Navigating the DHS Web site

DHS has adopted the most recent statewide Web site design. Pages and content have not been moved. If you have "Favorites" or "Bookmarks," they will still work just fine.

The new design includes a larger default text size and gives visitors the ability to increase or decrease text size on a page. There also is more flexibility with content and links in the center of the page (popularity boxes). In addition to the menu on the left side, there also is a menu on the right side of the homepage and on each topic homepage. The new right navigation menu includes three tiers of fly-out menus. These additional fly-out menus will make it easier to navigate through the site from one topic homepage to another.

We have taken this opportunity to create several new tools to assist visitors with finding specfiic information directly from the DHS homepage. These include:

• A to Z at DHS (Under Quick links in the right navigation menu)
• Get help now - Crisis services (Under Quick links in the right navigation menu)
• "How do I...?"  (Left center popularity box)
• Provider Tools (Left center popularity box)
• Doing Business with DHS (Left center popularity box)

We welcome your feedback and suggestions to improve these new tools as well as the overall site. Please submit your comments to: dhs.webfeedback@state.or.us

Following is a quick reference guide to help you navigate through the new site. Numbered items on the image correspond to numbered items below the image, for a more detailed explanation of what you will find there.

Each new homepage has the following areas:

1. Oregon.gov: Click on the Oregon.gov image to return to the Oregon.gov homepage.
   
2. Search Oregon.gov: Search the entire Oregon.gov Web site (See #11, below, to search only the DHS Web site).
   
3. DHS homepage or topic homepage title/link: Click on the title and you will return to the homepage or topic homepage noted in the title.
   
4. Text Size: Click the A+ or A- to increase or decrease the text size of the current page.
   
5. Text Only Site: Link to a text only version of the site.
   
6. Accessibility: Link to the Oregon.gov Web Accessibility page for a description of the accessibility options provided by Oregon.gov.
   
7. Department navigation bar: This has drop-down menus with links to overview pages of each of the DHS Divisions and a link under the "Department" heading to the DHS homepage.
   
8. Feature story: This area is used to highlight and promote information about programs, services or special events.
   
9. Right navigation: This navigation menu includes three tiers of fly-out menus to help you quickly navigate to different areas of the site from the various homepages. 
   
10. Left navigation: On the DHS homepage this menu bar contains links to department-wide tools. Each topic homepage has links specific to that program or topic. The left navigation menu also contains links to "About Us" and "Contact Us" pages. Each topic homepage should have contact information that is specific to that program area or topic.
    
11. Search DHS: A search link in the left navigation menu is specific to the DHS Web site. This link allows you to search the entire DHS site, or narrow your search by indicating only specific DHS topic sites to search. The Search button may appear at the top of the menu as well.
    
12. How do I....?: Links to pages with answers to some of the most frequently asked questions at DHS.
    
13. News at DHS: This section includes a list of scrolling links to our most recently issued news releases. Also included are links to all news releases where some are also provided in spanish. Links to the Director's weekly message and Reporter tools are also included here.
    
14. Provider tools: A variety of links to resources throughout our site to assist our provided community. 
    
15. Keep informed: A link to our free e-mail subscription service so you can be notified when updates are made to  pages or areas of interest to you on our site.
    
16. Quick links: A variety of links to help visitors get to important information quickly.
    
17. Doing business with DHS: Tools and resources to assist vendors with contracting to do business with DHS. 
    
18. Get involved: A variety of links to information about getting involved with DHS as a community partner to enhance the lives and well being of those we serve.
    
19. Page footer: This footer appears on every Web page on the site. It includes a varitey of links to statewide resources.

Contacts

If you have questions or comments about the new site please contact us at  dhs.webfeedback@state.or.us