Parks / Facilities / Trails

The post type naming for your recreational areas may vary, but usually include at least one of the following: parks, trails, facilities and/or fun spots.  Usually this post type is managed by the parks and recreation department or its equivalent. 

The goal of this post type is to display recreational areas on a map that is generally filterable by amenities and with directory listings that usually lead to a detail page for that location. The content management is generally a combination of fields and a page builder area.  Amenities are often indicated by icons.

While the exact fields may vary, these are common fields used when managing parks, trails, facilities and other recreational locations.

1. The single image shown in the main directory page is usually managed in the featured image field located in the page properties panel on the right side. *Please note that the ability to add, replace, or remove the featured image is only available if your cursor is not currently highlighting a block on the page.

The amenities used for filtering as well as displayed icons are in page properties panel on the right. Select all that apply.

Some websites have a separate category option for what can be rented at a location.  If used, these usually also have corresponding icons and are filterable. This is generally also located in the page panel properties on the right.

The summary field generally adds some intro text in the directory listing or on the detail page right below the icons.  This field is generally optional.

The slideshow on the detail page is populated and ordered by using the gallery field.  Please note that these should be at least 900px wide and work best when at a uniform height.  Usually these are in some sort of horizontal orientation such as a ratio of 3:2 or 4:3 (which would translate to a size of 900px : 600px or 1200px : 900px). Please reference your design and/or image maintenance guide to confirm image sizing.

The size field is usually a text field where you can right how large a location is, like 3000 sq. ft. or 10 sq. miles or 3.1 acres, etc.

The address is one of the few fields that is not optional and is vital for directories with maps.  The address field is a google map lookup field.

Hours are generally managed with one or more fields such as hours and sometimes with separate fields for the weekend.

Trails often have a GIS file to show the entire trail on a map.  If you don't have trails on your but do have a kml field then this is often for locations that do not have an address.

The rest of the content is usually handled by page builder.  This usually includes some intro text and a standard area of tabbed content like "overview" and "rentals", etc.

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