START READING HERE> The frame below shows the first page of the CIP Guidebook. The asterisks on the title of the page below (* Cultural Inquiry Process Guidebook *) indicate that it is a top-level page of one of the main sections of the site. (All the main sections of the site are listed in the side bar on the left.)

Every page of the site that is not a top-level page contains navigational aids in headers and footers that help you know where you are in the site and make it easy to navigate to other parts of the site. The header and footer on a page are the same. They are separated from the body of the text by a horizontal line, and can contain up to four lines. To see an example, open a screen layout diagram for a CIP Studies page in the window below and examine the section identified as the Header (or Footer) Links. The page this diagram depicts is named, “A Cultural Inquiry of Tomika.” The header and footer section display the current page name using the same teal color that is used for the page title. The remaining sections of the header and footer contain links to other related areas or pages. The links are organized into three or four lines depending upon how other pages in the Web site relate to the current page.

The first line of the header or footer is always a link to the CIP Web site Home page.

The second line of the header or footer identifies and links to the top-level page of the main section in which the page is located. (In the example below, Cultural Inquiry Process Guidebook.)

The third line identifies the major subsections of the main section identified in the first line. A vertical bar delineates subsections from each other. Each underlined subsection links directly to the main page of that subsection. (In the example below, Steps | Studies | Success Stories | Glossary | References.)

If a subsection contains multiple pages the fourth line identifies the current page within the subsection. (In the example below, A Cultural Inquiry of Tomika is a page within the CIP Studies subsection.) If a subsection contains multiple levels the fourth header/footer line identifies them using the caret sign > to denote successive levels. Open a screen layout diagram for a CIP Steps page in the window below and examine the fourth header/footer line. In the example below, Steps is the subsection. The levels within the Steps subsection in the example below start with 3-Questions > then proceed to 3.5-Cultural Negotiations > and end with the current page, 3.5.1-Home, Peer & School Cultures.

There is also a tutorial on Using the CIP Guidebook.