Unity 6. Spotlight. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SA Unity (DCW Edition) Guide

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1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SA Unity (DCW Edition) Guide Unity 6 Spotlight For support with using UnityTM (DCW Edition) contact: The Electronic Services Program (ESP) Team Local Government Association of SA: dcwsupport@lga.sa.gov.au

2 Table of Contents What is the Spotlight? 1 Creating a Spotlight 2 The Details Tab 3 The Admin Tab 5 Submitting and Saving the Spotlight 7 Deployment 8 Best Practice for Images 10 Example Spotlight usage 11

3 What is the Spotlight? Deliver key messages to the citizen using the Home screen of the My Local Services App. can link to web pages on the Council website to further inform the citizen of road closures, payments due, upcoming events etc. Users can also choose to opt-in for spotlight notifications based on categories. A notification can be sent to the user when deploying a spotlight, prompting them to open the My Local Services app. LGASA Page 1

4 Creating a Spotlight Hover your mouse over the Content menu, then over Council Data and select : You will be delivered to the page where you will see a list of existing spotlights. From here you can edit an existing spotlight or click the New Spotlight link to create a new one: LGASA Page 2

5 There are 2 tabs with fields to complete. These are Details and Admin: Fields with a star denote a mandatory field. The Details Tab Spotlight title: Give the spotlight a title. This field will not appear in the app, and is only used to be identified in the list of spotlights in Unity. Spotlight text: This is the text that will appear in the app. Because the app has limited screen real estate you will need to keep the number of characters to a minimum, Approximately 60 characters. Image file: Here you can upload a custom background image for your spotlight. The app is designed to work across a number of devices with different screen resolutions. It is important to create this image at the right size and shape to look good. See Best Practices on page 10. Alternatively, if you choose not to upload your own image, the app will display one of the generic images based on the category you select later. LGASA Page 3

6 Link URL: can be tapped within the app and deliver the user to a webpage for more information. Type the address of your desired webpage making sure to include ie: Push Notifications: You can use push notification to send your users an alert with a message or call to action. When the user taps the notification the My Local Services app will be launched where they will see the spotlight. Send notification: select yes or no. Deliver Schedule: You can have a notification sent as soon as you deploy your spot light, or schedule it for a specific date and time. In the example above we are alerting users to a road closure on the evening before the road is closed. LGASA Page 4

7 The Admin Tab Category: Select one of the pre-configured categories from the dropdown list. Details: Note: These fields only apply if you are using Unity to run your public website. Search Priority: You can change the search priority to control how high this spotlight will be returned in the search results of the website. Date Published: This field is populated automatically when you create the spotlight. Owner: The owner will default to the user logged in. It can be changed if required. Manual Sort Order: This field is used to manually sort spotlights in a dynamic list. Lower number will appear higher in the list. LGASA Page 5

8 Dates: These fields are optional. By default this section is setup for you spotlight to go live after saving. Active: Will default to yes. If No is selected the spotlight object will not be visible. Active Date: Only set an Active date if you want your spotlight to automatically appear at a future date. Select that date and time. If you want the spotlight to appear straight away, don t select a date / time here. Expiry Date: Use this to set a date/time for your spotlight to automatically expire. Date to Update: You can have an automated sent to the owner of the spotlight object, reminding them to update. Update Frequency: The reminder can be reoccurring. Just set how many days you would like between reminders. LGASA Page 6

9 Submitting and Saving the Spotlight When you have finished inputting all the relevant and required information for your spotlight, there are two options for saving. Use Save/Submit when you have finished editing the details and are ready to submit it to live. If you do not want the new spotlight to have a live status (i.e. you haven t finished editing the information on the object), select the Save button. This saves the new spotlight details but does not put it in a live status. Once you select Save, the spotlight will be displayed in the list of spotlight objects highlighted. You can go back in to edit the details by clicking on the Edit button. When you have finished editing your new Spotlight you can submit it from the list. Click on Options and select Submit: LGASA Page 7

10 Deployment After creating, modifying or deleting a Spotlight, the final step is to Deploy. Permission to Deploy any changes are assigned by your Website Administrator, therefore the instructions below may only apply to you if your Website Administrator has granted your user profile the correct permissions. To deploy go to the Deploy menu > New Deployment. LGASA Page 8

11 The Website Deployment window will appear, click on the Deploy button to initiate Deployment. You will note that the blank area inside this window will now display different lines of text during the deployment process. Please do not close this window until the deployment is complete When the deployment process has completed successfully the Website Deployment window will be displayed with the message Deployment Complete : LGASA Page 9

12 Best Practice for Images The My Local Services app is designed to work across a number of devices with different screen resolutions. To make sure your Spotlight images look good on all devices follow the below guide. Your Spotlight Image should be 640 pixels wide by 816 pixels tall. When viewed on a mobile device part of this image will be covered by the spotlight text and the top and bottom part of this image may be cropped depending on the resolution of the user s device. See the below template and sample image: The template image above accounts for the highest device crop factor. To keep your spotlights looking good on all devices the main content of your image should sit within the Main Image Area (dark orange section) of the template. See the below example of how the cropping will work on an iphone4 vs the iphone5 with the longer screen resolution. To download a copy of the template In.jpg and Photoshop formats Click Here LGASA Page 10

13 Example Spotlight usage The Spotlight Object uses fixed Categories which allow the Council to target App users with push notifications related to the following categories: General News Events Emergency alerts Community consultation Special waste collection Road works/closure Council meetings Payments - Council rates Payments - Animal registrations Examples of which Spotlight category to use are listed below. Emergency alerts examples (ie: Fire ban, catastrophic fire warnings, severe weather warnings, extreme temperature days) News examples Where a building may be closed for some time. Council elections Special waste collection examples Hard rubbish collection ewaste collection Green waste drop off LGASA Page 11