Navigating within a portal

 At the top of the portal you will find:

• the RUG logo (on the left-hand side). This is the 'Home’ button for the website ( www.rug.nl )
• next to that: the portal logo. This is the ‘Home’ button for the portal 
• the ‘service links’ are located at the right: ACCESSIBLE VERSION, SITE INFO, LOGIN, NEDERLANDS and CONTACT.
• below this is the LANGUAGE SWITCH (with the flags and advanced) and the search box (SEARCH)

Below this, you will find: the MAIN PORTAL MENU and the BREADCRUMBS

On the left is: the SECTION MENU
On the right are: the ASSOCIATED LINKS and BANNERS

Accessible version

The website of the University of Groningen is prepared for visitors with disabilities.

Searches

The search options for the website can be found by clicking on the search bar/button. If you enter a word in the search bar and click on ‘search’, the portal will be searched for the term(s).

For more search options, leave the search bar blank and simply click on ‘search’. This will take you to a page with further search options. You will be able to search for a specific name or organization.

Searching by name or organization

If you want to find the address and/or telephone number of a person or organization, leave the field blank and click on ‘search’. This will take you to a more detailed search screen.

Select ‘person’ or ‘organization’. Then click on ‘search’.

Finding e-mail addresses of staff or students

On the right-hand side of the screen you will find a link for searching for staff or student e-mail addresses.

Site info

Click on the ‘Site info’ button for more information about the website. You will find information about the general structure of the RUG website as well as information on specific portals. You will also find an FAQ section.

Links for editors and portal co-ordinators can be found on the right-hand side of the screen. These links take the user to the information required for working on the website. This is also where contact details for the portal co-ordinators can be found.

Login

Website editors can log in using this button. Extra options are then provided for editing information.

Language switch

The flags are used to change the portal language from Dutch to English and vice versa directly. In some cases, other languages are available (e.g. German or Japanese). You can select these languages by using the "advanced" link.

N.B. For various reasons it is not always possible to provide information in English as well as Dutch.

Read more about the language switch in: Deutsch, English, Español ,  Français , Italiano , 日本語 , Nederlands , Русский

Contact

This button provides search facilities as well as contact details for the organization.

Portal menu

Ideally, the main menu consists of a single bar. The SECTION MENU drops down when the cursor moves over the bar. Clicking on an item in the section menu takes you straight to those pages.

Some main menus consist of a double bar. In these cases, the section menu is not a drop-down menu. The section menu is revealed on the left-hand side of the screen by clicking on the relevant item in the main menu.

Breadcrumbs

Immediately to the left under the portal menu are the ‘breadcrumbs’. They record the ‘path’ you have followed within the portal, and by clicking on these breadcrumbs you can go back one or more steps.

Section menu

The vertical section menu is located on the left under the breadcrumbs. The top line tells you which section you are in; this section is usually part of the submenu structure in the portal bar. The main menu item in the portal bar that you used to get to the current page has changed colour and is now underlined.

If there are subsections, they will appear under the section title. Clicking on the subjects will take you to the pages in question.

The section menu also includes ‘functions’, for example: printing.

Associated links

There may also be links on the right of the screen. These provide additional information for the page you are viewing. This is a simple way of referring to relevant additional information which is not necessarily on the RUG website.

Banners

Banners are also located on the right-hand side of the screen. These always show an image with a short introductory text. Banners are used to publicise certain events or websites. These links provide additional information for the page you are viewing.