# Manage Departments
## **1: Setting**
Appearance >> Customize >> Department
### 1.1: Archive Page
* 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.
### 1.2: Detail Page
* Header Background of Detail page
* Header: Choose a header version
* Footer: Choose a footer version
* Show/hide fields in detail page
## **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
## **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
## **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
## 5: Department Elements in Elementor
## 5.1: File List in Department
## 5.2: Department List
## 5.3: Department Archive
## 5.4: Department Archive Slide
## 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
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