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Finding Want You Want On greatstone.net

Please use the top  navigation menus on the homepage to take you to the part of the website you want. If you are not sure where to go, our A-Z Index for a comprehensive alphabetical listing of all things to do with and about Greatstone.

If what you want is not listed, then try our site search:

If you still cannot find want, then please use our Enquiry Form to ask the website editor.

Comments and Suggestions

If you have any comments and/or suggestions about greatstone.net, we would be very pleased to hear from you.
You can either use our Enquiry Form, post a message on our Forum or email the editor.

Using the Internet

Passwords
Strong passwords are important protections to help you have safer online transactions. The keys to password strength is its length and complexity.

• An ideal password is long and has letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers.
• Whenever possible, use at least 14 characters or more.
• The greater the variety of characters in your password, the better
• Use the entire keyboard, not just the letters and characters you use or see most often.

You can check the strength of your password here.         Read how to create strong passwords here.   

Safety Online
If you are concerned about safety online, please visit the Nominet website for practical advice and information as well as the latest security news.

Online Shopping
New to shopping online? Then check out the Consumer Direct website to get the best out of Internet shopping. And watch the Office of Fair Trading video on internet shopping.

Broadband Speed
Test your broadband speed here.
What broadband speed can you expect in Greatstone? To find out just go to moneysupermarket.com's speed profile map for the top speeds in the area.

Advertisements
With effect from 1 March 2011, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) were given new powers to investigate misleading claims on UK-based websites. If you feel that you have been misled by claims on the Internet, you can report this to the ASA. Just go to their website and follow the prompts to complete the form.
You can also find out which companies flout the rules by going to the ASA's non-compliance website.

Social Networking Safety Tips
Do you use Facebook, Twitter and/or other social networking sites? Then please read these tips from StaySafeOnline.org.

Google Street Views Tips
Street View in Google Maps lets you explore places around the world through 360-degree street-level imagery. You can check out restaurants, visit neighborhoods, or plan your next trip. We have used it on our Greatstone Map to show street views of Greatstone. For tips of how to use Google Street Views, please click here.

Editor's Choice

This is a list of the Editor's favourite and recommended software programmes when using the Internet:

About Us

The Greatstone Website greatstone.net is dedicated to providing comprehensive information about this delightful village on the south east Kent coast.

greatstone.net aims to be the online source and guide for all matters relating to Greatstone, including information about where to eat and drink, local shops, tradesman, local services, places to stay and much more. The website covers the area of all those properties etc with a Greatstone postal address and a map of this area is included on the website - Greatstone Map.

If you live, work or visit Greatstone, if you are involved with a club, society or similar organisation or run a business, and would like to have an entry or have any suggestion as to what you would like to see on greatstone.net, then please e-mail the website   peter@greatstone.net

Copyright

All the electronic content and images contained in the Greatstone Website www.greatstone.net is copyright, either to the website or one of its contributors.
Original content and images are copyright to the  Greatstone Website www.greatstone.net.
Content provided by other contributors are copyright to them and/or their organisations.

Please do not take any content or images from any part of the Greatstone Website www.greatstone.net for reproduction or networked on another web site or other electronic media or for publication and distribution without permission and acknowledgment. If you wish to use some material from the Greatstone website, please email Peter Faulkner.

Contact

Greatstone Website greatstone.net
Editor: Peter Faulkner
01797 369182    07951 015551(M)
  peter@greatstone.net
post: 92 Merritt Road, Greatstone, Kent TN28 8SZ

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