Help with searching

The search bar lets you search using any combination of category, keywords and location.

• Category - use this if you know the type of results you want to find

• by Keywords - type one or more words to describe what you are looking for (e.g. housing)

• by Location - use this to find results which serve your location.  Try a place name such as Halifax, or postcode (HX1 1UN or HX1) etc.

More Advice on Keyword Searching

Typing in a word or a few words into the Keywords box brings you back all entries that contain at least one of the words you have entered.  You can also use special characters to limit your results more closely.

The plus sign (+) before a word means that each of the results must contain that word, so the example search below brings back only records results containing both of the words housing and advice, for example:

+housing +advice

Using double quotes (") around your search words brings back only results that contain those words as an exact phrase, for example:

"badminton club"

Using search filters

Once you have your search results, you may be able to improve them still further by selecting one or more of the search filters which are displayed in lists to the right of your results. These filters allow you to limit results by subject area (such as 'Money Matters'), and by user group (such as 'Carers') and so on. The more use you make of the filters, the more focussed your results will be.

Sorting your search results

You can change the sort order of your search results using the options that are shown in the section just above your results. Depending on the type of search that you have done, your results can appear in any of the following sort orders:

• Sorted by relevance (i.e. the best match to your search)
• Sorted alphabetically (i.e. in A-Z order of title with numbers first)
• Sorted by distance (only if you have done a full postcode search)

Accessibility

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software.

Ability Net has useful advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or would like to request information in a different format, please email fis@calderdale.gov.uk