Create a New Page

What to do
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1. Log in using your assigned login details.
To create a new page, click on the
‘Welcome’ key at the top of the page, and
then click on “Create a New Page”.

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2. In the empty field type in what you want to
call you new page, and then press the
enter key on your keyboard.

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3. Save your new page by clicking on the
save icon in the pallet. Result: Now you
have created your own new page and it is
the page currently selected in the
navigator.
Finding the data you want

What to do:

1. To find the data you want you will need

to go onto the Open Catalogue.

2. To do this, click the ‘Go to edit’ icon on

the top right hand side of the page

3. Next, click on the cog icon labelled

“Open Catalogue as a New Page.”
Select your data

What to do:

1. Once you are on the Catalogue Home

Page, go to the search box on the left
hand side of the screen and type ‘Kent
Schools’

2. After typing ‘Kent Schools’ a list of

results will appear.

3. From here hover the cursor over the

‘Kent Schools’ hyperlink, then click on
the “Add to” drop key and then select
“Mashup Builder”.
Downloading your data

What to do:

1. Once on the “Add to Mashup Builder”

page, find the ‘category’ sub-heading
and pick ‘Collaboration’ so that you can
find your widget on your page.

2. Once you have filled in all these fields

click “Finish” and then return to your
page. Next click on the “Refresh” icon,
or press F5.

3. Please note, when you refresh the page

any data selected to your page will not
be saved there until you have saved
your work.
Open the widgets on your page

What to do:

1. First make sure you are in Edit mode,

by clicking on the drop key if it says ”Go
to Edit”, and selecting ”Go to Edit”.

2. To open the widgets onto your page

you need to click on the category you
placed it under, “Collaboration”. Next
click on the screwdriver icon and then
“Add to Current Page”.

3. Next add a map. To do this click on the

“Tools” panel, find ‘Google map’ click on
the screwdriver icon and then “Add to
Current Page”.
Wire your widgets together

What to do:

1. To wire your school dataset to your map

do the following. First, click on the ‘Kent
School’ dataset, select the ‘Click to wire
widgets’ icon – a blue and green
symbol, next to the screwdriver and a
‘Wiring’ box will appear.

2. Click on the green ‘Send’ icon. Next find

‘POSTCODE as text’, and click on
‘Googlemap’, which should make the
Googlemap widget turn pink. Finally,
tick the check box for ‘Location using
text’ and click ‘Done’.
Test and Save

What to do

1. Your mashup should now be

completed, so this is when you can test
whether it has all worked. Click on one
of the rows on the ‘Kent Schools’
dataset and you should see this location
on the map.

2. Finally click the “Save” icon on the top

right hand side of your page for you to
save this mashup.
Uploading data: what you can do

So you are free to:

1. Copy, publish, distribute and transmit the data.

2. Adapt the data.

The Open Government Licence (OGL) is

applicable across the whole public sector and
designed to enable any public sector information
holder to make their information available for use
and re-use under its terms.
3. Exploit the data commercially for example, by combining it
Use of copyright and database right material with other Information, or by including it in your own product
expressly made available under this licence or application.
indicates your acceptance of the terms and
conditions below.
Uploading data: what you must do

You must:
1. Acknowledge the source of the Information by including
any attribution statement specified by the Information
Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this
licence.

2. Ensure that you do not use the Information in a way that

suggests any official status or that the Information
Provider endorses you or your use of the Information.

The Open Government Licence (OGL) is

applicable across the whole public sector and
designed to enable any public sector information
holder to make their information available for use 3. Ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresent
and re-use under its terms. the Information or its source.

Use of copyright and database right material 4. Ensure that when using the data you do not breach the
expressly made available under this licence Data Protection Act of 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic
indicates your acceptance of the terms and Communications Regulations 2003
conditions below.
 Uploading data: exemptions
This licence does not cover the use
The Open Government Licence (OGL) is
applicable across the whole public sector and
designed to enable any public sector information
holder to make their information available for use
and re-use under its terms.
Use of copyright and database right material
expressly made available under this licence
indicates your acceptance of the terms and
conditions below.
of:
1. Personal data in the Information
2. Information that has not been published, disclosed under
information access legislation (including the Freedom of
Information Acts for the UK and Scotland) or with the
consent of the Information Provider;
3. Departmental or public sector organisation logos, crests
and the Royal Arms except where they form an integral
part of a document or dataset;
4. Military insignia;
5. Third party rights the Information Provider is not
authorised to license;
6. Information subject to other intellectual property rights,
including patents, trademarks, and design rights;
7. Identity documents for example a British Passport
How to upload: publishing formats
Local Transparency
For specifics on spending data please visit:
LG Group Transparency Programme
Please Note: these are draft guidelines found on
the LG Transparency website for consultation
and may be amended by the LG group in the
future.
What you need to know:
1. Data can be published in many different formats, such
as:
• A document in PDF format
• A spreadsheet in CSV format
2. The Open data initiative is promoting the use of machine
readable formats, in this case CSV or xml files. LG
advise authorities to publish the data in both formats:
CSV and PDF. Microsoft Excel files should be converted
to CSV.
3. The CSV file should have precisely one header line with
field names exactly as in the example file supplied.
Values must be separated by a comma character.
Please Note: It is unable to deal with non-Western
characters (like Chinese). In cases where you have such
payments, an alternative route to creating the CSV files
in Unicode format will need to be found.
 Publishing your data

What to do:
1. Once the data is in the right format, it should be
published on your website. Wherever you publish the
data, it is advisable to give further information about the
salary data, and to give contact details in case of any
enquiry.

2. Aside from publishing the data on the local authority

website, you can make it more widely known that the
data are available by sharing or registering the data
through: Direct.gov.uk, The national data portal on
Local Transparency data.gov.uk, , The local open Data, CoP.

For specifics on spending data please visit:

3. You should make sure that you inform individuals of the
LG Group Transparency Programme
precise timetable for publication – LG Recommends you
give at least 48 hours notice of the date and time of
Please Note: these are draft guidelines found on
publication. All media questions should be routed to your
the LG Transparency website for consultation
Media/Communications team.
and may be amended by the LG group in the
future.
 Licensing Regulations

Recommendations:
1. LG recommends you use the Open Government License
published by The National Archives for more information.

2. A guide for information providers is published on the same

website.

Local Transparency

For specifics on spending data please visit:

3. The license replaces the previously used terms and
LG Group Transparency Programme conditions of data.gov.uk.

Please Note: these are draft guidelines found on

the LG Transparency website for consultation
and may be amended by the LG group in the
future.