Great Eagle Quick Tour
All aboard...
'Come aboard folks. You’re just in time for the Great Eagle Quick Tour. Allow me to introduce you to Soar, the Great Eagle. No ma’am, he won’t bite. Loves people, you see. Find a seat up there on Soar’s back. Plenty of room. Is this not a grand day for uh...Soaring? Right. We’re off. Ho, Soar…
Climb Soar. Let's give these folks the lay of the land first, then we'll sweep in for a closer look.'
Navigating in New Earth Village
Navigation Menu
New Earth Village main pages have four navigation menus:
- Help Menu (above the big image)
- Top Menu (under the big image)
- Side Menu (right side of some pages) and
- Bottom Menu (at the foot of the page).
Child Pages
Some pages have child pages (pages that give more information about parent page topics). Links to the child pages are in the Side Menu (the grey box on the right) or in the text of the parent page.
Links
Navigation menus are a set of buttons (top menu) or horizontal or vertical lists of text links (words which when clicked take you to another page). You can recognize a text link by its brown underlined text which become bright blue when you hover the mouse over it. When you click on the link, it takes you to the page described by that text. After you have visited the linked page, the text link turns light blue to tell you you've been to that page.
Help Menu
These pages give you the information and authority you need to participate in New Earth Village:
- Contact: Get help or info from New Earth Group staff
- Help: Get answers to your questions
- Join: Become a participating member of New Earth Village
- Log In: Sign in with your username and password (you created them when you joined) and activate your member privileges
Top Menu
Find the information you need to understand what New Earth Village is about.
Side Menu
The side bar is the area on the right in dark grey. Some pages have links in the side bar that take you to child pages with more information.
Bottom Menu
Whew. This site has more buttons than Soar has feathers. The Bottom Menu (page bottom) has links to support pages.
Rate Us: Where to tell us how we're doing
Gratitude: Who helped New Earth Village get started
Site Map: A list of links to New Earth Village pages
Privacy: How we protect your information
Quality: Our assurance of service excellence
Report: Where to report abuse or things that don't work
'Okay Soar, show us your stuff. Bring us down close and personal.'
Other Places to Get Help
Words
'Words' is the New Earth Village dictionary. Words or phrases that appear as linked text on a page are defined in the 'Words' dictionary. Click on them to find their meaning or click on 'Words' to go to the dictionary. Not every word in the dictionary or every instance of a word may be linked, so if you find a word that confuses you, and it's not in linked text (brown and underlined), check 'Words' anyway. It's probably there.
Talking Circles
New Earth Village has numerous talking circles (forums). Each has its own topic area. Some are general; others are specific. If you need help with a problem, have an idea, want new ideas or need someone to work with, find a related talking circle and join in the discussion.
To participate in a talking circle, you must be a New Earth Village member. To join, click on 'Join' in the Help Menu (top right). It's free.
Mentor
If you have a question about New Earth Village or need advice, the talking circle Mentor is the place for you. Go to The Four Realms > Advisor > Mentor
Help for the Four Realms
Help on getting around in The Four Realms (top menu) is available by clicking the link 'Four Realms, Using' in the Four Realms links block (4 Realms > Front Page).
Special Places
The Four Realms
The link '4 Realms' in the top menu takes you to The Four Realm. The Four Realms is the heart of New Earth Village, where all the action is - talking circles (forums), resources and training. The Four Realms is divided into four activity areas or realms.
Learn about The Four Realms by going to 4 Realms > About in the top menu or hey, just go there and poke around. Once in The Four Realms, you can access other menus to get to a particular talking circle or resource.
Pages that inform:
Torch: Read the New Earth Village newsletter and subscribe
TalkingStick: Check out Peter's blog
Shift: Get poked to think differently about things
About My Page: Learn all about having your own homepage
Wise Words: Read quotes that inspire
Words: Get word definitions
Pages that entertain:
Gallery: View pictures of indigenous cultures
GuestBook: Tell us where you're from; read about others
IndigiTube: Watch YouTube videos
IndigiNews: Get indigenous news from across the globe
Movies: Check out other amazing videos
Peoples: Find images honouring indigenous peoples
'Well done Soar. Head us for home now so these good folks can begin their New Earth Village adventure. Fasten your belts everyone. Take us down Soar....'
