Editing a long-form document

Long-form is similar to the Resource content type, except that it is built with extra features to suit longer resources.

With a long-form, you are able to format your content to have an interactive table of contents - perfect for lengthy informational content.

To create a piece of long-form content, follow these steps:

1. Add a new long-form
2. Add title and metadata
3. Add body content and formatting
4. Add related content
5. Change the standard node settings
6. Preview and publish the long-form

Step 1 - Add a new long-form

To add a long-form, use the AdminUI toolbar and navigate to Content > Add content > Long-form

<your-domain>/node/add/sector_long_form

This takes you to a node edit form for a long-form node, where you can fill out fields which will make up a piece of long-form content. 

Step 2 - Add title and metadata

Title and metadata fields for a long-form node

Set the title and issue date for the long-form document. If you make significant edits to it at a later time, it is good to update the 'last updated' date to indicate to users that the content is up to date and reliable.

Step 3 - Add body content and formatting

The Body field is for your main content - see our Introduction to the WYSIWYG editor for more information on using this field.

The body field for a long-form node, with examples of heading formatting.

Long-form allows you to use headings to generate an interactive table of contents for your content. To format some text as a heading, click on the 'Paragraph' drop-down in the toolbar - Heading 2 is used to create sections in the table of contents, and Heading 3 is used for subsections.

Example of Heading 2 used as a section in a long-form node.

Example of Heading 3 used as a subsection in a long-form node.

Step 4 - Add related content

You can attach related content in the form of related documents and related links. To learn more about this, see Adding related content to a node.

Step 5 - Change the standard node settings

The standard node settings (e.g. authoring information) are at the side of the node edit form. You can learn more about these settings in Changing standard node settings.

Step 6 - Preview and publish the long-form

At the top of the node edit form you can preview and save your long-form.

Before you save your resource as 'published', you should preview it to see how it displays - see Previewing your content. Once you're happy with how it looks, publish the node.