Using the new agency template

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Jodie Lam
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The agency template is the main landing page for your agency. It should be used like a website homepage and not for any other child pages. 

Creating new agency landing pages

Only Content Administrators have permission to create an agency landing page. Request a content change or update if you need a new agency landing page created. Once set up you will be able to edit and maintain the page.

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Using the agency template

Do

  • Use as the primary page for your agency.
  • The agency page is the highest level page in the IA, below the nsw.gov.au top level topic of ‘Departments and agencies’.
  • Edit, maintain and improve your agency page after a site migration. 

Don't

  • Do not try to use hacks or workarounds to alter the structure or display of the template. If there are fields or functions that you find are missing from the template, raise a new feature request to improve the template. The template is designed to be used by all agencies to create a consistent look and feel for high level agency pages.
  • Do not use for any general content pages. This template is reserved exclusively for top level agency pages.
  • Note: the old Agency template is being decommissioned. Use this new editor-friendly Agency template, which is designed to a make creating content easier and more efficient.

Maintaining your agency landing page

You can create and edit your agency page:

Content tab

  • Title (mandatory)

Use sentence case unless brand names or proper names are in use. No special characters. Try to aim for a maximum of 50 characters. The page title forms the end of the URL and appears in the breadcrumb and side navigation. The title displays as the H1 heading for the page and is the default meta title for SEO (Search Engine Optimisation).

  • Summary (mandatory)

The page summary will appear under the page title on the web page. Try to keep it less than 160 characters in length. The summary is also the default meta description for SEO.

Media tab

In the Banner tab click Add media to add an image to agency page’s hero banner with the agency summary text. To learn more about selecting and uploading images see the guides to images. If you add a Banner image you can also add a Banner logo.

Tags tab

You’ll need to complete the 3 mandatory tags.

  • Agency (mandatory)

Start to type the name of the relevant Cluster or Agency in the Agency field and select from the drop down list.

You can choose more than one agency however, the first Agency listed will be the main agency for the content and will receive the Google Analytics data for the page.

  • Audience (mandatory)

You must select 1 or more audience types, that your content is relevant for.

  • Topic (mandatory)

You must select at least 1 of the 20 main Topic tags, that is relevant to your content.

The list of main topics can be found on the homepage.

Connections tab

  • Parent (mandatory)
    • Start to type the title for the nominated Parent page for your new web page.
    • The Parent you select will determine the URL structure and breadcrumb navigation at the top of the page.
  • Governance - Editorial group
    • Go to the Right hand side page menu > Governance > Editorial group.

Hero banner

The hero banner sits at the very top of the page and shows the page title, summary and optional image. To customise this component, select the pencil icon on the top right hand corner of the banner, and select Configure. 

The following configurations can be made on this component:

  • Banner style: Change the background colour of the banner to either white, brand dark, brand light, brand supplementary
  • Title: Change the heading shown on the banner
  • Summary: Change the summary shown on the banner
  • Set hero banner background image: Change or remove the image shown on the banner
  • Hide image credit: Check the box to hide the image credit, uncheck to show

Agency search

To customise this component, select the pencil icon on the top right hand corner of the banner, and select Configure. 

The following configurations can be made on this component:

  • Search label text: Change the bolded text label
  • Help text: Change the text that is shown under the bolded text label

Promoted content section

The promoted content section is used to highlight key information you want your customers to see. 

You can add up to two components to this section by selecting Add block. Once you add two components, you will need to remove one before you can replace it with another component. 

You may also change the background colour of this section by selecting the Configure Promoted Content link on the top left hand corner of the section, then selecting a Style in the dropdown: grey (default), brand dark, brand light, brand supplementary, brand accent light

Main content

The promoted content section is used to add information on the page. 

You can add as many components as you'd like in this section by selecting Add block.

Components

The following components can be added to the promoted and main content sections:

Need any more help?

If you have any questions, or require assistance with anything mentioned in this article, submit a request via the webform.

 

 

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