Navigate
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Navigating involves understanding the current location (entity and page), what can be done from that location (view, edit, add new, search, etc.), how to get related entities, and how to go to other pages to do other things unrelated to the current entity.
Page title
The page title displays what type of entity you are looking at (archival description, authority record, archival institution, or term) and what type of page you are on (edit, view, import, etc.).
Title bar
On a view or edit page, the title bar displays the name of the current entity. You can also click on the title bar to switch between between view and edit modes (if you have edit access privileges).
Search/browse box
The search/browse box is available on every page and allows you to quickly retrieve a new set of entities (which are displayed on a list page).
Be careful when launching a search or browse from the edit page: always be sure to first save your changes, or else these will be lost when the search/browse occurs.
Text links
Blue text always represents a link to a related entity (e.g. from an archival description to the authority record of the record's creator). When you hover your cursor over a link, the text is highlighted (changes to white text against a black background).
Provides a series of links to entities related to the current entity.
See context menu for more on this feature as it applies to different entity types.
Home page links
The application logo and the "home" link in the system menu both return you to the home page.
The main menu provides access to key functions.
What appears in the main menu depends on your user role. For example, the main menu does not appear at all for researchers while the translate menu item and admin menu item appear only to users with translator and administrator access privileges.
Column headers
Column headers appear on list pages, giving the names of the fields for whatever is listed below.