Topical events

About page

The topical event about page provides detailed information on what the government is doing about said topical event.

How it works

The topical event about page is a child to the Topical event frontend template. For example:

• The UK government’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (child)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine: UK government response (parent)

Live examples

• European Political Community meeting 2024
• The UK government’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• UK action to combat Daesh

Complete list of examples available and page data on Content Data.

How it’s built

These are the underlying technologies that make-up the about page front template.

Content schema

topical_event_about_page

What is a content schema?

A GOV.UK content schema is a JSON schema that defines the data structure of a piece of content. It determines what content and metadata attributes the page has.

Content type

topical_event_about_page

What is a content type?

Content type describes the types of pages that exist on GOV.UK. It’s stored in the content item (JSON) as document_type. It powers search filters in all finders and changes the content type label users see on GOV.UK pages.

Publishing app

whitehall

What is a publishing app?

Publishing apps are used by publishers across government departments to publish content to GOV.UK.

Rendering app

government-frontend

What is a rendering app?

Rendering apps render content to GOV.UK end-users.

Components

The components used within the about page frontend template

Component	Source	Publishing app input field(s)
Layout super navigation header	Autogenerated in frontend template
Breadcrumbs	Autogenerated in frontend template
Feedback	Autogenerated in frontend template
Layout footer	Autogenerated in frontend template
Page title	Customized by publisher	Name (required)
Lead paragraph	Customized by publisher	Summary (required)
Content list with body	Customized by publisher	Body (required)
Back to top link - appears if a contents list on the page	Autogenerated in frontend template
Contextual sidebar	Autogenerated in frontend template
Contextual footer	Autogenerated in frontend template

How to report an issue

If you happen to come across an issue:

1. Report it on Github (opens in a new tab).
2. Once the issue has been added, update this document by adding the title and Github Issue's link.
3. Give yourself a high-five.

Help improve this frontend template

To help make sure that this page is useful, relevant and up to date, submit a GitHub issue (opens in a new tab) with your proposed updates.