Frontend templates

Transaction

Transactions are used to point the user towards an online service, usually on another website.

How it works

The introductory text within the transaction frontend template explains to end users what they are about to experience and what they’ll achieve.

Live examples

• Sign in to your Universal Credit account
• Check the MOT history of a vehicle
• Register to vote

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

How it's built

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

Content schema

transaction

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

transaction

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

mainstream-publisher

What is a publishing app?

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

Rendering app

frontend

What is a rendering app?

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

Components

The components used within the transaction frontend template

Component	Source	Publishing app input field(s)
Layout super navigation header	Autogenerated in frontend template
Breadcrumbs	Autogenerated in frontend template	Breadcrumb
Page title	Customized by publisher	Title (required)
Govspeak content	Customized by publisher	Introductory paragraph
Govspeak content	Customized by publisher	Other ways to apply
Govspeak content	Customized by publisher	What you need to know
Button	Customized by publisher	Radio options (1) Start now & (2) Sign in. Start button text if “start now” selected
Start now button with info text	Customized by publisher	Will continue on
Tabs - activated when at least two of the corresponding input fields have content inside them	Customized by publisher	(1) More information, (2) Other ways to apply and (3) What you need to know
Heading	Customized by publisher
Govspeak content	Customized by publisher	More information
Related navigation when displayed within contextual footer	Customized by publisher	Mainstream browse page
Related navigation when displayed within contextual sidebar	Customized by publisher	Related content items
Step by step navigation when displayed within contextual sidebar	Customized by publisher	collections-publisher > Where to show this step by step > Sidebar settings > Sidebar content of page
Feedback	Autogenerated in frontend template
Layout footer	Autogenerated in frontend template

Help improve this frontend template

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