Assembly creation

Understand the basics

Assemblies allows administrators to configure components inside a long-lasting space, with defined members. To start creating an assembly, when on the assembly list, click the "New assembly" button at the top right of the page.

The assembly creation form is divided into different sections that are detailed in the sections below.

Once you created an assembly, in the secondary navigation panel, you can see all the assembly configurations available:

General information

This section allows to provide a general description about the assembly, mainly a title, URL, and description.

New assembly form general info section
Table 1. New assembly form: General information
Field Type Description Visibility

Title

Required

Title of the assembly, "General Committee" or "neighborhood city council" for example.

Visible in the card of the assembly on the homepage, the assemblies index, the navigation, and the "Hero image and CTA" landing page block.

Subtitle

Required

Subtitle of the assembly.

Visible in the "Hero image and CTA" landing page block.

Order position

Required

Determines the order of the assembly when displayed in the processes index or homepage.

N/A

URL slug

Required

URL slugs are used to generate the URLs that point to this process. Only accepts letters, numbers and dashes, and must start with a letter.

Visible in the URL of the assembly, for example https://example.org/assemblies/city_coucil.

Hashtag

Optional

Hashtag redirecting to the X social network.

Visible in the "Hero image and CTA" landing page block.

Short description

Required

A short explanation of what’s your participatory process about.

Visible in the "Main data" landing page block.

Description

Required

A long explanation of what’s your assembly about.

Visible in the "Main data" landing page block.

Purpose of action

Optional

The explanation of the assembly’s goals.

Visible in the "Main data" landing page block.

Composition

Optional

Who composes the assembly.

Visible in the "Main data" landing page block.

Internal organisation

Optional

How the assembly is organized.

Visible in the "Main data" landing page block.

Announcement

Optional

The text you enter here is shown to the user right below the process information.

Visible in the "Announcement" landing page block.

Duration

This section allows to provide information about the assembly important dates.

New assembly form duration section
Table 2. New assembly form: Duration
Field Type Description Visibility

Date created

Optional

When this assembly was created. You have a calendar widget to choose the day. Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy.

Visible in the "Dates metadata" landing page block.

Included at

Optional

The date when this assembly was added to the instance. It does not necessarily have to be the same as the creation date. Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy.

Visible in the "Dates metadata" landing page block.

Duration

Optional

If the duration of this assembly is limited, select the end date. Otherwise, it appears as indefinite. Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy.

Visible in the "Type and duration" landing page block.

Closing date

Optional

When this assembly closed. Expected format: dd/mm/yyyy.

Visible in the "Dates metadata" landing page block.

Closing date reason

Optional

Why this assembly closed.

Not displayed on the landing page.

Images

New assembly form images section
Table 3. New assembly form: Images
Field Type Description

Home image

Optional

Image used in presentation cards of this process. Guidance for file: Has to be an image or a document. For images, use preferably landscape images, the service crops the image. Maximum file size: 10 MB

Banner image

Optional

Deprecated, isn’t used anywhere. Use "Hero image and CTA" content block on the landing page instead.

Filters

This section determines the filters available in the assembly, in the different components. Filters can then be enabled and configured in each components.

New assembly form filters section
Table 4. New assembly form: Filters
Field Type Description

Scopes enabled

Optional

Check if you want to have Scopes filtering in this assembly.

Scope

Optional

Which Scope does this assembly belongs to.

Area

Optional

Which Area does this assembly belongs to.

Metadata

This section allows to provide meta information about the assembly.

New assembly form metadata section
Table 5. New assembly form: Metadata
Field Type Description

What is decided

Optional

The issue of the assembly, the object of what is decided.

How is it decided

Optional

The decision making process inside the assembly.

Scope metadata

Optional

Metadata on the assembly scope, if it’s relevant.

Promoter group

Optional

If a specific group is at the origin of the assembly, like a city direction, an association committee, etc.

Organization area

Optional

The organization domain or category, if it’s relevant.

Who participates

Optional

Who are the authorized participants, who can participate to the assembly.

Visibility

This section allows administrators to configure the process placement in the different pages and its publicity or no.

New assembly form visibility section
Table 6. New assembly form: Visibility
Field Type Description

Parent assembly

Optional

To what other assemblies this assembly belongs. Assemblies can be nested inside one another.

Highlighted

Optional

Check if you want the assembly to have more visibility in the Assemblies public list. It’s also visible in the "Highlighted Assemblies" Content Block in the Homepage configuration.

Private space

Optional

Check if this assembly should only be accessible by Private Participants.

Is transparent

Optional

Check if this assembly is private but should be visible to all the participants. This means that other participants or visitors can see it but they can’t participate in it.

Other

New assembly form other section
Table 7. New assembly form: Other
Field Type Description

Created by

Optional

Choose "City Council" "Public" or "Other" in case you want to specify the name of the organization that created this assembly.

Assembly type

Optional

Which Assembly type is related to this assembly.

Related participatory processes

Optional

Select other participatory processes related to this assembly.

Social

Optional

Which social networks profile does this assembly has. Can be X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and/or GitHub.