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Manage the Venues 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 settings for the Venues module from Site Management.

  1. From the main menu, go to More > Site Management > your site > Settings.
  2. Select Venue.
    The tile icon for venue settings in site manangement is a map pin icon
  3. Make your changes (see Settings for the Venues module for more information).
  4. Save your changes.

Settings for the Venues module

Location of the listing page Enter the unique URL of the Venues listing page, e.g. [Public]/Community/Venues-for-hire
Venue categories

Add a new option in the Enter new category field. Your visitors will be able to click the categories on a venue page to see all venues in that category. 

You can delete our preset categories or drag them to change their order in the list.

Note: All OC Venue pages must specify venue categories. Deleting a category will remove this information from all OC Venue pages that have been assigned that category. This means that you will need to revisit all pages with this category and assign them a new category.

Venue features

Add a new option in the Enter new feature field, delete our preset features or drag them to change their order in the list.

Note: Deleting a venue feature will remove this information from all OC Venue pages that have that feature. This means that you will need to update all pages with this feature.

Capacity

Add a new option in the Enter new capacity field, delete our preset capacity options or drag them to change their order in the list.

Note: Deleting a capacity option will remove this information from all OC Venue pages that have that option. This means that you will need to update all pages with this option.

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 venue pages.

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

Turn on but hide on pages by default: The feedback form will not show on OC Venue 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 venue pages.

Page discussions

(Community Engagement module – premium)

Choose how page discussions are treated:

Disabled: Page discussions will not show on venue 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 Venue pages, with the option to turn it off.

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

Learn more about page discussions.

Page subscriptions

(Subscriptions module)

Choose how page subscriptions are treated:

Disabled: Page subscriptions will not show on venue 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 automatically be shown on OC Venue pages, with the option to turn it off.

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

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

Learn more about Related content.

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

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