Manuals

How to create and edit manuals.

Manuals are a special content type that allows you to break down long pieces of content into sections and subsections.

They바카라 사이트™re created in , rather than in Whitehall publisher like other pieces of 바카라 사이트 content.

How to create a new manual

You need to ask the 바카라 사이트 Digital Service (GDS) for permission to create a manual.

You바카라 사이트™ll then need access to . GDS will usually give you access when you get permission to create your first manual.

If you do not have access, you need to either:

  • ask one of organisation admins to give you access to Manuals Publisher
  • if you바카라 사이트™re the only organisation admin, use the to ask for access to Manuals Publisher

You바카라 사이트™ll also need to ask for the 바카라 사이트˜editor바카라 사이트™ permission to publish the manual, or find someone in your organisation with that permission.

Creating the main page and the sections

In Manuals Publisher, click 바카라 사이트˜Create new manual바카라 사이트™. You바카라 사이트™ll then have to give a title for the manual and a summary of its contents. You can add more text in the 바카라 사이트˜Body바카라 사이트™ section if you want to add a more detailed description.

Click 바카라 사이트˜Save as draft바카라 사이트™. You can then start adding sections to the manual by going to the 바카라 사이트˜Sections바카라 사이트™ area and clicking 바카라 사이트˜Add바카라 사이트™. Each section needs a title, summary and body content.

When you바카라 사이트™ve added all the content to that section, click 바카라 사이트˜Save as draft바카라 사이트™ and you바카라 사이트™ll return to the document summary page.

Keep adding sections until all your content is in the guide, and click 바카라 사이트˜Reorder바카라 사이트™ in the 바카라 사이트˜Sections바카라 사이트™ area if you want to rearrange them.

Adding Markdown and attachments

Each section heading (H2) you add to the body will show up as its own dropdown subsection, unless you tick the 바카라 사이트˜Remove collapsible content functionality (accordions)바카라 사이트™ box. You can use H3 and H4 sub-headings to separate out the content within each dropdown subsection.

As well as standard Markdown, you can also use additional Markdown for manuals to create legislative lists and footnotes.

You can add an inline attachment by clicking 바카라 사이트˜Add attachment바카라 사이트™ under the 바카라 사이트˜Attachments바카라 사이트™ heading. You can then upload the file you want to attach, click 바카라 사이트˜Save attachment바카라 사이트™ and copy the Markdown to add the inline attachment wherever you want it in your body.

Publishing the manual

You can check your manual is ready to publish by clicking 바카라 사이트˜Preview on website (opens in new tab)바카라 사이트™ under the 바카라 사이트˜Preview바카라 사이트™ heading on the document summary page.

When you바카라 사이트™re ready, click 바카라 사이트˜Publish바카라 사이트™. It바카라 사이트™s not possible to schedule the publication of a manual so it will be published immediately.

Adding organisations

Your manual will be automatically tagged to the same organisation as your Signon account.

If you want to change the organisation or tag more organisations, .

Adding tagging

You can only add tagging once the manual is published.

You바카라 사이트™ll need to and ask them to tag the manual for you.

How to update an existing manual

You바카라 사이트™ll need access to . If you do not have access already, either:

  • ask one of organisation admins to give you access to Manuals Publisher
  • if you바카라 사이트™re the only organisation admin, use the to ask for access to Manuals Publisher

You바카라 사이트™ll also need to ask for the 바카라 사이트˜editor바카라 사이트™ permission to publish the updates, or find someone in your organisation with that permission.

The manual you want to edit must be tagged to the same organisation as your Signon account.

Updating the main page and the sections

Click 바카라 사이트˜View바카라 사이트™ next to the manual you want to update.

If you want to update the title, summary or body of the main page of the manual, click 바카라 사이트˜Edit바카라 사이트™ in the 바카라 사이트˜Front page바카라 사이트™ area.

If you want to update specific sections, go to the 바카라 사이트˜Sections바카라 사이트™ area, click 바카라 사이트˜View바카라 사이트™ next to the relevant section and then 바카라 사이트˜Edit section바카라 사이트™.

You can also add a new section by clicking 바카라 사이트˜Add바카라 사이트™ in the 바카라 사이트˜Sections바카라 사이트™ area.

If you want to rearrange the sections, click 바카라 사이트˜Reorder바카라 사이트™ in the 바카라 사이트˜Sections바카라 사이트™ area.

Adding or updating Markdown and attachments

As well as standard Markdown, you can also use additional Markdown for manuals to create legislative lists and footnotes.

You can add an inline attachment by clicking 바카라 사이트˜Add attachment바카라 사이트™ under the 바카라 사이트˜Attachments바카라 사이트™ heading on the right-hand side. You can then upload the file you want to attach, click 바카라 사이트˜Save attachment바카라 사이트™ and then copy the Markdown to add the inline attachment wherever you want it in your body.

You can edit an existing attachment by clicking 바카라 사이트˜Edit attachment바카라 사이트™ underneath the relevant attachment.

Publishing the changes

You need to save your draft updates to each section and publish them together at the same time. 

If you바카라 사이트™ve selected at least one change as a 바카라 사이트˜Major update바카라 사이트™, you바카라 사이트™ll need to include change notes. Any users subscribed to the manual will get an email notification of the update, and your change notes will be added to the 바카라 사이트˜Updates바카라 사이트™ section of the manual.

If you바카라 사이트™ve selected 바카라 사이트˜Minor update바카라 사이트™ for all your updates, no one will be notified of the update and no change note will be added to the 바카라 사이트˜Updates바카라 사이트™ section.

You can check your updates are ready to publish by clicking 바카라 사이트˜Preview on website (opens in new tab)바카라 사이트™ under the 바카라 사이트˜Preview바카라 사이트™ heading on the document summary page.

When you바카라 사이트™re ready to publish, click the 바카라 사이트˜Publish바카라 사이트™ button on the document summary page. It바카라 사이트™s not possible to schedule the publication so it will be published immediately.

Changing organisations

If you want to change the organisation tagged to the manual or tag more organisations, .

Changing tagging

You바카라 사이트™ll need to and ask them to tag the manual for you.

How to unpublish a manual

You cannot withdraw a manual like you can for content in Whitehall publisher. Instead, you바카라 사이트™ll need to unpublish either specific sections or the entire manual. This means they바카라 사이트™ll be completely removed from 바카라 사이트.

To unpublish sections of a manual, click 바카라 사이트˜View바카라 사이트™ next to the relevant manual바카라 사이트™s name and then click 바카라 사이트˜View바카라 사이트™ next to the section you want to unpublish. Then click 바카라 사이트˜Withdraw section바카라 사이트™ and 바카라 사이트˜Publish바카라 사이트™.

To unpublish the manual as a whole, and explain why the manual needs to be unpublished.