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Create an OC Development Application page

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The OC Development Application content type presents ongoing and complete development applications in your city or council. While some details display on the listing page, the development application page shows in-depth explanations of the application so your community can see what's planned for the area.

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The page fields and WYSIWYG Editor on the OC Development Application content type provide ample space for you to include all the necessary and essential details for your development applications. The content type utilizes a details table, body content, and side panels to effectively present all the information you need.

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Create a development application page

  1. Right-click in the site tree and select Create Page. We recommend creating your development application pages under the development application listing page.
  2. Choose OC Development Application as the content type.
  3. Fill in the necessary fields.
  4. Publish your page.

If you have a listing for current and past development applications, you may want to create all OC Development Application pages under the current listing and move them under the past listing once their display date had passed. This will help keep your site tree organized.

What to include on your development application page

Use the following information to fill out the OC Development Application page fields:

Field Function
Page name Completes the unique page URL
Application title The application title displayed in listings and on the application page
Add application summary for listing A brief summary of the application for the listing page.
Add listing image An image for the application which is displayed on the listing page.
Add application number Add an ID number for this application. This number can be for internal use or be used as a reference. The number will display on the listing and in the details table on the application page
Add proposal Add a summary of what this application proposes. This proposal will display in the details table on the application page.
Select category

Assign a category for the application. This category will display in the details table on the application page.

Note: site managers and system administrators can change the preset categories in the Site Management settings before content authors start creating development application pages.

Add applicant name Add the name of the person who made the application. This will display in the details table on the application page.
Application lodged The date the application was lodged. This will display in the details table on the application page.
Select status

Set the status of the application. This will display on the listing page and in the details table on the application page.

Note: site managers and system administrators can change the preset status options in the Site Management settings before content authors start creating development application pages.

Display until
Date The date that this application will be displayed until. Once this date passes, the application will be moved to the past applications listing.
Hide date information Check this box to hide the Date from site visitors.
And display following instead If you chose to hide the Date field, enter any information you want to show instead in this field.
Location
Additional information Add any additional information to display above the map on the application page.
Venue The name of the venue that the application is for.
Street address The street address of the application.
Locality The suburb or district of the application.
Postal code The post or ZIP code of the application
Latitude Longitude (in decimal "lat, lon" format)

The latitude and longitude to determine the application's location on a map. You can add this yourself, or it will be automatically generated from the street address when the page is published.

We recommend manually entering the lat/long for applications that don't have a fixed address. This will drop a map pin at the coordinates you specify.

Note: if you are adding this manually, please ensure the 'Overwrite lat/long values when the page is published' setting is set to 'No'. Access this setting from More > Site Management > your site > Settings > Location

Officer
Name The name of the officer or representative from the city or council assigned to the application.
Email The email of the officer or representative from the city or council assigned to the application.
Phone number The phone number of the officer or representative from the city or council assigned to the application.
Alternate phone number An alternate phone number of the officer or representative from the city or council assigned to the application.
Contractor
Name The name of the contractor assigned to the application.
Email The email of the contractor assigned to the application.
Phone number The phone number of the contractor assigned to the application.
Alternate phone number An alternate phone number of the contractor assigned to the application.
Decision
Decision

Indicate if the application has been Approved or Rejected.

Note: site managers and system administrators can change the preset decision options in the Site Management settings before content authors start creating development application pages.

Made on The date and time that the decision was made for the application.
Note Any additional information about the decision.
Supporting information
Accordion panels Add any accordion panels using a WYSIWYG Editor. Use the field provided to name the panel and the 'edit' button to open the WYSIWYG Editor.
Additional side panels Add additional side panel content using a WYSIWYG Editor. Use the field provided to name the panel and the 'edit' button to open the WYSIWYG Editor.
Add supporting images Related images for the application for an image gallery at the bottom of the application page
Add supporting links Related internal or external links for the application
Add supporting documents Related documents for the application
Add common search terms people would use when looking for this development Keywords or metadata to boost the page in site search results.
Content labels These labels organize your content internally (i.e., your site visitors won’t see the labels). You can make contents lists using these content labels.

Please note that all side panel content will appear at the bottom of the page when viewed on a mobile device.

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