About the Departments module

The Departments module provides a place to house the information a community needs from a government department, such as contact details, hours and location details. The module uses a mix of the OC Module Interface content type to create a listing page and the OC Department content type to provide department details.

Department listing page

The department listing page provides a place for your community to browse and search for individual departments. Each listing will show the department name, phone number, email address and summary. The listing page will automatically pull all OC Department pages created site-wide.

Create a Department listing page

1. Right-click in the site tree where you would like to create your department listing page. 
2. Select Create page.
3. Choose the OC Module Interface content type.
4. Select the OC Departments or OC Departments Without Search template from the Template Name dropdown menu. For more information on the templates, see below.
   
5. Fill out the necessary fields of your listing page. 
6. Save and Publish your page

Department module templates

There are 2 templates that will list your department pages, one with a search function and one without.

OC Departments: Lists all department pages created on your site, regardless of where they exist in the site tree. To keep your site tree organised, you could make department pages child pages of this listing page. 3-column grid layout Search bar along the top 2 WYSIWYG content areas Displays 9 departments per page
OC Departments Without Search: Lists all department pages created on your site, regardless of where they exist in the site tree. To keep your site tree organised, you could make department pages child pages of this listing page. 3-column grid layout 2 WYSIWYG content areas

Next Steps:

1. Create an OC Department page
2. Manage the Department module
3. See some ideas on how to structure OC Department pages