This is a video series about how to set up your My Area module, including:
- Creating a My Area page and map
- Importing waste collection and elected official details
- Excluding a component of the My Area module
- Include extra information about addresses in My Area
Creating a My Area page and map
In this video, we'll demonstrate how to use the My Area module to set up your My Area page. Here are the topics covered with their timestamps:
• Introduction to the My Area module (00:00)
• Setting up your My Area page in OpenCities (00:37)
• Setting up the My Area map (1:51)
Importing waste collection and elected official details
In this video, we'll demonstrate how to set up waste collection details and present elected official details on the My Area page. Here are the topics covered with their timestamps:
• Setting up and importing waste collection details with an Excel spreadsheet (00:00)
• Setting up elected official details to match with the elected official's profile and other details to include in the spreadsheet (02:07)
• Setting up waste services and icons for each service in OpenCities admin (06:02)
• Importing the spreadsheet (08:58)
• Troubleshooting errors in the import process (11:05)
• Changing a single address's details or waste service's details (12:01)
• Configuring the homepage address search bar's settings (15:20)
Excluding a component of the My Area module
In this video, we will demonstrate how to include or exclude a default component of your My Area page. Here are the different combinations covered and the timestamps for each combination:
• Introduction (00:00)
• How to present the My Area map and waste collection details (00:27)
• How to present the My Area map and elected official details (00:54)
• How to only present the My Area map (2:52)
• How to only present waste collection details (6:03)
Include extra information about addresses in My Area
In this video, we'll show you how to include additional information tiles for each address using a spreadsheet address import. Here are the topics covered with their timestamps:
- Introduction (00:00)
- How to set up addresses in your spreadsheet (1:05)
- Include columns for static text in your spreadsheet (3:05)
- How to add tiles of static text to your MyArea page (4:30)
- Create schedules to match up with your spreadsheet data (6:27)
- How to add tiles with a downloadable file link to your MyArea page (8:23)
- Importing your spreadsheet (11:45)