Finding your way around the site
The layout of every page on the Peterborough City Council
website is standard to improve access and ease navigation. Across
the top of each page is a tool bar, which gives quick access from
anywhere on the site to the home page, the "contact us" section and
other important areas . It also gives options to generate a print
friendly versions of any page or view it in text only. Beneath the
toolbar is a site search facility and a "bread crumb" trail which
begins "Home > ... > ..." to highlight where you are on the
site. On the left hand side of each page is a navigation menu which
lists the section you are in and the categories within that
section. There are eight main sections on the site that
can be reached from the homepage. These are: Children and families, Community Information, Environment, Housing,
Jobs and careers, Planning and building, Rubbish, waste and recycling and Traffic, travel and parking
.
Looking for information
There are six main ways that you can find information on this
web site:
1. The home page
This is the starting point of any website and a good place to
begin browsing for information. The web address (called URL) of
Peterborough City Council is www.peterborough.gov.uk and when you
click on this web address, it is the homepage that will
displayed.
Once you start to view different parts of the site, if you want
to return to the homepage, just click on the word 'Home' which is
situated on the left of the tool bar at the top of every page under
the Peterborough City Council logo.
2. Search
Use the search box featured in the top lefthand corner of each
page to type in your own word(s) and carry out a search for the
word(s) on the website. It is best to use one or two key words
rather than a long sentence. There is also an advanced search
facility available, this can accessed either by clicking on the
"Adv. search" option on the tool bar or invoking a normal search
without any criteria. The advanced search enables you to specify a
more complex criteria including dates and order.
3. Choose a main section
Select one of the main categories from the menu on the left
handside of the screen e.g "Traffic, travel and parking". This will
take you to the main page of that particular section and also
expand the entries within the side menu to include sub-entries
below the current section. These entries may also be highlighted
with a small arrow on their left showing that there is additional
content below them.
4. A - Z
The A-Z of services is another method
for finding information on the site. It lists all information
relating to Peterborough City Council in alphabetical order. Simply
click on the first initial letter of the service you require. For
example, if you want to find information on planning applications,
you may choose to either click on the letter 'P' for planning or
'A' for applications.
5. Site map
A breakdown of our entire site in a tree structure can be
accessed by selecting 'Site Map' from the toolbar at the top of
every page.
6. Community Information
Peterborough City Council provides access to information on
almost a thousand community organisations, sporting clubs and
societies This can be found via the community
group page under the "Community and living" section. You can
search for groups/clubs either by specific name or keyword.
Need more assistance?
Please select the 'Contact Us' option
which appears on the tool bar at the top of every page . This will
provide you with information on to make enquires, comment or
complain about council services. Also it provides details of how to
contact the web team with any queries, suggestions or technical
issues regarding the website.