About the site
Thank you for visiting XplorionConnect. This Web site is designed to provide quick access to World Wide Web links for a host of online resources for southwestern Pennsylvania. You'll find practical information for both residents and visitors on a wide variety of economic, educational, cultural, artistic, and recreational topics.

XplorionConnect is available on the World Wide Web as part of Xplorion. Xplorion is a unique regional exhibition located in the lobby of the Regional Enterprise Tower in downtown Pittsburgh. You can learn more about visiting Xplorion in the About Xplorion section.


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Information disclaimer
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Using the site
This site works best with version 5 or higher of the Internet Explorer browser and version 6 or higher of the Netscape browsers. Please note that we do not support Netscape version 4. If you are using version 4 of the Netscape browser, you need to download version 6 and install it before using our site.

You can download version 6 of the Netscape browser at:
http://home.netscape.com/computing/download/index.html?cp=hophb2

You can download version 6 of the Internet Explorer browser at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.asp?

To view our multimedia files, you must have Web player plug-ins installed in your Web browser. You can download these players at these sites:

Adobe, Inc. Acrobat Reader for Portable Document Format (PDF):
http://www.adobe.com

Macromedia, Inc. Flash and Shockwave players:
http://www.macromedia.com

Apple QuickTime player:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

Real Corporation RealPlayer:
http://www.real.com/player/

Microsoft, Inc. Windows Media Player:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp

Internet Pictures Corp. iPIX video player:
http://www.ipix.com/download/alternative.html


Comments
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission wants to hear your comments and suggestions about XplorionConnect. We've done our best to provide a broad selection of useful links, but if we've missed one of your favorite sites about southwestern Pennsylvania, please let us know.

To suggest a site for addition to XplorionConnect, or to make other comments, you can use the comments form in the Contact Us section.


Credits
Web site design and content development
Agnew Moyer Smith Inc.

Photography
John Beale, Mark Bolster, Matt Bulvony, John Wee, and Jack Wolf


Information disclaimer
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission offers links to Web sites of other organizations contained in XplorionConnect as a public service. A link from XplorionConnect to another organization's site does not mean that the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission endorses any views, information, or products offered on that site. Visitors to these sites rely upon them at their own risk. The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission is not liable for any loss or damage caused by reliance upon the accuracy, reliability, or timeliness of any such information.

While the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission has made every attempt to provide accurate, current, and reliable information on this site, it PROVIDES THIS WEB SITE "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


Privacy policy
When you visit XplorionConnect, you do so anonymously. As part of managing this site, we do use Web site logging software to log such information as the Internet Protocol (IP) address you are using and the pages that you visit. We use the information to create statistical reports that help us to measure customer satisfaction with the site and to identify any technical or performance problems. We do not sell any information that we collect to third parties.

If you voluntarily provide us with personally identifiable information, such as your email address, while you are visiting XplorionConnect, we will collect that information. We will not make any use of that information, however, other than to respond to any request or message that you may have.


Cookies
To provide better service, we store "cookie" files (text files) on your computer when you visit XplorionConnect. These cookie files are deleted when you end your browser session. They are not stored permanently on your computer.


Ownership and use of this site
This Web site is copyrighted 2001 by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. All information contained in XplorionConnect is the property of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, except where otherwise noted.

Visitors to this site may view or download information in this site for their own use only. Information in this site may not be reused, redistributed, or sold in any format without permission of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.


Changes in these policies
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission reserves the right to change the terms of the information disclaimer, privacy policy, and other terms of use at any time. For questions or comments, please contact us.