11. Public portal website
The public portal website can be updated through the Website option within the Administration folder.
A record will be displayed for each public portal that is currently in use. For the majority of implementations there will only be a single website listed.
Website
Item | Details |
Website name | The name of the website |
Internal description | Description of website |
Disable property advertising | Removes the Property advertising functionality from the public portal. This removes the Properties button as well as the Available properties pane on the home page |
Disable outcomes (recent lets) | Removes the Previously advertised properties functionality from the public portal. |
Allow new actions to be created from My Actions | Allows buttons to appear on the My Actions page for the applicant to create their own actions |
Enable public referral form (duty to refer) | Allows the Homeless referral form to be accessible on the public portal |
Enable housing register pre assessment form | Requires applicants to complete a pre-assessment form before completing the Housing Register form |
Require pre-assessment to be completed for every Housing Register application | Requires applicants to complete a pre-assessment form before each Housing Register application even if they are on the same Case |
Display the relevant settings according to the version of the website chosen. Published versions of the website cannot be amended | |
Save the website | |
Cancel changes and return to the list |
Contents
Item | Details |
Website header | Allows the content of the website header to be updated |
Website footer | Allows the content of the website footer to be updated |
My profile | Allows the content displayed at the start of the sub-form to be modified, as well as the content displayed on the final Submit page |
My family | Allows the content displayed at the start of the sub-form to be modified, as well as the content displayed on the final Submit page |
My addresses | Allows the content displayed at the start of the sub-form to be modified, as well as the content displayed on the final Submit page |
My Housing Register | Allows the content displayed at the start of the sub-form to be modified, as well as the content displayed on the final Submit page |
Pages | List of all standard content pages that are used on the site |
Your content | List of all your custom content pages |
Reorder your custom content pages to set the display order on the public portal | |
Edit the selected content | |
Adds a new content page |
When an Edit button is clicked the relevant content is displayed in an Editor window ready to be updated.
The content options available depend on the page being viewed. The table below summaries the options for each page.
Page | Description |
Website header | Single content section displayed at the top of all pages |
Website footer | Single content section displayed at the bottom of all pages |
My profile | Content displayed before an applicant completes the My profile form |
My family | Content displayed before an applicant completes the My family form |
My address | Content displayed before an applicant completes the My address form |
My housing register | Content displayed before an applicant completes the My housing register form |
My homeless application | Content displayed before an applicant completes the My homeless application form |
Public homeless referral | Content displayed before the homeless referral form is completed |
Home | Main content displayed on the home page as well as content that can be displayed in the righthand side bar |
My actions | Content displayed underneath the list of actions as well as content related to applicants creating their own actions |
Properties | Content that can be displayed in the property filter bar and at the top and bottom of the property page |
Accessibility | Content displayed when clicking the accessibility link |
Privacy | Content displayed when clicking the privacy link. If a central privacy policy exists on an external site then the link can be directed to that site by selecting from the 'Select a template' dropdown |
Cookies | Content displayed when clicking the cookie link. If a central cookie policy exists on an external site then the link can be directed to that site by selecting from the 'Select a template' dropdown |
Adding a new page
Item | Details |
Page name | The title of the page |
Page URL | Automatically generated from the page title |
Template | A number of different standard page templates are available. |
Content editors | The number of Editor windows displayed depend on the template selected |
Styling
Item | Details |
Site theme | Allows site theme colours to be set |
Custom styles | Allows custom styles to be created for the website |
Stats
The stats page provides statistics around website visitors. Information can be broken down to show Sources, Pages, Countries and Devices.
All information is powered by Plausible Analytics.
Versions
When a change is made to the website a banner is displayed to highlight that the changes need to be published before they are visible to users.
Once a website has been marked as Published, when it is saved the changes are then made live and a new draft version of the website is created ready for the next time it needs to be amended.
Changes can be previewed prior to being published by clicking the Preview Changes button. The public portal website will be opened in a new browser tab. A banner is displayed on the site to clearly show that this is a preview of the website.
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