Introduction
This site has been developed with ease of use in mind. The
Council web team has researched good practice in web usability and
accessibility in order to come up with a web service which is
suitable for the may different customers of the Council.
Below are a few tips to make the use of this site and the
internet in general easier.
If you have problems with this site and need further assistance,
please contact the Council Web Team using the information on the
left of this page.
Site Navigation
This website has a number of different navigation methods to
suit the needs of our customers.
Search: Text and Keyword based search.
Site Map: Navigate using the folder structure.
A to Z: Alphabetical list of services.
Categories: Content grouped under themes.
Document Format
All of our pages are displayed in HTML format. Some information
has also been offered in other formats such as PDF and Word. If you
have any difficulties accessing any information on the site, please
get in touch using the contact details on the left hand side
of the page you are viewing.
Some information is available in PDF (Portable
Document Format) form. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader
to view these documents. The reader can be freely downloaded from:
http://www.adobe.com/uk/.
Viewers with visual difficulties may find it useful to
investigate services provided to improve the accessibility of
Acrobat documents: http://access.adobe.com/.
Some information is available in Document (Microsoft Word) form.
To view these files you will need the Word Viewer. This is a
plug-in which you can download (copy onto your computer) for
free from Microsoft. Download the free Word Viewer.
Some information is available in Slideshow(Microsoft PowerPoint)
form. To view these files you will need the PowerPoint Viewer. This
is a plug-in which you can download (copy onto your computer) for
free from Microsoft. Download the free PowerPoint
Viewer.
How to save and print pages
Save
When you wish to download and save a document right click
the hyperlink and click on 'Save Target As' from the drop
down menu. If you left click the connection you will load that file
to your browser for immediate viewing.
Print
When print or print preview is
selected from the web browser's file menu, the left and top
navigation and decorative images will be removed from the page for
printing.
Translations
If you want to translate any part of the the site you can use
this online translator from Google.
Please bear in mind that the translations are literal and do not
take into account dialect or nuance.
Bookmarking Pages
If you want to keep a link in your 'favourites' menu to any of
our pages, you can do so by creating a bookmark straight to that
page.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer: 'Favourites' ---> 'Add to
favourites' from the menu option.
In Netscape Navigator: 'Bookmarks' ---> 'Add Bookmarks'.
You can either just use the default page title so you know what
the bookmark is when you next come back to it, or you can rename
the bookmark anything you wish.
