How To Use | Capturing Cambridge

How To Use

You can explore the website in various ways – by using the map, the project areas, street and information tiles or the search box.

Using the MAP

zoom in and out by clicking on the + and – buttons at the bottom right of the map
hover over a coloured dot to see the title of the article, click on the dot to see the featured image, click on the image or title to go to the full article
to close the pop-up image, click on the coloured dot again or anywhere outside it.

Dot colours
The colour of the dot indicates the kind of content in the article.

Using the Project area and street TILES

Projects relate to either geographical areas or subject matter
the project tiles are shown on the Home screen, the Prohects screen and also in the right hand column on the Map screen
click a project tile to see the street and information tiles for that project
click a street or information tile to see the articles and information for that street
click a street or information tile to read the article.
the tiles have icons that show whether they contain other tiles, audio files/interviews, videos, documents

Using the SEARCH box

click the magnifying-glass icon at the lower left of the home screen
you will see a search box and a tag cloud of key topics
click on one of the topic boxes in the tag cloud to see all articles on the site relating to that topic
type any word or name in to the search box and click ‘Go’ to search the entire site.

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