GovWire

There are 2 types of world location news pages created for:

• worldwide locations, such as [Country] and the UK
• international delegations, such as UK and [delegation name]

The 2 types of pages are very similar and are updated in the same way.

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).

Youll find World location news under the More tab on the dashboard.

Click View for each location to:

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

Any changes you make to the location news page will appear instantly on the live site.

Update Our mission

1. Select the Details tab.
2. Click Edit.
3. Edit the text in the Mission statement field.
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 appear instantly on the live site.

Update the featured links

You can add up to 5 featured links to appear in a prominent position at the top of a world location news page. Select top tasks based on evidence of use.

1. Select the Details tab.
2. Click Edit.
3. Scroll down to the Featured links section.
4. If you want to delete a link click Delete.
5. If you want to create a new link, scroll to the bottom of the list of links and click Add another featured link. Complete the Title and URL fields.
6. When youve finished, click Save.

Changes will appear instantly on the live site.

You cannot translate the featured links.

Create a translation of the world location news page

1. Select the Translations tab.
2. Select a language from the drop down list.
3. Click Create new translation.
4. Translate the language translation name, page title and mission statement from the English version.
5. Click Save.

Changes will appear instantly on the live site.

Update featured items

You can feature up to 5 documents, such as news articles, on your world location news page. They will appear in the second section of the page under Featured with an image, title, link and document summary.

1. Select the Features (English) or Features [Other language] tab if you have a translation.
2. You can only feature a maximum of 5 documents. On the Currently featured tab click Unfeature next to any document you want to remove.
3. Select the Documents tab (or Topical events tab for a topical event).
4. Youll see a list of published documents about this location called Everyones published documents about [country name]. Click the Feature button next to the document you want to feature.
5. If the document you want to feature is not in the list, use the search filter to the left of the list.
6. Select a 960 pixels wide and 640 pixels high image to be shown on your organisation page with this feature. Add an image description (alt text).
7. Click Save.
8. You can select the top 5 items you want to appear and reorder by clicking on Reorder documents.

Changes will appear instantly on the live site.

Feature a non-GOV.UK government link

You can feature government content which is not directly on GOV.UK. These include URLs on the gov.uk domain, such as government blogs or campaign pages, and NHS websites.

1. Select the Features (English) or Features [Other language] tab if you have a translation.
2. Select the Non-GOV.UK government links.
3. Click Create new link.
4. Complete the required fields including your gov.uk domain URL.
5. Click Save.
6. Click Feature next to the link you want to feature.
7. 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. Add an image description (alt text).
8. Click Save.

You may need to edit or reorder your featured items in the Currently featured tab for your new government link to show on the live site.