How to Navigate This Site

How this website functions

• The website is organized using the Cabinet / Drawer / Folder / Subfolder paradigm. The website itself is the Cabinet. Each major section is a Drawer ("About Us," "Staff Support," "Calendar / Reports," "News," "Documents," and "Contact Us"). Within each Drawer, there are Folders, and these appear as hot links on the left side bar. Finally, Folders might contain Subfolders in one or more levels of subordination.

• Each sidebar has a label at the top of the tap, telling the viewer which is the Drawer (major section) for that page. Also, the top menu bar will show that section's cell grayed.

• All local links (connection to pages that reside on this website's server) open in the same window. When you're done with a local page, you may go to a different page or return to the page you were in before.

• All external links (connections to pages that reside in a different website, under someone else's control) open in a separate window. This makes navigation easier: when you're done with an external link, just close the window and you'll be back where you started.

• All document links are treated as external links.

Graphic elements

• For ease of navigation, the graphic elements on the banner are linked to predictable locations, and these will be available from every page on the website.

• The Texas Wing patch leads to the site's opening page.

• The little CAP Command Patch leads to the CAP NHQ website.

• The little stylized AF Wings emblem leads to the AF Link website

• The CAP Cessna in flight leads to the CAPERS - CAPSTAR website.

How the information is organized

• The website has six major sections, organized logically and accessible via the top menu bar. Whenever you open a section, the left menu bar will bear the name of that section at the top. Also, the cell containing the link to that section will gray out. The sample shot above is the opening page in the About Us section.

• Within each section, the left menu bar will contain subsections (links to pages, documents, or external links) that have to do with that section. The titles on the left menu bar may lead to a single page or to a collection of pages. When the subsection has multiple pages, the links to the various sections are normally found on the left sidebar, under the subsection's link, or at the top of that page.

• Some subsections have other links that have to do with that specific page. Some times, these are grouped neatly on the right menu bar, under the staff member's name.

The six major sections are

• About Us
  Here the visitor will find information about Texas Wing itself, how it is organized, and how it relates to higher headquarters. Our immediate higher echelon is Southwest Region, one of eight CAP regions in the nation, and National Headquarters is at the top. Some links to pages in the Staff Support section are here as well, since it makes them easier to find.

• Staff Support
  This is the largest section, representing all staff positions in Texas Wing. Each staff officer is responsible for maintaining the content of his / her staff section, making sure the links are up to date, and updating necessary procedural and training material. Ideally, these sections will give the Group and Squadron staff officers an easy link to their counterpart at Texas Wing.

• Calendar / Reports
  As the title implies, the wing calendar will be found here, as well as links to various reports published by Texas Wing.

• News
  This section will contain news, news releases, and news archive of wing-wide events.

• Documents
  All Texas Wing documents will be found here, as well as links to documents on the CAP National website.

• Contact Us
  The visitor will find here easy access to key persons in Texas Wing.

Navigating within a section

• With the exception of the opening page of the About Us section, all other pages will be labeled at the top with the name of the Folder [and Subfolder(s), if applicable].

• In some sections, there are links that lead to pages in a different section. If you see that you called a page from the About Us section and now you are in the Staff Support section, but you want to return to the original page, simply hit your "return" button or click on the "return" arrow at the top of your browser.