On the header of the pages, you may find :

• menu to navigate through the sections/sub-sections with direct access to all articles

• 

  link to the search engine based on a FULLTEXT word indexing system : it is available in the header of all pages ("search"). The results of the search engine are :

  • sections or sub-sections that contain the searched word(s)
  • articles that contain the searched word(s)
  • joined documents (.pdf, .ps, ...) that contain the searched word(s)
  • FULLTEXT Search :
    • XX YY => sections, articles or documents that contain XX or YY
    • +XX +YY => sections, articles or documents that contain XX and YY
    • +XX -YY => sections, articles or documents that contain XX but not YY
    • XX* => sections, articles or documents that contain words beginning with XX
    • "XX YY" => sections, articles or documents that contain exactly "XX YY"
    • +XX +(>YY<ZZ) => sections, articles or documents that contain "XX" and ("YY" or "ZZ"), the elements that contain "XX" and "YY" are listed first
  • direct search also in GMAPDOC, HIRLAM or RC-LACE webpages

On the "Home" page :

• center part :
  • the editorial
  • the last articles
  • the site map
  • a random selection of articles (remember !)
• side parts :
  • direct access to some enlighted articles (calendar, ...)
  • scrolling news, photos, favorite sites
  • the kiosk of web sites partners through "On the web" (last articles published on the HIRLAM, GMAPDOC and RC-LACE websites)
  • statistics of the site with most popular articles

On the foot of the pages :

• possibility of syndication
• link to the administration area for
  • administrators who manage, among other things, the site structure and the validation of articles
  • editors who submit articles.
• contact to webmaster
• site map