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Manage the Departments module

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This task can be undertaken by users with the following roles: OC Site Manager and OC System Administrator.

You can manage the settings for the Departments module from Site Management.

  1. From the main menu, go to More > Site Management > your site > Settings.
  2. Select Departments.
    The department tile icon in the Site Management settings
  3. Make your changes. ( See Settings for the Departments module below for more information.)
  4. Save your changes

Settings for the Departments module

Authors must comment upon publishing? Select this option to make it mandatory for authors to add a comment about their changes before publishing the page.
Feedback form

Choose how feedback forms are treated:

Disabled: Feedback forms will not show on department pages.

Turn on and show on pages by default: The feedback form will automatically be shown on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: The feedback form will not show on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about user feedback.

Form to use for feedback If you have multiple page feedback forms, select which one to use for department pages.

Page discussions

(Community Engagement module – premium)

Choose how page discussions are treated:

Disabled: Page discussions will not show on department pages.

Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page discussions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Page Discussions > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are:

Turn on and show on pages by default: Page discussions will automatically be shown on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page discussions will not show on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about page discussions.

Page subscriptions

(Subscriptions module – premium)

Choose how page subscriptions are treated:

Disabled: Page subscriptions will not show on department pages.

Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for page subscriptions in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Subscriptions > Site-wide setting for pages). The 2 settings available are:

Turn on and show on pages by default: Page subscriptions will be automatically be shown on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: Page subscriptions will not show on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about page subscriptions.

Related content

Choose how Related content is treated:

Disabled: Related content will not show on department pages

Turn on and use site-wide setting: This is the default status for related content in Site Management (More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Related content > Site-wide setting). The 2 settings available are:

Turn on and show on pages by default: Related content will automatically be shown on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it off.

Turn on but hide on pages by default: Related content will not show on OC Department pages, with the option to turn it on.

Learn more about Related content.

Show content from other sites Choose whether you want departments from your other sites to be shown on listing pages for this site.

What else?

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