Content management

Add a progress bar to a page

Task

You can add a progress bar or bar chart by inserting HTML code into pages. The GovIntranet theme is built using the Twitter Bootstrap framework…

Add an advert or campaign to the sidebar

Task

You may wish to promote certain campaigns, news stories, or better still, tasks and guides on the intranet. There are several places that you can…

Change the standard image sizes

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There are 3 sets of images used on the intranet that you can modify: Thumbnail images may appear in the (Govintra) News widget, in news…

Create a new accessible table

Task

Use TablePress, Add new. Enter the table name, optional description and rows and columns. Click Add Table. Then follow manual for editing cells  

Create an accessible table from an existing HTML page

Task

You create tables outside of the pages that they appear in.  Copy table code Browse to the page that you want to copy the table…

Find available shortcodes

Guide

In addition to core WordPress shortcodes, there are some extra shortcodes available with the GovIntranet theme. To use a shortcode, enter the code within square…

Find out the difference between tags and keywords

Task

Keywords We use keywords to help enhance the search experience. Keywords should typically contain synonyms and acronyms that do not appear in the title or…

Find the showcase intranet site

Task

Visit the GovIntranet showcase intranet site The GovIntranet site is a working demonstration of the GovIntranet WordPress theme using typical content from a UK government…

Highlight text with a coloured box

Task

Switch to text view on the editing screen. Then paste the lines of code below and insert your text in the middle. <div class="alert alert-info">…

Icons: glyphicons and dashicons

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You can include icons in content by adding HTML code in the Text view. Govintra does not support the old Bootstrap Glyphicons. If you still…