Below is a sample menu of pre-set search dates for your timeline home page. There is also a sample menu of pre-set searches for your related linkbase home page. These menus can be customized. It is also possible to include pre-set searches for topics or other text in particular database fields. Menus (or anything else) on the home pages for your timeline and linkbase could be made more graphically interesting, for example with an image and client-side image-mapping. Besides these menus of pre-set searches, there are also standard search and advanced search forms for accessing your timeline and linkbase databases.

For assistance in customizing your timeline or linkbase home-page search menus, consult the instructor or a Transcriptions research assistant. You should have a plan or diagram of the pre-set searches you want on the page (which dates or date ranges do you want to create pre-set searches for, etc.?)