Content categories

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Last updated: 17 Sept, 2024 by Jo Tayler
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This information is for users of content.vic.gov.au.

For site administrators on independent SDP websites, you can edit your Content category taxonomy to include terms relevant to your category. In future these content categories will be an option for filtering on search listings and content collections.

For editors

When you build a new page, you'll be required to assign a content category (similar to how you're required to select a topic). These terms will be used to filter site search and content collections to improve search results later in the year.

Content categories will be automatically populated in some content types (e.g. if you create a ‘news’ page, the default category will be set to ‘news’).

For content types that are not automatically populated, you'll need to choose at least 1 term in the Content collection field.

Although more than 1 term is allowed, try to only choose the most applicable/relevant.

Example of the content category field in action, selecting brochure, fact sheet and poster.

If you're not sure what the right category is, you can ask your colleagues or your publishing queue approvers, in Microsoft Teams or via our content support request form.

We have provided the ‘Other' option for use when none of the terms suits your content. We’ll regularly review this to ensure the options meet our needs and reassign any pages tagged ‘Other’.

For publishing queue approvers

When reviewing a page to make sure it meets all of our standards, make sure to check that only relevant content categories are selected.

If only ‘other’ has been selected, try and select an appropriate category instead so the page will be found in searches.

If there is no relevant category, leave ‘other’ selected. The SDP team will review content tagged with ‘Other’ and assign a suitable term or add a new term to the list.

Options in the content category field

  • Events

  • Grants

  • News

  • Policy and legislation

    • Briefing

    • Legislation

    • Ministerial order

    • Notice

    • Policy

    • Regulation

  • Profiles

    • Individual profiles

    • Organisational profiles

  • Programs and reports

    • Campaign

    • Initiative

    • Inquiry

    • Program

    • Report

    • Strategy

  • Resources and guidance

    • Brochure

    • Fact sheet

    • Framework

    • Guide

    • Handbook

    • Manual

    • Map

    • Plan

    • Poster

    • Specification

  • Tools and templates

    • Checklist

    • Calculator

    • Contract template

    • Form

    • Letter

    • Memo

    • Quote template

    • Template

    • Tool

    • Worksheet

  • Other: only use this if you really can't find a suitable category. We request our approvers to attempt to change all submissions with 'other' to a relevant term.

Suggest a new content category

If you'd like to suggest a new category, submit a support request.