Content types

How to decide what content type to use, including service pages, service landing pages, sub-service landing pages, guides, step by steps, directories, publications, events, and news.

Choosing a content type

A LocalGov Drupal site will typically have a number of different content types, each suited to a particular purpose.

How and when to use service content types

How and when to use service landing page, sub-service landing page, service page and service status.

How and when to use a guide content type

Examples of when to use a guide content type, a video tutorial and layout options.

How and when to use a directory content type

How to create a directory channel, how to connect facets with a directory and when to choose a directory venue, organisation or page.

How and when to use the step by step content type

When to use a step by step with examples, a video tutorial and editing tips.

How and when to use the publication content type

Examples of publications, a video tutorial, how to create a page, reordering pages and publication cover pages.

How and when to use a subsite

Examples of subsites, how to use banners, subsite settings, page builder, components and subsite extras.

How and when to use the news content type

Examples of newsroom and news articles, how to add a news article to a newsroom, creating an additional newsroom and featuring news articles.