Introduction
This manual provides a clear, practical guide for creating, editing, managing and maintaining content on GovCMS websites. It's written for Content Authors and Content Approvers working on both GovCMS SaaS and PaaS platforms. The aim is to support everyday publishing tasks while keeping responsibilities separated from more advanced content editing and technical administration tasks.
The structure reflects current GovCMS best practice and Drupal 11 functionality. All instructions are theme‑agnostic unless noted otherwise.
Optional content is included for websites using CivicTheme.
Each section includes practical explanations and, where applicable, exercises to reinforce learning. To get the most of out of the practical exercises, make sure you have access to a GovCMS feature environment or a local instance of your website.
Additional documentation can be found in the GovCMS Knowledge Base articles via the GovCMS Service Desk.
The training manual is intended as a companion piece to the remote or in-person GovCMS training, as such there are specific call-outs to the GovCMS training program.
However, the majority of the information in the training manual is applicable outside of the training.
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Advanced content editing
Content governance and best practices
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