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Editing a long-form document

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User role
Content Editor Content Administrator
Task
Content editing
Topic
Content editing Content types and displays
Product
Sector 10 Sector Add-ons

Long-form is similar to the Resource content type, except that it is built with extra features to suit longer resources.

With a long-form, you are able to format your content to have an interactive table of contents - perfect for lengthy informational content.

To create a piece of long-form content, follow these steps:

  1. Add a new long-form
  2. Add title and metadata
  3. Add body content and formatting
  4. Add related content
  5. Change the standard node settings
  6. Preview and publish the long-form

For general guidance on adding and editing content, see:

Adding new content to your site and Making changes to existing content on your site.

Step 1 - Add a new long-form

To add a long-form, use the AdminUI toolbar and navigate to Content > Add content > Long-form

<your-domain>/node/add/sector_long_form

This takes you to a node edit form for a long-form node, where you can fill out fields which will make up a piece of long-form content. 

Step 2 - Add title and metadata

Screenshot of title and metadata fields for long-form

Title and metadata fields for a long-form node

Set the title and issue date for the long-form document. If you make significant edits to it at a later time, it is good to update the 'last updated' date to indicate to users that the content is up to date and reliable.

Step 3 - Add body content and formatting

The Body field is for your main content - see our Introduction to the WYSIWYG editor for more information on using this field.

Screenshot of body field for a long-form node

The body field for a long-form node, with examples of heading formatting.

Long-form allows you to use headings to generate an interactive table of contents for your content. To format some text as a heading, click on the 'Paragraph' drop-down in the toolbar - Heading 2 is used to create sections in the table of contents, and Heading 3 is used for subsections.

Screenshot of sample long-form content

Example of Heading 2 used as a section in a long-form node.

Screenshot of sample long-form content

Example of Heading 3 used as a subsection in a long-form node.

Step 4 - Add related content

You can attach related content in the form of related documents and related links. To learn more about this, see Adding related content to a node.

Step 5 - Change the standard node settings

The standard node settings (e.g. authoring information) are at the side of the node edit form. You can learn more about these settings in Changing standard node settings.

Step 6 - Preview and publish the long-form

At the top of the node edit form you can preview and save your long-form.

Screenshot of publish and save buttons

Before you save your resource as 'published', you should preview it to see how it displays - see Previewing your content. Once you're happy with how it looks, publish the node.

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