Once logged in, from the Drupal admin toolbar navigate to Content > Add Content and select Project.
Follow the steps below to fill out each field of the Project content type.
Give the Project an appropriate name.
Select if you wish to Feature this project on the homepage.
Select which category your project should belong. If you need to create a new category, you can do so under Taxonomies.
Please use an image that is at least 1920px wide and 600px tall to accommodate the parallax effect (ie. the image depth effect when scrolling down).
Pins
Creating a PIN, indicates one address or location on a map. To do so, enter the LAT/LON coordinates into the fields. You can source this information in the help text.
Area
Creating an AREA on a map will outline a specific area you wish to highlight. To do so, select the link in the help text. This will take you to a third party application where you can select a shape, or create your own using the tools. Once your area is selected, copy the coordinates by selecting the “copy” button, and paste this into the AREA field in location settings.
For visual assistance refer to the video below:
Add a project timeline item, by selecting “Add Timeline Item”
Fill out the fields. A percentage of completion is required in the field. Please enter “0” if no work has been completed.
You can choose to select if the status is ‘complete’ or if this is the “current status” in your timeline. These selections show progress in the thumbnail version of the project.
You can continue adding timeline items as needed. They can be re-ordered by dragging the items around.
Customize your page content using content rows. Here you can add content, accordions, cards, images, media galleries, tiles and webforms. For more in depth review of the content row options, visit basic page editing.
In this section you can add related contacts to the project. Start typing the name of contact in the field and select the appropriate content item.
If you need to create a new contact, select ‘create new contact’ and follow the steps. More on contacts here.
In this section you can add related documents to the project. Start typing the name of the document in the field and select the appropriate content item.
If you need to add a new document, select ‘create new document’ and follow the steps. More on documents here.
Linking to Internal Pages
Start typing the name of a page on this platform to link to. Select to fill in the link
Link Text: Enter the name of the link as you would like it to appear.
Linking to External Pages
Paste the URL of the of link into the field. Ensure you use the full URL. Ex: http://example.com
Link Text: Enter the name of the link as you would like it to appear.
You can include third-party embeds to applications such as YouTube, Vimeo and Issu.
Open the tab and enter the title of your embed
Copy the embed iframe code coming from the third party ‘share’ features. (see screenshot)
Select “source” and paste this information in the body area.
De-select “source” and you should see how your media will appear.
You can include a survey on a project to gain user feedback
Select the survey type. Surveys can come in the form of a webform, embed or link
Webform: once webform is selected you will be able to choose from a list of webforms already created. Then select the webform status: Open, Closed or Scheduled. Select an open and closed date and time if using the scheduled status option.
Embed: paste the Embed iframe link
Link: include a brief description of the link or survey, paste the url of the of link into the field. Ensure you use the full URL. Ex: http://example.com Link Text: Enter the name of the link as you would like it to appear
To remove a survey from a project:
If you add a survey of Type = webform and then select a webform and save, but then later want to remove it… first “deselect” the previous webform selection and then switch the “Type” field back to None. Just switching the Type field to none won’t empty the webform relationship.
In this section you can include a webform for users to provide comments on a project
Select the webform you would like to use
Select the status as Open, Closed or Scheduled. If scheduling, select the open and close date and time
Allow users to signup for notifications by using this checkbox found in the right hand column of your editing view.
To review/publish comments, go to Comments under the Content menu tab
In Comments select from the list of available comments and click on edit.
Once editing the comment, expand the Administrator tab and select the Status of the comment.
After selecting the Status option, click Save to proceed.