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Navigating Child Support Quest

This document will show you how to navigate the Child Support Quest website, in order to help you find the job aids that you need as quickly as possible.

Quest home page with elements of the page numbered with a red rimmed circle with numbers one through seven in the circles.

The Home Page

The home page of the website is where you will start your quest for information. On the home page of the site, here are the most commonly used features:

At the top of the page is the Search bar Number 1 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article.. This allows you to search the entire Quest site for an article, regardless of topic or type.

Directly below the Search bar, and above the topic images you will see a Topics drop-down and Contact.

The Topics drop-down menu Number 2 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. contains two areas found in CS Quest, Functional Areas, and Support Tools along with popular articles in these topics.

Contact Number 3 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. allows you to send a message to the Child Support Quest site administrators.

All the content on Quest are relate to Functional Areas Number 4 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. or  Support Tools Number 5 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article.. When you are looking for information, you can start by clicking on the category that that information falls into within these two Topics.

Recent Articles Number 6 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. listed below the Functional Areas and Support Tools area are articles that are recently added to Quest.

In the section below recent articles on the right most column, are Additional Resources Number 7 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. which are other DHS sites that may be helpful

The Quest Categories page with the list of topics within the category and popular articles within the category.

Categories

There are dozens of categories within the site. Let’s assume that on the home page you clicked on “Finance” within the Functional Areas on the home page, here’s what you would see next:

The List of Topics Number 8 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. shows all of the topics within this category, as well as the number of articles within each of those topics.

The Popular Articles Number 9 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. are a list of the articles viewed most often within the category, regardless of their topic.

List of articles in the topic, with most relevant appearing first, followed by a list of related articles, along with numbers inside red-rimmed circles describing elements on this page.

Topics

Each topic is essentially a folder full of resources that will help you in your job. Let’s assume that you clicked on “Juvenile” from the last page, here’s what you would see on your screen:

The Popular Articles Number 10 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. on this page are only the most viewed within this topic.

The List of Articles Number 11 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. denote content within this topic. Click on the name of an article in order to view it.

The Sort and Filter Number 12 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article.  controls will help you find the resource you want. You can click on “Type,” “Title,” or “Date” to rearrange the list so that it is sorted by those criteria.  You can also click on the magnifying class icon Number 13 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. to type in a filter, any titles that DO NOT contain the text you submitted will be filtered out.

Elements on the page containing the Quest article. Numbers surrounded by red circle identify each element of the article on the page.

Articles

The Title of the article Number 14 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article., the Date in which it was last updated and reviewed Number 15 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article., and the Article Number 16 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article..

The Tags Number 17 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. are keywords associated with this article. Clicking on a tag will take you to a list of all articles that share that tag.  For example, an article about arrearage computation might include the tag, “ROP.” When users select the “ROP” tag in the tag list, a list of articles also tagged “ROP” would pull up on the website, including the article about arrearage computation.Note: The Search field looks only at titles and article content, not the tag line. That means if you use the search to look for an article, the articles brought up may or may not have the same titles compared to using tags only.

Related Articles Number 18 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. are other articles in the system, regardless of category or topic, which are related to this one in some way.

If you have a Comment or Suggestion  Number 19 encircled with red to designate the element on the page referred to in the article. about this article, you can send a note to the website’s administrators. If you notice anything that’s incorrect or outdated, please let us know.

Searching for Articles

At the top of every page in the website, there is a “Search Quest” box.  If you aren’t sure where to look for resources, just type in the name of whatever you’re looking for into this field and press ENTER. Child Support Quest will show you a list of all resources across the entire site that contain the words you entered; the list will include the names, and dates of each resource that was found. Click on the name of the resource to view it.   Note: If a “tag” is used in the Search field, it may or may not bring up the same articles, as the Search field looks only at titles and article content, not the tag line.