'About Us' Page

The About Us page is intended to explain why your agency exists. All agencies exist to provide a service to Georgia citizens or some constituent subset of that population. The About Us page is required to include:

• a primary location
• a primary contact (for Schema.org and search engine optimization).
• Including a list of the services that your agency provides is recommended.

This page is designed to be consistent across all agencies so users can find similar information on every site. Only administrators can set an Organization as the agency's Primary Organization. If you would like to change this association, please open a Support Request. 

The body section can contain more robust explanations of services provided as preferred by each agency.

How this content type interacts with other system components

How to Edit the 'About Us' Page

Overview

Your agency's 'About Us' page is created using the content from your agency's Primary Organization (Content type). This page is designed to be consistent across all agencies so users can find similar information on every site. The information on this page will be shared on Georgia.gov so users searching for government services and information can find the same information in a centralized location.  Note that only administrators can set an Organization as the agency's Primary Organization. If you would like to change this association, please open a Support Request. 

Editing the 'About Us' Page

• Log into your agency website.
• Navigate to your agency's 'About Us' page.
  • This usually can be found by appending /about-us to the end of your agency's URL (i.e. digitalservices.georgia.gov/about-us).
• Click Edit at the top of the page.
• Edit the content as needed.
• Select your moderation state – Draft, Needs Review, Archived, Published.
• Click Save.

Information about the Different Fields

• Name (required).
  • The Title appears at the top of the page, and is also used in URLs and anywhere the page is linked to from other content across the site.
• Acronym.
  • This is only for use on Georgia.gov.
• Overview about the Organization.
  • This should be a brief description about your agency. This is the information that will appear in search results on Google.
  • Character limit: 500.
• Website section can be used to add related links to the Organization page (optional).
• If you’re linking off to an external site, you’ll need to include the full URL (https://google.com).
• If you have included a URL in the URL field, you might want to add Link Text. This is how your URL will display to users. For example, you might enter “Learn more about Hurricane Relief” in the Link Text field.
• Use the Add another item button if you want to include more links.
• The Add Location button is used to add a primary location.
  • Note: If you have address information in your footer, this field is required. If you remove the Primary Location, the address information in the footer will be removed and default back to a standard footer. 
  • From the new window, select an existing location or create a new location using the Create Location tab at the top of the screen. 
  • Click Select.
  • Click Remove to remove the location and choose another location. 
• The Add Contact button is used to add a primary contact.
  • Note: If you have Contact information in your footer, this field is required. If you remove the Primary Contact, the address information in the footer will be removed and default back to a standard footer. 
  • From the new window, select an existing location or create a new location using the Create Location tab at the top of the screen. 
  • Click Select.
  • Click Add Contact to add multiple contacts. 
• Add more information about the Organization in the Additional Information field. 
• In the Associate this Content with box…
  • Associate the Organization with other content on the site by Selecting the appropriate:
    
    • Program or Service References
    • Division / Section
    • Categories
  • Note: Learn more about how to use Taxonomies to associate this content
• Publish, Save as Draft, or Schedule Publishing for your Event (see Publishing instructions for more information).