Services will populate the Services listing page (Service Catalogue). The Service content type is available by default - you will need to enable it in the main menu to see your Services listing page.
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Create a Service category
From the administration bar, select Workbench, and then select My Dashboard.Under
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Navigate to the Content types
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the Add service category button under the drop-down menu beside Service.
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In the Service name
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Insert an optional Service summary.
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Under Service status, select the drop-down menu and select a value (Future, Active or Retired).
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Select a Service category. If there are no available options, new service categories must be created. To create a new service category, refer to How to create a Service Category.
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Optionally,
Under Service details, enter Popularity.
Select Who can use this service.
Under What's available, enter specific services that are available. Select Add another item to add more items.
Enter How to request this service.
Enter the Minimum notice to use service.
Enter the Average length of time to complete request.
Enter Pricing/cost.
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Under Support for this service, you have the option to enter values in the Service Hours field.
By selecting Add time slot, users can add another row of hours, for example, if the service is closed over lunchtime.
Additionally, Exceptions can also be added by selecting Add exception, for example, to accommodate for holidays.
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Enter General notes about service hours to make note of information about the service hours.
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Under the Service location block, any of the following can be used to provide service location information:
Location lookup: Select a location within the University of Waterloo from the drop-down menu.
Location address: Select a country from the drop-down menu. This will prompt the fields of Company, Street address, City, Province, and Postal code.
Location coordinates: Enter the Latitude and Longitude values.
Optionally, a link to a map with the event location can also be entered in the Map field. Selection of the location on the map in this section is possible, but it will not auto-fill the location address.
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In the Meta tag information for social media sharing/search/etc. block, the Description of content field is required for the page to be published. Enter a brief and concise description of the content.
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field, type the Service name using sentence case.
Select Save at the bottom of the page.
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Optional fields
Optional information can be added to a Service category found under the Edit tab of a Service:
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If the Term lock checkbox if checked, a term cannot be edited or deleted for the Catalog. |
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You can enter a Description of the Catalog. |
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You can select any applicable Tabs to display for the Catalog. Note: In order to add details relating to a tab (e.g. Audience) the tab must be selected in this list. |
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You can select the Relations tab and choose a Parent term. |
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Create a Service
Note: a Service category must be created first, then populated with Services.
From the administration bar, select Workbench then My Dashboard.
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In the Content types box, select the Add button beside Catalog item.
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Required fields
In the Name field, type the Catalog item name using sentence case.
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Select a Catalog.
Note: Multiple catalogs are intentionally not allowed to be populated with the same item.
Enter a Description of content.
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Note: A Description of content must be brief and concise description of the item’s content. No more than one or two sentences are recommended.
The Description of content is the information blurb which appears when the Catalog item is shared or searched.
Select Draft from the Revision state field.
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Select Save at the bottom of the page.
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Note: To add content to your Catalog item, this can be done via the Layout tab. You can review Block types: Content to view Block options.
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Optional fields
Optional information can be added to Catalog items found under the Edit tab of a Catalog item:
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The Item summary functions as a short summary of what the Catalog item is about when previewing the item in a Catalog. |
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The Associated image functions as a thumbnail when sharing a Catalog item in social networks and other services. 
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Media settings can be accessed through the Media drop down. |
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The Menu settings drop down allows you to change whether the Catalog item appears in the menu and how it appears:  Checking Place in site hierarchy |
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box enables you configure how your Catalog item appears in the menu.
Note: The title in the Menu link title field can be different from your Catalog item Name.
Note: By default, the Parent link is set to Main navigation.
Note: Lower weights display before higher weights. |
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Scheduling options allows you to change the Revision state of your Catalog item.  Publish on allows you to select a date that the page will publish. Publish/unpublished states select a date and time for the page state to be changed to Published/Unpublished. |
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URL redirects allows you to add a URL redirect to your Catalog item.  |
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The Catalog item automatically generates a URL based on the |
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item Name and its place in the site hierarchy. It is best practice to select Generate automatic URL alias for uniformity across your site. To create a custom alias |
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Note: Do not add a trailing backslash (/) to the alias. Replace any spaces with a dash (-). When entering a custom URL make sure it is still reflective of the content that it will be displaying |
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Select state from the Save as: drop-down menu.
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Select Save.
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From the administration bar, select Workbench, and then select My Dashboard.
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Under Content types, using the drop-down menu next to Service, select Add service category.
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Enter the Name of the service.
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Optionally, add a description.
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Select Add media to upload a service category icon.
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Authoring information allows you to change the author information for the Catalog item. Authoring information defaults to the user who created the page and when the item was created originally. 
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Promotion options allows you to edit how the Catalog item is promoted. 
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Page display options allow you to optionally turn off site menus and titles for your Catalog item.  Note: this option should not be used for accessibility reasons. |
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The Revision log message is an option to comment on the update and changes to the Catalog item. This message will appear in the entry when viewing the Revisions tab of the Catalog item.
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Delete (site managers only)
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The Delete tab is only visible to site managers. The Delete tab permanently deletes a Catalog item and all associated content.  Note: all links to this page will break. To delete a Catalog item:
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