September, 2005 proudly brings the relaunch of the Temple of Poi website. This article will help you understand what is found where.

Page Layout

Our site is designed to provide lots of great information while also entertaining your eyes with dazzling images of flow artists. Each page is constructed, from top to bottom, to include the following areas:

• Logo - The Temple of Poi logo and tag line are located in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
• Background Navigation - This is the purple navigation menu located in the upper right hand corner of each page. These areas provide background information about the school, staff, performances and artists of the community.
• Main Navigation - The main navigation is the yellow menu bar sandwiched between the Temple of Poi logo and the breadcrumb/banner box below it. This navigation menu focuses on technical information, classes, ideas, skills and tools for flow artists.
• Breadcrumb - Between the banner and the main navigation section is the "breadcrumb" which is a list of links you can traverse to find your way back to the home page. All underlined items in this purple area are links to information which will be more and more general the closer to the left side of the breadcrumb you select. The bread crumb allows for easy movement throughout the site without relying on the browser's "back" button.
• Banner - To help you keep track of the general area you have found your way to on the site, we have a banner below the breadcrumb. The banner is the image on the upper portion of the screen with a word or words defining the area of the you are currently exploring.
• Main body - On each page you will find the detailed information about the current topic in the main section of the page which is the area shaded in light pink with a gray Temple of Poi logo in the back ground.
• Related Information - Because this site is in excess of 200 pages, we created a Related Information box on the right side of most pages on the site. In addition to using the links from the main body, navigation bars and breadcrumb, we have created quick links to information which might be interesting to you and set up links in the related information box.
• Testimonials - Dozens of testimonials appear on the site, giving members of the community an opportunity to share their success with the each other.

What's where?

• Poi - This section lists the 28 different poi classes Temple of Poi currently offers. All classes meet for 80 minutes except the meditation sections which run for 30 minutes each. Poi classes are categorized by skill and focus as follows:
  • beginner
  • intermediate -- levels I, II and III
  • choreography
  • performance
  • meditation
• Staff - Staff class information
• Hoop - Hoop class information
• Workshops - a listing of workshop classes. These classes meet (in whole or in part) for a duration other than 80 minutes which is why they are considered workshops rather than classes.
• Intensives - this section outlines training options for our multi-hour workshops which take place within a week.
• Online Classes - for those new to poi interested in a structured learning environment but don't have a teacher nearby, consider our computer based training system which features over 1300 videos on 70+ web pages.
• Tools - this section outlines information about flow arts tools and props.
• Flowology™ - This section is rich with articles about our philosophies, ideas, practices, structures, and all things related to the study of flow and flow arts.
• Moves & Combos - for the more advanced artists, this section offers some videos, moves, transitions and combinations with a structured breakdown of the steps. The general outline is available free of charge while the specific details of each transition requires membership on the site, but for a limited time this fall, we will be keeping this area available for everyone to view.