We've tried to make browsing the AER web site as simple a process as possible. Information is grouped into subject areas—so you'll find similar topics near each other. There are hyperlinks, either in boxes on the right side of the page (see Related documents and topics heading below) or within the text, that you can use to jump straight to a listed topic. There are also search functions linked to every page, to help you navigate.
The following sections tell you what type of information is on the website, and how to get there. Of course, the best way of getting to know what information is stored where is to take some time to have a look through the different web pages—especially by trying out all the hyperlinks.
Navigation menus
Navigation menus are located:
at the top of each of the internet pages
at the side of each of the internet pages
at the bottom of each of the internet pages.
The internet home page also has Lateset news in the centre and news releases and speeches on the right-hand side.
The top navigation menu is the same on all of the internet screens. Clicking on any of these linked headings will take you directly to the listed topic.
Related documents and topics
You'll see a Related documents box and/or a Related topics box appear on the right hand side of the page, whenever the information you are viewing has been linked to some other information.
Just click on the hyperlink in the box to go to the information that is related to the current page or content.
There are hyperlinks within the text on some internet pages. Move your cursor over the page. A hand appears whenever there's a hyperlink attached to the text. Left click the mouse to follow the hyperlink attached to the text.
Breadcrumbs
The internet site has 'breadcrumbs' across the top of most of the pages. Breadcrumbs show you the path you would take from the home page to reach a particular page. For example:
AER home page General energy market issues Contractor's reports
In the example above, the most direct path to the page you are currently in is from the internet home page, through General energy market issues and then to the Contractor's reports screen.
Yes, easily. There are several ways to retrace your steps.
Clicking the back button at the very top of the web page will take you back into the previous screen you were in. Clicking the back button once more will take you to the screen you were in before that, and so on.
Or you can click the down arrow beside the back button, to see a list of where you've been. Click on one of the titles in the list to go to that page.
The breadcrumbs that you created on your way to the current page are hyperlinks. You can click on any one of the breadcrumb links at any time to go back to the listed page.
See our accessibility page for information about how to use or access the different document types we have on the site such as Acrobat PDF and Zip files.
Searching the AER site
You can use the search function if you're not sure where to go to find information. You can find the search function on the top navigation bar of any of the AER pages.
Using the search box in the navigation bar searches through information held on the site, including text in most attached documents.
What search results include
the name of the matching content, which is a hyperlink to that content
Try to make your keywords as specific as possible, so that you can limit the number of matches returned. Note that the search field is NOT case sensitive—it does not matter whether or not you use capitals.
If the system returns too many matches, click the Back button to go back to the search page. Then try entering your keyword again with additional, more specific keywords.
If the system returns NO matches, click the back button to go back to the search page, and check your spelling. If that doesn't work, try entering a different term or terms.
Using the sitemap
If you aren't sure where the content you want is listed, try the sitemap. The sitemap lists all key topics in the site and how they relate to each other. The sitemap is linked from the top navigation bar of every page on the site.