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Navigating this website
We have worked hard to make this website as easy as possible to navigate. There are three distinct areas of navigation: site-wide navigation tools, main navigation sections and section navigation. (See figure A)
Figure A: The three navigation areas on this website
Site Wide Navigation
This section at the top of the website comprises of:
- Accessibility and Help: This document. Advises the user how to make the most of this website.
- Site Map: A tree structure of this website's pages
- Skip Navigation: An aid to avoid all of the page's navigation links and jump directly to the content. Particularly useful for those who use screen reading technology.
- Worthing Borough Council: Clicking our logo will take you to Worthing Borough Council's website.
These links are available on every page on this website at all times and will soon be standard to all of Worthing Borough Council's websites by late 2007.
Main Sections Navigation
This section contains the main sections of this website that are unique to this website. These are broad categories that may encompass further information within it that is revealed in the section navigation.
To use this, think what questions you are asking or what you would like to know, and select the link that is related the closest to your query or your reason for visiting us. For example to find out about the history of Highdown Gardens , you are more likely to find this in About Highdown than Opening Times.
The main sections navigation is available on every page on the website at the top below the site wide navigation.
Section Navigation
The section navigation is located on the left hand side of the website alongside the content itself.
If you have selected the About Highdown section, you will see the sections that lead you to About Highdown section: with the topmost being the website home page and the further down being progressively deeper in the website itself until you reach the section you are currently in (highlighted in bold)
(See figure B)
Indented are the current “About Highdown” section is the further content of: History of Highdown, Millers Tomb and the Millennium Garden , which is all related to About Highdown.
(See figure C)
The section navigation is unique to the section you are viewing.
Accessibility and General Usage
Making the website easier to read
Sometimes you can struggle to read and see what a website is saying because the type is too small. Don't struggle unnecessarily as we have gone one better.
Not only can you enlarge the text to any size (or make it smaller) but the actual website itself enlarges or shrinks too. This means the visual presentation of the website isn't lost because you have chosen to view the website in a way that suits you. See Figure D for this in action in Firefox.
Figure D: Page Zooming in Firefox. Page shrinks/enlarges based on your chosen text size.
We have tested this functionality in all of the mainstream web browsers include:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, 6 and 7
- Mozilla Firefox
- Netscape 7 and 8
- Opera 7, 8 and 9
- Apple Safari
- Camino
- Konqueror
To change the size of text depends on the web browser you use. Here are the instructions for the most popular web browsers:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and 6 (Windows)
- Go to the View menu
- Click the Text Size menu item
- From the sub menu that pops out, select from Smaller, Small, Medium, Large and Larger .
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Windows)
With the Mouse
- Select Page from the toolbar below where web addresses are entered. (It is located on the right in between Print and Tools)
- Click the Text Size menu item
- From the sub menu that pops out, select from Smaller, Small, Medium, Large and Larger .
You can also use the zoom control located at the bottom right hand side of the Internet Explorer window.
With the Keyboard
- Hold down Ctrl (Control) and press either:
- + : to enlarge the page
- - : to shrink the page
Firefox
With the Mouse
- Go to the View menu
- Click the Text Size menu item
- From the sub menu that appears select either: Increase, Decrease or Normal .
With the Keyboard
- Hold down Ctrl (Control) and press either:
- + : to enlarge the page
- - : to shrink the page
- 0 : to reset the page size to default
Opera
With the Mouse
- Go to the View menu
- Click on Zoom
- Select from the sub menu the page zoom you require, with 100% being the default page size.
With the Keyboard
Using the numeric keypad with ‘Number Lock' on, use:
- + : to enlarge the page
- - : to shrink the page
- * : to reset the page size to the default
Safari
- Go to the View menu
- Select Increase Text Size to enlarge the page
- Select Decrease Text Size to shrink the page
You can also use Ctrl + F2 to access the Apple menus with your keyboard, and use the cursor keys to move around the menu structure, and select your chosen option by pressing return .
Printing pages
We live in an electronic world but we all sometimes want a hard copy of what we have read. That's why this website allows you to print a page in beautiful quality without needing to fiddle with selecting text or finding the ‘printer friendly' option. Just click print and the page will be printed in full without all the unnecessary information you don't need.
Try it now and be relieved at the stress free way to paper.
- Note: This applies to most modern web browsers. Some older browsers such as Internet Explorer 3 may require you to select the required text.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
We all read some letters such as HTML and wonder what they might mean, or possibly what an abbreviation means. To help you make sense of these, look out for text with a dotted underline. Move your mouse over one of these and you will see in most web browsers a little ‘tip' pop up explaining the definition for you. Some web browsers make this even more obvious as the mouse pointer changes to a ‘ ? '.
Access Keys
We have adhered to UK Government guidelines for access keys. We have not implemented any others due to conflicts with your computer's specific keyboard shortcuts.
These are the ones in use:
| Key Assignment | Where it takes you |
|---|---|
| 0 | Access Key Details |
| 1 | Home Page |
| 2 | What's New (not used on Highdowngardens.co.uk) |
| 3 | Site Map |
| 4 | Search (not used on Highdowngardens.co.uk) |
| 5 | Frequently Asked Questions (not used on Highdowngardens.co.uk) |
| 6 | Help |
| 7 | Complaints Procedure (not used on Highdowngardens.co.uk) |
| 8 | Terms and Conditions (not used on Highdowngardens.co.uk) |
| 9 | Feedback Form (not used on Highdowngardens.co.uk) |
| S | Skip Navigation |
Using Access Keys
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4+ (Windows)
Press ‘Alt' + access key number and then ‘return' to move to that page.
Firefox
Press ‘Alt' + access key number to move to that page.
Opera
Press ‘Shift' + ‘Escape' + access key number to move to that page.
Safari
Press ‘Ctrl' (Control) + access key number to move to that page.