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Worldwide

Government Digital Service

March 14
11:52 2023

You cannot add new world locations news pages but you can edit them. If you need to add a new world location news page contact the Government Digital Service (GDS).

Do not change the title of the page. It should always be UK and unless agreed with GDS.

Youll find World locations under the More tab on the dashboard.

Click on a location to:

  • edit content
  • add translations
  • feature documents on the location page

Updating the Top tasks

You can add up to 5 Top task links to appear in a prominent position at the top of a world location news page. Select top tasks based on evidence of use. For guidance on how to select top tasks see the Organisation pages.

  1. Select the Details tab.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. Scroll down to the Top tasks section.

  4. If you want to delete a link click Remove.

  5. If you want to create a new link, scroll to the bottom of the list of links and click on Add another. Complete the Title and Url fields.

  6. When youve finished click Save.

The changes youve made will appear instantly on the live site.

You cannot translate the top task links.

  1. Select the Features (English) tab.

  2. Scroll down to Feature new documents.

  3. Youll see a list of recently published documents about this location called Everyones published documents about x. Click the Feature button next to the document you want to feature on the world location news page.

  4. If the document you want to feature is not in the list use the search filter on the left of the list.

  5. Select a 960 pixels wide and 640 pixels high image to be shown on your organisation page with this feature. Click Choose file to upload the image.

  6. Complete the Image description (alt text) field by describing what the image is for users of screen readers.

  7. Click Save.

Changes will show instantly on the live site.

Featuring a new topical event

  1. Scroll down to the Feature new topical events list.

  2. Find the topical event page you want to feature from the list.

  3. Click the Feature button next to it.

  4. Select a 960 pixels wide and 640 pixels high image to be shown on your organisation page with this feature. Click Choose file to upload the image.

  5. Complete the Image description (alt text) field by describing what the image is for users of screen readers.

  6. Click Save.

Changes will show instantly on the live site.

  1. Click on the document you want to move, then drag and drop it into the new position.

  2. Click Save ordering.

Changes will show instantly on the live site.

  1. Go to the Currently featured list.

  2. Click Unfeature next to the document you want to remove.

  3. A box will pop up asking you to confirm you want to unfeature the document. Click Ok and the change will appear instantly on the live site.

Updating translated features

  1. Select the Features (Translation language) tab.

  2. Follow the instructions for the Features (English) tab.

Updating Our mission

  1. Select the Details tab.

  2. Click Edit.

  3. Edit the text in the Mission statement field using Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office guidelines.

  4. Click Preview at the top of the Mission statement field to check the text is correctly formatted and in style.

  5. When youve finished click Save.

Changes will show instantly on the live site.

To update the translated version of Our Mission you should:

  1. Select the Translations tab.

  2. Click on the language of the translation under Locale.

  3. Edit the text.

  4. Click Save.

World news story

Use the World news story if you want a story to appear in your location section and not on your main organisation page.

Do not duplicate news published by another department. You can feature existing news articles on your world location page.

There are 2 options for creating a world news story. You can have an English and translated version of the story, or you can have a foreign language only version.

Creating a world news story

  1. Select the New document tab from the dashboard.

  2. Click News article.

  3. Select World news story from the list of news article types.

  4. Complete all the mandatory fields which have an * next to them.

  5. Select the Worldwide organisations and World locations that are relevant to the news article.

  6. Add an image.

  7. Do not complete the Specialist tagging fields.

  8. Click Save.

  9. Click Preview on website to check the page.

  10. When youre happy the page is ready to publish, click Submit for 2nd eyes so another editor can review the page and publish.

Creating a foreign language only world news article

  1. Select the New document tab from the dashboard.

  2. Click News article.

  3. Select World news story from the list of news article types.

  4. Tick the box next to Create a foreign language only news article.

  5. Choose the language you want the document to be in from the drop down list.

  6. Complete all the mandatory fields which have an * next to them.

  7. Select the Worldwide organisations and World locations that are relevant to the news article.

  8. Add an image.

  9. Do not complete the Specialist tagging fields.

  10. Click Save.

  11. Click Preview on website to check the page.

  12. When youre happy the page is ready to publish, click Submit for 2nd eyes so another editor can review the page and publish.

Worldwide organisation

Creating a worldwide organisation page

Worldwide organisation pages are for information about the services and help that the embassy provides.

Before creating a new worldwide organisation page check if the organisation already exists on GOV.UK.

  1. Select the More tab from the Whitehall publisher dashboard.

  2. Click Worldwide organisations.

  3. Use ctrl f to search the list.

If the organisation does not already have a page on GOV.UK then you can create one.

  1. Click the Create Worldwide organisation button.

  2. Add the name of the organisation in the Name field.

  3. Under World location choose all locations that are linked to the organisation from the drop down list.

  4. Under Sponsoring organisations choose all government organisations this organisation works with from the drop

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