GovCMS Site Builder Manual
Search…
GovCMS8 Site Building Training Manual
Contributing and Feedback Guide
Software and module requirements
UNIT 1: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
Overview
Layout of a GovCMS page
Regions in GovCMS
Planning your site
About our client
Understanding requirements
Audience analysis
User (visitor) personas
Define user stories
Roles and Permissions
Exercise 1: Configure account settings
Test permissions
Blocks in GovCMS
Site navigation
Footers
Exercise 2: Build the related links menu
Exercise 3: Assign the related links menu block to a region
Exercise 4: Rearrange the main menu
Theme settings
Exercise 5: Set custom error messages
Unit 1 Summary
UNIT 2: DESIGNING AND PLANNING CONTENT
Designing and planning content
Planning your site structure
Planning data entry and display
Content stragedy
Discussion
Add and configure fields
Manage form display
Testing content types
Unit 2 Summary
UNIT 3: MANAGE MEDIA
Manage Media
Customise image display with image styles
Exercise 6: Review configuration of image media display
Unit 3 Summary
UNIT 4: TAXONOMY - CATEGORISING CONTENT
Taxonomy - Categorising content
About input options
Try out the new vocuabulary
Editorial considerations
Prepare documentation for new staff onboarding
Content creation forms
Unit 4 Summary
UNIT 5: TEXT FORMATS AND RICH TEXT
Text formats and rich text
About the cross-site scripting
Text formats
Unit 5 Summary
UNIT 6: CONTENT LISTING WITH VIEWS
Content listing with Views
Related content by term
Exercise 7: Configure data field and Event content type
Customize the content administration experience
Unit 6 Summary
UNIT 7: URL ALIASES
URL Aliases
URL Redirects
Menu check
Unit 7 Summary
UNIT 8: SITE BUILDING EXERCISES
Site building exercices workshop
Extend content types with new fields
Agency reference link
Job list dropdown filter
Discussion
Views contextual filters
How to add About author block to News article
Further discussion and exercices
Employee list and custom profiles
Unit Summary
Discussion
UNIT 9: SEARCH AND RELATED CONTENT
Search and related content
Exercise 8: Create new search page with Search API
Add fields to the index
Unit Summary
UNIT 10: SITE PERFORMANCE
Overview
Planning for Peformance
Define Goals and Requirements
Review current issues and bottlenecks
Other performance considerations
Unit 10 Summary
Glossary of terms
Appendices
Powered By GitBook
Overview
This unit focuses on the concepts of GovCMS site-building. At this stage, you’re familiar with the essentials of GovCMS. You may have been working already on a GovCMS site but never built one before. Or you may have learned the basics, but don't know how it fits together. Now you want to know how to put the building blocks together to make new, unique websites or applications.
In this unit you’ll learn:
    How to plan a new GovCMS website
    How to make changes to the site theme
    How to create new user roles
    How to configure role permissions
    About the page layout in GovCMS
    How to create and manage site navigation and place blocks

What is site building?

Site building in GovCMS is about configuring the GovCMS solution to build a functional website. It needs a GovCMS developer who’s familiar with the contributed modules and site building in general.
Previous
Software and module requirements
Next - UNIT 1: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS
Layout of a GovCMS page
Last modified 1yr ago
Export as PDF
Copy link
Contents
What is site building?