References: Content Types

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Basic Pages

The basic page is a simple page and is ideal for pages with content that doesn’t need updating and changing regularly. For example, it is used for the 'About Us' page.

Title

textrequired

The title of the page, as it appears throughout the website

Header Image

image upload, optional

If provided, the uploaded image will appear as banner above the page.

Content

formatted text, required

This field contains the main body content of the page. It can contain multiple sections of formatted text. To start off, click Add Basic Text. This creates an empty 'word processor' body field.


Event

Event is for any events that occur within your parish or locality. Upcoming events are automatically displayed on the front page of your website, according to their dates.

Title

text, required

The title of the event, as it appears throughout the website

Date

date, required

This is the date and the time the event occurs. You can enter the date manually, or use the pop-up date selector interface.

Location

location, optional

If the event takes place at a particular place, you can enter it here.

Body

formatted text, optional

A single body field, used for entering any details about the event.


Gallery

Your website can contain multiple image galleries. They will all appear on the Galleries page. Use the gallery content type to create them.

Title

text, required

The title of the gallery, as it appears throughout the website

Description

formatted text, optional

Here you can enter any details about this particular gallery.

Images

image upload, required

Use this field to upload images into the gallery. Click Choose file beneath Add a new file to add a new image. Once the image is uploaded, you can set a title using the Title field.


Meeting

Meeting is an advanced content type enabling you to specify all the details for your meeting. Upcoming meetings will appear automatically on the front page, and on the calendar which appears on all meetings pages.

Title

text, required

The name of the meeting, as it appears throughout the website – eg. “Amenities Meeting.”

Date

date, required

Date and time of the meeting.

Details

formatted text, optional

A single body field for any details about the meeting.

Agenda

The agenda field is used to add multiple agenda items which are on the meeting's schedule. After clicking Add Agenda Item, a new agenda item will be created, with its own fields.

Title

text, required

The title of the agenda item.

Details

formatted text, optional

Any details about the item.

Public Attachments

file upload, optional

Add any public documents relevant to the item here. These documents will be able to be accessed by anyone viewing the website.

Private Attachments

file upload, optional

Add any private documents relevant to the item here. Only users who are logged into the website will be able to access these files. Once created, the agenda can be downloaded as word document

Agenda (document)

file upload, optional

Sometimes, it can be useful to upload the agenda as a Word document you have created elsewhere. Use this field to do this.

Minutes

file upload, optional

After the meeting is completed, you can upload a Word document of the minutes to this field.


News

News automatically appears on the front page.

Title

text, required

The title of the news article

Body

formatted text, optional

The body of the news article

Tags

tags, optional

Searchable tags relevant to the news article.

Image

image upload, optional

Upload an image for the news article here. By default, when you save a newly created article, it is set to the date and time when you saved it. If you want to customise this time (to backdate it for example), you can use the Authoring information box just above the save button.


Person

A person is usually used to display the members of your committee or council.

Weight

dropdown, optional

Within your committee, people are initially sorted by name. To customise the order, use the weight field - lower weights appear earlier.

Name

text, required

The person's name.

Title

text, optional

The person's title within the committee/organisation.

Image

image upload, optional

Customise the appearance of this entry with a picture.

Email

email, optional

The person's email address.

Social Media

web addresses, optional

Here you can add one or more addresses to link to social media accounts if applicable.

Membership of Committees

formatted text, optional

If the person is a member of any sub-committees/groups etc., they can be detailed here.

Declaration of Disposable Pecuniary Interests

formatted text, optional

Any declarations relevant to the person.

Files

file upload, optional

Here you can upload any extra files that might be related to a person – for example their register of interests.


Planning Application

Using the planning application type, you can publically display the status of planning applications within your parish / locality.

Parse From Source

text, optional

If you have received planning applications from Shropshire Council, you can paste the message into this field and click Parse to automatically fill in the fields below

This feature only works within Shropshire at present

Reference

text, required

A reference for the planning application.

Status

dropdown, required

The current status of the application.

Proposal

text, required

Brief description of the planning proposal.

Application

text, required

Name of the applicant.

Location

location, required

The address or location of the planned development.

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