning to this webpage. A "Theme" can be recreated without choosing its dropdown. Double click the "footer" or "CoNtRoL PaNeL" title bar to help with the colors.
Color (sliders)
Choose from the "Color" (dropdown) below then start sliding.
There are three sliders...red, green, and blue.
Open the "About" pane to see the numeric values.
Color (dropdown)
Colors are customizable for the background, foreground, title color, title text, border, and buttons. Simply choose the item from the dropdown menu next to "Colors" label (below the color sliders) and adjust to your liking.
"Background" changes the background (wallpaper) color.
"Foreground" changes the color of content background for all panes.
"Title Color" changes the background color of the title bar for all the panes.
"Title Text" changes the font color of the title bar for all the panes.
"Buttons" changes the button (controls) color for all the panes.
"Border" changes the border for all the panes.
It is helpful to have the "About" pane open while adjusting colors to see the numeric values. Your color settings are saved to local storage.
Paper (dropdown)
You can choose from a selection of inspiring and creative background graphics/photos depending on your mood. You can further customize those to your liking by adjusting the colors as described in the Color Selection section. Play around until you find something you like. Hint: "X-Ray" through panes to reveal hidden items in some backgrounds.
Layout (dropdown)
Layout is a quick way to move the panes into organization on the page.
"Cascade" puts all panes into a descending/diagional starting from upper left to lower right on the page.
"Horizontal" puts all panes into horizontal/row alignment across the page.
"Random" puts all panes into a randomly placement on the page.
"Vertical" puts all panes into vertical/column alignment down the page.
"All Minimize" displays only the title bar hiding the content for all panes.
"All Maximize" displays the title bar and the content for all panes.
"All Close" completely hides all panes...putting in the "Open" dropdown.
"All Open" completely displays all panes...emptying from the "Open" dropdown.
See if you can find what you’re looking for!
Sort (dropdown)
Sort panes by Creation, Position, Title, or Updated.
Find (text box)
Find/search for case insensitive title/content of a pane. After entering some text hit "Enter" or click on "Find" to start the search. The title bar will be highlighted for panes with found content. To clear the search...double click on "Find" or blank out the text box and hit "Enter". Searching with "broken" English is best...meaning leave out unimportant words, but enter the words using English grammar.
Open (dropdown)
Open will remain empty until a pane has been closed using the “x” in the upper left corner. See the section on "General Pane Operation". If you desire to reopen a pane this is the place to do it.
Edit (dropdown)
The Edit functionality is the heart of the usefulness of the PANES page.
Certain panes have editable and customizable text and links.
Select which pane you’d like to customize and using standard HTML you can create lists and links.
Title bars are customizable as well by changing the text at the top of the edit pane.
Edits to the panes are stored locally only on your machine.
So feel free to edit and modify to your hearts content.
No other users will see or be affected by edits you make.
Create (button)
Beyond editing existing panes you can create a new pane to edit by pressing this button.
Delete (dropdown)
The Delete functionality can remove a pane, you have "Created", that you no longer want.
Storage (buttons)
Caution: It is best to do a "Save" before an "Init".
"Save" button...saves local storage to a file of your choice.
"Init" button...clears local storage. The page will return to its initial state as if you haven't visited before.
Releases (button)
"Export" button...saves RSS feed for the "Releases" pane to a file of your choice.
These panes are of their own class opposed to the "user" class. Most "CoNtRoL PaNeL" functions don't apply to these panes.
Help
To Do
A list of planned/wanted additions, updates, and fixes.
Releases
All page releases by date with a bullet list. This is a very detailed list going back to the beginning of the page's creation.
X-Ray
Maximize this pane to see through the other panes to view the "Paper" (background). There are hidden items to find in the images.
My Sites
Some of the author's other sites.
Notepad
A scratchpad for quick reminders or any other notes.
Timer
This timer starts when the page is loaded. It has five functions...start, pause, reset, lap, clear.
Media Player
Remote Control
Obviously not a physical remote control. It does control a list of site links. One or many can be opened at once. Your browser settings may need to be adjusted.
Graffiti
Tag anything you like on your wall (background) choosing font, color, position, rotation, etc.
Calendar
The current full year calendar including lunar cycles. Colors can be chosen for Month Name, Day of Week, Weekdays, Weekends, and Borders
