Registration
Each user needs to set up an unique identity on the system. Since we want to make sure that we can easily communicate with users, we have chosen an user's
Email ID as the most practical and useful unique ID. The user's
Name (separated as First Name and Last Name) is useful when communicating with them. Finally, we want to save the geographical
location of a user to be sensitive to their time zone when communicating by phone or streaming video that may be useful for the learning process.
Please register by filling in
the Registration form. Make sure that the email ID you enter is easily accessible to you. All system communications will be sent to this email. If an invalid email is entered, the registration will be immediately deleted.
The password should be more than 7 characters. Longer passwords are more secure. It is highly recommended that you choose an unique password for each site that you visit. Some people choose a phrase like "WhereTheMindIsWithoutFear" (a famous Tagore poem) so that they can easily remember their password. The password is not displayed on any online screen. In the Welcome email, only the first and last two characters are shown for security reasons. If you forget the password, you will have to register again, and all your usage history will be lost.
After successful registration, an email will be sent to you with
Subject: Welcome to supriyosen.net to acknowledge
successful registration, document your Profile and to provide a guide to the various capabilities of the site.
Please save this email to remember your credentials. A database record is created on the supriyosen.net server to identify you for subsequent visits.
A registered user can use multiple devices and only needs to login from each device as necessary. For example, I use an iMac, an iPad, and an iPhone. For testing, I also have set up a Windows 10 and a Linux Ubuntu 14 under VirtualBox, an App that runs under Mac OS. Only one registration is required.
Since Registration sets up your profile, you should Register again if you want to change your Password, Name or Location. If you want to change your Email ID, you need to register as a new user. The history of your activities can be manually coordinated by sending an email to supriyosen.net@gmail.com.
The registration record on the server will be removed after six months of inactivity or on your emailed request. Registered users will get an activity status report by email twice a month.
Login
For your convenience, the system has been designed to remember your Login credentials on any computer, tablet or smartphone for 90 days from your last visit. If you are a frequent visitor, you can expect to be "auto logged-in" and go directly to the site,
Browser settings on some computers may restricts how long login credentials will be remembered. Public computers like the local Library or Internet Cafes usually reset every day. In these cases, the auto-login will not be effective and you will have to Login every time.
If you are not auto logged-in when you access the site, please
Login using
the login panel.
Unicode Compliance
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Compatibility with Unicode
This table shows a sample of Bangla as rendered by your computer compared to what a fully Unicode-compliant PC/Mac will render.
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| Letter form |
OnBrowser |
Reference |
Single
Consonant |
ক খ গ |
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Consonant+
Vowel |
কি কে কৌ |
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Compound
Consonants |
ন্ড ক্ষ ক্ত |
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- If the Rendering "On Browser" looks like "Reference" -
This computer is fully Unicode compliant. The Bangla will be properly rendered.
- If the "On Browser" is different from "Reference" -
then your current configuration needs to be updated for Unicode support and/or you may have to install an appropriate Bangla Unicode font.
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Why are Unicode Fonts Important?
When you type on your PC/Mac keyboard, a special code is sent to the Operating System (Windows or Mac). This code is interpreted, and a character representation is displayed on your screen. The "font" determines what graphic is displayed.
In the original fonts developed for the IBM PC, there were only 128 slots for character representation. There was no standard keyboard layout for Bangla fonts. The Unicode standard was developed to standardize the fonts for thousands of languages, including Bengali. This allows Unicode fonts to be used interchangeably across a variety of applications and operating environments. Web designers are developing internet sites using Unicode fonts.
Unicode fonts will give you wider access to the content of many of the newer sites. Both the Operating System (Windows or Mac) and the Web Browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, etc) should be made "Unicode compliant" to ensure consistent support of Indic fonts and correct rendering of Bangla characters.
Bangla Unicode Fonts for Mac, Windows and Linux
A number of OpenType Bangla Fonts were published on ekushey.org. These fonts could be used on Windows systems but lacked Apple Advanced Typography(AAT) internal tables to work properly on Mac Systems. Raiyan Kabir of Bangla-অঙ্কুর has converted these fonts into AAT-OpenType Hybrid fonts, thus making them render correctly in Windows, Linux and Apple Macintosh platforms. These fonts can be downloaded from the Bangla-Onkur site.
