Help
General
There are several ways to find content on TASB.org, the official Web site of the Texas Association of School Boards. Each will be explained below and include: global navigation, the “More Options” box, the search engine, the breadcrumb interface, the site map, the site index and the “Related Information,” “Related Documents” and “Downloads” areas.
If you still have questions after reading this page, feel free to e-mail the TASB Webmaster: webmaster@tasb.org.
Global navigation
Each major area of the site is represented by a labeled rectangle on the left side of the screen. This interface is always present no matter where in the public site you are. It is not yet available in the member-only, secure myTASB area.
Clicking a rectangle with a plus sign will reveal options available in the section. These options will be indented under the section title and may, themselves, have a plus sign next to some of them. The global navigation goes down three levels deep and then any lower options will be available in the “More Options” box on each page.
If you ever feel you’re lost, click “Home,” the top option in the global navigation, or open up one of the major section headers and see where you want to begin again.
More options
On every page of the site, a box with the label “More Options” will appear in the top of the center content pane if there are pages related to it in the section or on the same “level” of its category. The important thing to remember is to look under the page tool icons for this box if you would like to see if there is more content to explore.
The search engine
Each page on the site has keywords its author has placed within it to describe what the content is all about. These keywords, the page titles, the frequency of all the words on the page, along with abstracts the author may have written are all there to help you identify what you’re looking for.
In the upper right corner of each page is a search input box. Type a few words that best describe what you’re looking for. For example, if you want to find out about training and you’re a school district superintendent, type “training, superintendent” and press the “Search” button or hit enter on your keyboard.
There are several collections of TASB.org information to search through. If you want a narrower search than "All of TASB.org," be sure to explore the pull-down menu beneath the search box.
For more help with the search engine, click the “Advanced Search” link under the search box.
The breadcrumb interface
As you move down the hierarchy of levels of information within TASB.org (e.g., TASB Overview > Governance > Board of Directions > Nomination Process), it can get difficult to keep in mind where you are and where you were. That’s why we’ve included virtual breadcrumbs that automatically appear and allow you to find your way in case you want to double back to explore branches of content already passed.
Just below the blue header on every page is a trail of links moving from left to right. They will follow you back three levels before displaying an ellipsis “…”. Click the dots to go back up to the next higher level.
The site map
If you would like a linked list of all of the pages of the site, grouped by category, visit the site map, which is accessible under the search box in the upper right hand of any page.
The site index
The site index is another linked listing of all of the pages of TASB.org, but an alphabetical one instead of by categories. It is sometimes easier to find what you’re looking for by a title. It is next to the site map link under the search box in the upper right hand corner of any page.
Additional options
On the right hand side of any non-introductory content page are two boxes that may appear with additional options:
Related Information
The author of any TASB.org page may feel that there is content available in another part of the site that is relevant to their reader. They provide these links as a service to ensure visitors have complete information and don’t miss any opportunity to learn everything they can about a topic.
Downloads
Sometimes the page author may wish to include additional information in the form of an external format document such as a Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat file. If they do, you will find it available for download on the right side of the page. The file size plus for the format type will be displayed.
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