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Overview
  • Developers
  • Content designers
  • Designers
  • Contributing
  • Credits System
  • Accessibility
  • Governance
Microsites
Main site
GitHub
  • Content designers, editors and content managers
  • Features
    • Services
    • Alert banners
    • Directories
    • Elections
    • Guide
    • News
    • Publications
    • Step by step
    • Subsites
    • Workflow
  • Patterns & Components
  • How-tos
    • How to log in
    • How to use Github
    • How to manage content
    • How to add WYSIWYG styles
    • How to set character limits
    • How to crop images
    • How to use the media library
    • How to bulk upload images
    • How to check where media is used
    • How to manage menus
    • How to devolve publishing to other teams
    • How to tag content
    • How to archive Google Universal Analytics data
    • How to migrate content from existing sites

Features

We're aiming for full documentation of all the LocalGov Drupal features.

This section describes the features of LocalGov Drupal that we think are useful for content editors and content designers. We've given some guidance on what the feature is designed for, and how it was intended to be used. Have a look through the how-to section to find out how to manage individual tasks.

Please help us keep this useful, accurate and up-to-date.

Services

The 'Services' module provides a range of content types to show the services and policies you provide.

  • How to use services
  • Services - Technical
  • Services - Design notes
  • Services - Research notes

Directories

Directories provide a way to present lists of similar content which can be searched and filtered by your users.

  • How to use Directories
  • Directories - Technical

Step by step

Step by step pages present instructions for following a particular process.

  • How to use Step by steps

Guides

Guide pages are grouped together, to present a range of information on one subject. Links on each page allow the user to move through the guide.

  • How to use Guides

News

The 'News' module provides content types and navigation for presenting news articles.

  • How to use News
  • News - Technical
  • News - Design notes
  • News - Research notes

Alert banners

Alert banners display urgent information across your whole site, or a selection of pages.

  • How to use Alert banners
  • Alert banners - Technical
  • Alert banners - Design notes

Location Geo

The 'Location Geo' module allows storing descriptive and geographic data about locations.

  • Location Geo - Technical

Subsites

The 'Subsites' module allows creation of a visually distinct part of the site for a specific topic.

  • How to use Subsites
  • Subsites - Technical

Workflows

The 'Workflows' module allows content to be saved as drafts and reviewed by other users before being made public.

  • How to use Workflows
  • Workflows - Technical
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Last Updated: 6/24/25, 1:07 PM
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