NPS Website User Help, Forms, Dowloads
1. Structure
The Tabs along the top of every page reflect the way the NPS is organised.
There are three tabs representing the major groups within the organisation
- Members
- Areas
- About Us - the head office team and general management
There are five Tabs representing the areas of work of the society and the Committee responsible for each of these:
- Welfare and Education
- Stud Book - British Riding Pony Stud Book
- Shows - NPS Spring Festival and Summer Championship Show
- Competitions - Affiliated shows, Olympia and RIHS and other NPS qualifiers
- Judges
2. Searching for specific items
If you want to find a specific topic within the site you can search for that at any time by entering the topic word in the search area which can be found at the top right of each page.
This search just searches the NPS website and returns a list of places on the site where the topic you entered has been found. The items are listed in order based on the incidence of the topic word on that page; this is expressed as a percentage indicating the significance.
3. Resources/ Forms / downloads / form / down load / documents etc
Resources such as forms or documents that people may want to download are provided at the foot of the relevant page. Users can click on the item they want and it will be displayed and can be printed.
4. News Items
On the Home page there are NPS news items listed in the date order of when they were added so it is obvious which items have been added recently. Previous items can be viewed by clicking on see more news items. The news items list is then shown; the items can be sorted by topic, category or date added by just clicking on that heading. Additional information on a new item can be viewed by clicking on that item.
There is also an opportunity add NPS news to your news feed list by clicking on RSS news feed. Updated information from this feed is then automatically downloaded to your computer and can be viewed in Internet Explorer and other programs.
5. Upcoming Events
The next few events are shown on the Home page. To view a calendar of all events click on browse NPS events and move through the months.
6. NPS Areas
There is one page for each NPS Area with links to their own websites if they have one.
7. Printing
To print the contents of a page, including the route to it, use the printer symbol on the top right of the screen.
8 Members Area
There is a specific area of the site for Members. Members can request a password that will enable them to access their membership details and specific areas of the site that are just available to Members. Members can renew their membership online as well as make entries for the NPS Spring Festival and the NPS Summer Championship Show. Please look at the instructions under the Members tab and Accessing Members Area.
New members can also join online. Select the Members Tab and then Joining Online from the list on the left.