Navigating the City of Vancouver’s website
The City of Vancouver’s website is in the process of being renewed. You may have noticed that some of our pages are in a new template where others are in an old template. To help you in navigating our site, we have put together some useful links on our top-tier pages. If you are still unable to find what you are looking for, please use our search engine. Below you will also find links to the required plug-ins needed for some of our pages as well as some information on using RSS.
New template
To help you navigate our site using our new template, we have created a consistent set of links at the top of the page in the green banner (Residents, Business, Visitors, Jobs with the City, Services, Departments, City Projects, and Pay & Purchase Online). In the blue banner there are links to the City’s homepage and help and search pages. At the bottom of the page you will find a contact e-mail, links to our privacy policy and disclaimer and the date that the page was last updated.
On the left-hand side you will find the page’s menu structure and in some instances, a search box for those sets of pages.
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Old template
Using our old template, you will find a link to help, search and the City’s homepage on the top right-hand side of the header of most of our pages. By using these links, you can navigate to our new top-tier pages and our search function.
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Top-tier pages for easy navigation
We have developed a few pages to help you navigate our large site. Links to these pages can be found in the green banner of our new pages and on our homepage:
- Residents: links that are relevant to residents
- Business: links that are relevant to businesses
- Visitors: links that are relevant to visitors
- Jobs with the City: lists jobs available at the City of Vancouver
- Services: an A to Z list of links to City services
- Departments: links to City’s departments
- City projects: links to major city projects and initiatives
- Pay and purchase: links to City pages where you can pay and order online
- Have your say: lists all current City open houses, workshops and public hearings
- City calendar: lists events in the City as well as Council meetings
- Notices and Publications: links to our past and present advertisements, council meetings and minutes, news releases, maps, guides and publications
- Get involved: lists current opportunities for the public to get involved with the City as well as recognizing those who have been given awards from the City
- Contact us: City’s contact information and a link to Quickfind where you can search for staff and departmental phone numbers
Please note: On our Vancouver.ca homepage, you can find links to Vancouver Parks & Recreation, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver Fire Department and Vancouver Police Department under “Got a question” on the right-hand side of the page.
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Search engine
You can find a link to our search engine at the bottom left-hand side of our homepage. You can also find a link to Search in the blue banner of our new pages. Using this search, you will be able to search the site using keywords.
Learn more on how to search our site
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Plug-ins
To view some of the material on our website, you may require a plug-in. All plug-ins are free.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Microsoft Word Viewer
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
- Adobe Flash Player
- Windows Media Player
- Quicktime
- Ogg
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RSS
Some of our web pages have an RSS feed (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary). By subscribing to an RSS feed, it allows you to be easily informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in.
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