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# Manage Departments

## **1: Setting**

Appearance >> Customize >> Department

### 1.1: Archive Page <a href="#id-1-archive-page" id="id-1-archive-page"></a>

* Number of Posts per page
* Order By: ID, Title, Date, Random
* Order: Ascending, Descending
* Layout with 2 columns, 3 columns or 4 columns
* Header Background of Department Archive
* Header: Choose a header version
* Footer: Choose a footer version
* Show/hide fields in card template of department.

<figure><img src="https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MG2kxo2VU_QTDsi9Ubc%2Fuploads%2F4B2arv3rqOHPaHPxKJlw%2FScreenshot%202024-10-31%20at%2016.51.58.png?alt=media&#x26;token=0e4de4d7-d78d-4b8d-b5d5-aafebd61667b" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### 1.2: Detail Page <a href="#id-2-detail-page" id="id-2-detail-page"></a>

* Header Background of Detail page
* Header: Choose a header version
* Footer: Choose a footer version
* Show/hide fields in detail page

<figure><img src="https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MG2kxo2VU_QTDsi9Ubc%2Fuploads%2F7g58NOUU3W8Kii6m0sP5%2FScreenshot%202024-10-31%20at%2016.53.57.png?alt=media&#x26;token=cb04f738-54cf-4126-ab93-179cd06b399c" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## **2: List All Departments**

From Dashboard, Go to Department >> All Departments\
You will see a list of all Departments.\
You can view, edit, delete and clone any departments

![](/files/-MGMv7XlIAiTWNeUqkrV)

## **3: Add A New Department**

From Dashboard, Go to Department >> Add new department\
This functionality enable you to add a new department with several custom fields\
\- Write Title, Description and Exerpt\
\- Add Class Icon, File in Sidebar, Image, link of Image, File List attached\
\- You can allow comments , trackbacks and pingbacks or not

![](/files/-MGMyLea6FuNFs0_m2If)

![](/files/-MGMyPENk7--XjkiVV4l)

## **4: Add A Department Category**

To add a department category, you only need to:\
\- Add Name of department category, slug and description\
\- Choose Parent Items

![](/files/-MGRINNTIvvTcwRUTU7Z)

## 5: Department Elements in Elementor

## 5.1: File List in Department

<figure><img src="/files/5C4h9Sb07wZpHTeqsv3j" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## 5.2: Department List

<figure><img src="/files/ZqMp2pgD5mLidOWxro3u" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## 5.3: Department Archive

<figure><img src="/files/vL2nn0YOszI2b2BL7QXo" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

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## 5.4: Department Archive Slide

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## 6: Customize Template

Copy php file from \
Plugins/ova-dep/templates/\*.php \
to\
Themes/egovt-child/ovadep-templates/\*.php

### 6.1 Customize department list template

You can customize in Plugins/ova-dep/templates/archive-dep.php file

### 6.2 Customize detail department template

You can customize in Plugins/ova-dep/templates/single-dep.php file

### 6.3 Customize department Element in Elementor template

You can customize in Plugins/ova-dep/templates/elementor/\*.php file