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INFORMATION & DIRECTIONS FOR SECURE DNL FILES
GoldenArk Publishing Services has converted all of its files to the DNL format. These Files have a number of important security features and advantages for both the Publisher and the Visitor who downloads from our website. The downloads come in the form of a ZIP files that contains two files: the E-Book in the DNL format, and the "DNLSETUP.exe". The Reader is extremely small, but only has to be entered into you computer once. Thereafter, it will decode all of our E-Book DNL files.
OPERATING SYSTEMS:
:You should also know that many persons in the near future will be using computers with the VISTA Operating system in place of XP. GoldenArk's website in now in the process of converting all its DNL files to operate with both XP & VISTA. You will know that the conversion has already takes place when on the E-Book's 1st Page you see a banner stating that fact. In that case, our E-Books will work with EITHER of the Operating Systems!
MODEMS
For your convenience, GoldenArk has adopted the policy
of offering our downloadable E-Books with a choice of two Modem
speeds:
(1) FAST Modem Version: for
DSL (Broadband or Cable) modems.
This Version usually takes less than five Minutes to complete.
The E-Book, with all of the Media, is self-contained making it independent
of the Internet when opened on your computer. These E-Books are Multi-Media:
in addition to the printed Text, they also contain one or more of the following
Media elements: Illustrations, Music, Videos, General Audio Files,
and /or Audio Files with a dramatic Audio Reading of all or part of
the story.
(2) SLOW Modem Version: for (Dial-up slow
modems) All Text and illustrations (if any) are present, but ALL
OTHER MEDIA is striped from the E-Book in order to increase the download
speed. It also is completely self-contained.
Multi-Media DNL Files: A NEW Format Explained
DNL Files (.dnl} have many advantages over the Executable Files (.exe) that we have published in years past. EXE files give hackers an opportunity to play mischief with the files. That is why administrators of computer networks do not favor the downloading of EXE files. To work around that problem, GoldenArk has been using ZIP files that are usually permitted by computer networks.
DNL files for the publication of E-Books has proven to be a better solution since it resists hacking efforts. DNL files consist of data only rather than regular computer code. Security is maintained by the fact that the users who download DNL E-Books first download a very small Reader program just one time. It takes up very little space on the user's computer. After that, all future GoldenArk E-Books using DNL files can be read without having to download the reader again.
Standard Download Instructions For All
Multi-Media
E-Books:
Suggestion: Copy these
instructions and Print them for your future reference.
[a] Download the E-Book's ZIP file to you computer
DeskTop:
Download times have been tested as follows:
DSL (Broadband)
Modems download the ZIP files in
under 5
Minutes
Dial-Up Slow Modems vary in accordance with
Service Provider and phone line.
[b] Once the ZIP file is downloaded to your DeskTop
(recommended), Double-Click
the Icon to make
it open.
[c] When the ZIP file opens on your DeskTop, you will
see a rectangle with two files listed along the bottom: A DNL file that contains
the E-Book, and an EXE File that contains the Reader.
If you have have never loaded
the GoldenArk Reader into your computer
before, (none of Goldenark's other E-Books ever needed it), then highlight
the READER presented: either "dwbreader.exe" (older) or "dnlsetup.exe" (newest
that works with BOTH XP and VISTA Operating Systems. Then click on EXTRACT,
one of the tool Icons on the horizontal list along the top. In the
future this need not be extracted and installed again; it only needs to be
done one time on your computer.
The first file
on the list, (FileName.dnl), contains the entire E-Book and all the Media
files. You click this DNL file to highlight it as before, and then click
on EXTRACT.
[d]
CONCLUSION:
The extracted files
are now installed and opened by double-clicking on their Icons. If you extracted
the Reader for the first time, the Icon will be a large blue circle with
DWB in white on its face. It resembles the icon we use for other non-media
E-Books. Since it is a one-time installation, you can delete the icon when
you are finished.
The Icon for the DNL
file that contains your E-Book is a white square with a small blue circle
in the center. Double-clicking it opens the E-Book, and you want to permanently
keep this in a secure and safe place. GoldenArk suggests that you create
a FOLDER on your DeskTop and keep all your GoldenArk E-Books in it. This
acts functions as a library for future reference.
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