How to Use This Site

Menu

There is a menu to the left of the page to help you navigate from page to page. Menu items with sub-menus have a V-shaped arrow to the left. Click the arrow to expand the menu to see and access sub-menu(s). Click it again to collapse the menu. 

If all of the menu items will not fit on your screen, there will be a slider on the right that you can use to scroll the menu up and down.

When you select a page, its entry on the menu is highlighted so you can see where you are in the menu structure.

You can use  your browser's "back" button to return to the prior page you were viewing, or click another menu item to view another page.

When the page is small, the menu is not displayed at all times, but is still accessible by a small icon composed of three horizontal lines located in the upper left corner of the page. It still operates as described above. The menu may appear this way for the following reasons:

• The website is being viewed on a phone

• The window it is in is reduced to a size that no longer accommodates the full menu

• The window it is in is increased to a size that no longer accommodates the full menu, for example by holding down the control key and clicking the plus sign (+).

Links

Links within the website and to other websites will be indicated as links, for example with underlined text and the words "click here". 

There are also link symbols on pages so other websites can link directly to a place on a page. The symbols look like a link in a chain. You may have to hover your cursor over a heading, spreadsheet, or other item on the page to see the link icon. Click it to copy the link.

Home

You can return to the home page by clicking any of the following:

• The AFMS logo in the upper left corner of the page

• The acronym "AFMS" in the upper left corner of the page

Buttons at the bottom of the page

There are three quick access buttons at the bottom of every page:

• Find a club - Takes you to the map of AFMS clubs on the home page

• Contact - Takes you to the Contact page where you can fill out a form requesting or reporting information.

• Copyright - Takes you to the Copyright page

Some of the information on the website is available as documents. Some documents are linked directly, and some are listed in folders. 

Linked

To view a linked document, simply click it and it will open in another window in your browser.

List

To view a document in folder, simply click it and it will open in another window in your browser. If there are more documents than will fit on your screen, you can use a slider on the right side of the list to scroll up and down.

Download/Print

After you open a document to view it, you can also download or print it.

Open Icon

In the upper right corner of a list of documents, there is an open icon. You may have to hover your cursor there to see it. Click the icon to open the spreadsheet in Google Drive. In Drive you can sort the documents by name or last modified date. 

Document Information

At the bottom of each document you will see the following:

• Author

• Name of the document

• AFMS website url

• Most recent date the document was saved

Basic Forms

Basic forms allow you to enter information, select values etc. When you finish filling out a form, click the submit button at the bottom.

Forms that allow attachments

Some forms are designed to allow attachments. To prevent malware and spam, these forms require you to be logged onto a Google Account, for example Gmail. If you need to fill out one of these forms but do not have a Google account, it is simple to get an account, but if you prefer not to, contact the webmaster or central office.

Restricted Forms

Some forms are restricted to authorized members only. These will be clearly identified. Only members with SFMS accounts may use these forms.