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Key elements of a project
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   A project is a self-contained set of content and participation activities you can build with Civio Engage that will support a community consultation.

A project allows you to engage with your community, communicate important and relevant information, and gather rich data insights.

Elements of a project: Public view
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When a project has been created, the following elements will be visible to the general public:

**Landing page**A basic webpage that provides an overview of the project for the general public. It contains information about your consultation activities and links to related elements such as Participation tools, Events, Updates and Timelines.**Project cards**Project cards appear in project listings and search results. Cards display linked categories (regions and tags) as clickable tags, making it easy for community members to discover related content. Clicking a tag navigates to the corresponding category landing page.**Subpage(s)**You can create project Subpages if you need to provide more details on specific topics.**Participation tools**A set of tools specifically designed to facilitate and increase community engagement. Tools include surveys, polls and discussions.**Updates**A way to communicate regular progress updates to the public.**Events**Public events such as community forums or picnics can increase engagement in your project. Share information about the Event and RSVP details.**Timeline**A Timeline visually illustrates an overview of the progress of a project and the estimated time frame for each stage of the consultation process.*(Please note: projects may not contain all elements)*

Elements of a project: Admin view
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Admin users will be able to view and manage the public project elements from the admin dashboard. For more information about updating a project click [here](/articles/9180614773903-Edit-a-project).

When navigating to a project from the admin dashboard, the dashboard will display the following items:

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The following items are available in the **project sub-menu**:

Menu itemDetailReportLink to the project reporting dashboardPreviewLink to the project preview pageEditLink to the project edit pageContentLink to overview of all project contentContent>[Pages](/articles/9180771120527-Create-and-edit-project-pages)Link to the project pagesContent>[Updates](/articles/9180844968847-Create-and-edit-project-updates)Link to the project updatesContent>[Events](/articles/9181131229711-Create-and-edit-project-events)Link to all project eventsContent>[Timeline](/articles/9180935051407-Create-and-edit-a-project-timeline)Link to the project timelineContent>[Documents](/articles/9181022253455-Create-and-edit-project-documents)Link to the project documentsContent>[Maps](/articles/9181356421903-Create-project-maps)Link to the project mapsParticipationLink to all participation toolsParticipation>[Surveys](/articles/9182830898191-Create-and-edit-a-survey)Link to all surveysParticipation>[Polls](/articles/9184031782799-Create-and-edit-poll)Link to all pollsParticipation>[Idea boards](/articles/9184062005007-Create-and-edit-an-idea-board)Link to all Idea boardsThe following **project tabs** are available:

Project tabDetailReport tabView information and data relevant to the project's progress, performance, and key metrics.Preview tabView the content on your main project page, as well as some key project settings.Edit tabUpdate the project title, summary and body text that appears on the main project page, and add content blocks and content groups. You can also update the image, consultation status, and the end date of the project. Advanced settings are also managed through this tab.RevisionsYou can access Revisions via the ellipsis \[...\] on the top right hand side. This provides an overview of all project revisions. Whenever a user updates the project through the Edit tab, the system will save this as a revision.DeleteYou can access Delete via the ellipsis \[...\] on the top right hand side. Here you can delete the full project.Front endTo view your changes in the front end, click the forward arrow on the top right hand side.

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