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Documents that have been written specifically
for renewal.net have a little renewal.net logo embedded in the document icon: 
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For example, all Overviews and most Case Studies and Toolkits have been specially commissioned for renewal.net, while Research material and Policy Guidance documents have usually been collected externally.
There are several ways to navigate renewal.net.
The image above is a screen shot taken
from the home page. Please note the area marked with indicator (1).
This navigation bar running horizontally across the page displays links
to the areas of housing & environment, worklessness, education, crime,
health and local economies. These are the main 6 areas of the site and
are referred to as themes. Each of these themes has a sub-theme
and a sub-sub-theme, representing a three level navigation hierarchy.
For example, when you select the housing
& environment theme the second level of navigation becomes visible.
(See the image above). You can still navigate to any of the first level
links, but the fact that they are shaded indicates that you are currently browsing the second level.
Note also that the housing & environment link is highlighted in blue
to indicate that you are currently located in that section.
When you select a second level link the
third level becomes visible as in the image above. These three images
demonstrate the 3-level hierarchy of renewal.net.
The image above shows the third level of
the hierarchy. Note the blue highlighted areas. These indicate your path,
i.e. they show that you clicked on the housing & environment theme,
and then they highlight the choices you made at the second and third levels.
See the site map to clearly see the full hierarchy all on one page.
You can also navigate through renewal.net
from the two links on the left hand side named "neighbourhood renewal"
and "how to…"
This navigation works essentially the same way as that for the six themes described above.
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There are a number of different
document types on renewal.net. These include:
Overview: produced specifically for renewal.net, these documents
which are based on evaluated evidence provide a brief summary of each
subject area covered on renewal.net.
Solving the problem: produced specifically for renewal.net, these
documents provide a detailed step-by-step guide to how a particular problem
has been solved. Wherever possible, "solving the problem" documents
draw on evaluated evidence.
Renewal.net case study: case studies describing renewal initiatives that were written specifically for renewal.net.
User case study: case studies submitted to renewal.net by users.
These case studies have not been edited or quality assured by the renewal.net
team.
Toolkit: produced specifically for renewal.net these documents
are practical, step by step guides to implementing neighbourhood renewal.
Sample document; guidance document; policy document: useful documents
selected by the renewal.net team from a wide range of sources to support
the evidence-based content produced specifically for renewal.net.
Research: summaries of evaluated research on topics relevant
to neighbourhood renewal.
Renewal.net has its own discussion forums.
The link for the discussion forums is on the left hand navigation bar.
To be able to take part in a discussion or create a discussion topic you
will need to register to the site. Click here
to register. Note that you can still browse the forum wthout registering. Please visit the forum
help for further
information.
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We want users to tell us what they think
of the documents on renewal.net. If you want to rate a document, you can
do so from the document's preview box. When you have opened the preview
box, click on the link "to rate the usefulness of this document click
here". If you would like your rating or comments to be removed from
renewal.net please use the feedback page.
You will need to mail feedback@renewal.net
stating the name of the document the rating is against, as well as your email
address.
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(See image, point 1.) To use the standard search tool,
type the word you want to search for into the text box and click on the
search button. Your search results will be displayed below with the most
relevant at the top. The results can be narrowed by selecting 'Limit results
to region' (see image, point 1a.) and/or by selecting a document type (see
image, point 1b.). Now click on the search button to display the new results.
When using the more advanced 'search options' tool (see the link on the navigation bar at the top of the window) you can specify as few
or as many of the fields as you need. Type one or more words into the 'search
for' text box (see image, point 2.). This word / these words will be searched
for throughout all of the documents on renewal.net. If you tick the 'exact
match' box (see image, point 3.), the search will be for that exact phrase. If you do not tick the 'exact phrase', then the search will
find any document which includes any of the words you typed. If you tick
the "only include renewal.net documents" box (see image, point
4.), the search results will only display documents written specifically
for renewal.net.
Below the 'search for' box is a
dropdown menu labelled 'theme' (see image, point 5.). You can search for results in any one
specific theme. If you are not sure what theme the document
you are looking for would come under, or if you want to search for documents
throughout renewal.net then it is best to select 'all'.
Below the 'theme' dropdown (see image, point 7.) is a box for specifying the
'document type'. Again select 'all' if you are unsure what document
type to select. This option is helpful if, for instanc,e you were only interested
in case study documents.
To the right of 'document type' (see image, point 8.)
is the 'created' drop down, which is useful if you require only recently written documents.
The last dropdown below 'document type' (see image, point
9.) is the 'region'. If the document you are looking for is specific to a
region then you can specify this here.
Once you have made your selections click the 'search'
button (see image, point 10.) to the right. Your results will be displayed
in decreasing order of relevance, i.e. with the most relevant displayed at the top.
You can preview the details of a document
by clicking 'preview' to the right of its title. Clicking 'open', will
download the document from renewal.net to your PC.
At the top of your search results (see image, point 13.)
there is an area called 'Possible related web pages on renewal.net'. These are links to theme pages
within renewal.net that match your search.
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You can use your browser's print function
to print any of the pages on renewal.net. This is usually located in the
browser's file menu. If you want to print the contents of a pop up window
which does not have a file menu, you can do so by pressing the 'ctlr' and 'p' keys on your keyboard at the same time.
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