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Govstack Back Office

The Govstack back office allows your website's administrators and users to access and manage:

Upon logging into Govstack, you will find yourself at the Welcome Dashboard (platform level) with links to the products included in your Govstack plan (product level). 

Within the product level, each of the Govstack CMS, Govstack Forms, Govstack Events and Citizen Portal products carry separate back office navigation and components that make each unique.

Govstack CMS back office

In the back office of your Govstack CMS, you have a top menu bar (typically with the 'Content', 'Media', and 'Users' tabs visible). In some instances, you may have access to the 'Translation' tab. Selecting each of these tabs brings you to a new screen with a left-hand tree menu.

Within the 'Content' left-hand tree menu in the Govstack CMS's back office, you will find different menu items (or nodes), such as:

  • Home (expanded to show available verticals, microsites, news and alerts, search function, content components and more). This is where you control the content for the front-facing part of your website
  • Global (includes the global settings that are implemented for your site, navigation menus, footer section, reusable components and reusable pods
  • Design (includes visual design themes established for your website and any microsites)
  • Recycle Bin (where deleted items are placed)

Page menus

Selecting an item (such as an interior page within the 'Home' node) will bring you to that item's menu screen. Here, you are presented with additional menu options in the page menu itself, such as 'Content', 'Extra Content', 'Navigation', "SEO and Share', 'Scripts' and 'Advanced'. Learn what each menu item does when adding or editing a page. 

The 'Media' item in the Govstack CMS's top menu bar brings you to your 'Media' folders, where you can access things like uploaded photos, video, screenshots, documents, PDFs and other uploaded files. Learn how to manage the media in the 'Media' section and how to make use of it or link to it when building your website.

The 'Users' tab in your Govstack CMS's top menu bar allows site administrators to manage users, user access, permission levels and user group settings. This important function helps you maintain who has the authority to create pages, publish pages, upload media, etc. 

The members tab is where you can edit access to secure or password protected pages. 

The 'Translation' tab in the Govstack CMS's top menu bar allows you to control the English, French and other language settings (if applicable) for different facets of your website.

Govstack Forms back office

Learn how to build intuitive, accessible online forms with the Govstack Forms back office, found on the Welcome Dashboard as a tile or a menu option in the top left expandable menu.

To view Govstack Forms, you will need to have it as part of your Govstack plan. Please reach out to your GHD Digital Account Executive if you do not have the Forms product, and you are interested in learning more.

Govstack Events back office

Learn how to implement calendars, add calendar feeds to pages, allow uses to subscribe to new events and more, with the Govstack Events back office, found on the Welcome Dashboard as a tile or a menu option in the top left expandable menu.

To view Govstack Events, you will need to have it as part of your Govstack plan. Please reach out to your GHD Digital Account Executive if you do not have the Events product, and you are interested in learning more.

Citizen Portal back office

Learn how to provide citizens with a one-stop, personalized dashboard that includes all relevant municipal information and services that's important to them, signified by easy-to-understand widgets and icons with the Citizen Portal back office. Find the Citizen Portal back office on the Welcome Dashboard as a tile or a menu option in the top left expandable menu.

To view Citizen Portal, you will need to have it as part of your Govstack plan. Please reach out to your GHD Digital Account Executive if you do not have Citizen Portal, and you are interested in learning more.

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