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 Create and edit project hotspots
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A hotspot provides the opportunity to add additional information to an image, diagram or map via interactive spots that can be clicked to reveal extra content.

Create a new project hotspot
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1. In the left-hand menu bar, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a **Title** to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu under **Content**, click **Hotspots**. This shows all the hotspots for this project.
4. Click the round **+** button at the top right of the screen. The button is labelled **Create hotspot**.
5. Add a **Title.**
6. To upload an image, click the upload area, then browse to and select an image.
7. In the panel on the right, click **Add hotspot**. The button only appears once an image is in place; until then the panel reads *Please add an image before adding hotspot.* A hotspot point is an interactive, clickable spot on the image that reveals extra information, such as content and images.

    1. Click on the image to place your hotspot point. You can change its position by clicking on the image in a different spot.
    2. In the editing window, you can customise the **Title**, **Image**, **Alt text**, **Description**, **Colour** and **Size**.
8. Once you've finished editing the hotspot point, click **Add hotspot.** You can repeat this process multiple times to create additional animated spots on the same image.
9. Once you've finished editing, click **Publish.**

![The new hotspot form, with a title typed in the header, the empty image upload area traced in the main column, and the panel on the right reading 'Please add an image before adding hotspot.'](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/ZQ6qIQSGkQW2tLhHw37uR0rV3N9tJklGh8C0j2gB.png)

Display a hotspot on a project page
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1. In the left-hand menu bar, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a **Title** to open a project.
3. On the project page, click **Edit**.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click **Add block**.
5. A picker appears, prompted **Select a block type**. Choose **Hotspots**, in the **Content** group.
6. An **Add Hotspots** panel opens, holding the settings for the block.
7. Enter a **Title.**
8. In **What to display**, choose **All items** to show every published hotspot, or **Custom selection** to pick them yourself. The panel opens on **Custom selection**, with a **Hotspots** list below it: click the hotspots you want to include.
9. Tick the box **Show title above each hotspot** if you want the Title to display above each hotspot.
10. Click **Add Hotspots** when you are ready.
11. When you are finished editing, click **Publish**. The selected hotspots will now be displayed on your main project page.

![The Add Hotspots panel on a project's edit form, with the What to display dropdown and the Show title above each hotspot tickbox traced. What to display is set to Custom selection, so a Hotspots list of the project's own hotspots sits between them, with neither of them selected yet.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/3qYPa4XaFmGZYuph6AEn00CFBTscsaHgiKQmADyT.png)

*Note: Only published hotspots will be publicly visible.*

Edit a hotspot
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1. In the left-hand menu, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a **Title** to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under **Content**, click **Hotspots**. This shows all the hotspots available for this project.
4. Click on the hotspot you want to edit. Click the **Edit** tab.
5. Make the required edits.

    To change the base image, click **Remove image** below it. The image and its markers disappear and an upload area takes their place. Click that area to browse for a new image. Your hotspot points stay in the list on the right, so check each one's position on the new image.
6. Once you've finished editing, click **Publish**.

![The image field on a hotspot form, showing the hotspot's base image with five coloured hotspot point markers on it, an empty image description box marked Required for accessibility below the image, and the Remove image button traced under that.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/B84XKyn4HwootJMJWnYYqJlDuMX3jMEm2ILyzrov.jpg)

Edit a hotspot point
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1. In the left-hand menu, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a **Title** to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under **Content**, click **Hotspots**. This shows all the hotspots available for this project.
4. Click on the hotspot you want to edit. Click the **Edit** tab.
5. The hotspot points are listed on the right hand side of the screen. Select the point you want to edit.
6. In the editing window, you can modify the **Title**, **Image**, **Alt text**, **Description**, **Colour** and **Size**. To reposition the hotspot point, click on the background image in the desired location.
7. Click **Done** to close the point. Your change is held on the form but not saved yet.
8. Click **Publish.**

![A hotspot point being edited: its marker traced on the base image, and its row open in the panel on the right, showing the Title, Image, Alt text, Description, Colour and Size fields, with Description as a small rich text editor and Done and Remove beneath them.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/0lcyHeZnrp0Poi0p9syOr1ludSuBXNIP0Ss95TW3.jpg)

Unpublish a hotspot
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You can unpublish individual hotspots from a project without affecting other content. The hotspot will be automatically removed from anywhere it is currently displayed or linked to.

1. In the left-hand menu, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a **Title** to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under **Content**, click **Hotspots**. This shows all the hotspots available for this project.
4. Click on the hotspot you want to unpublish. Click the **Edit** tab.
5. At the top right of the screen, click the chevron beside **Publish** and choose **Unpublish**.
6. Add a revision message to record why you are making the change.
7. Click **Confirm**.

![A hotspot being unpublished: the status dropdown open on Unpublished, a revision message entered, and the confirmation step.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/GUC0giE5DV3SixVWWnFNoTLXl3ryKzG1vlRPZamn.gif)

Delete a hotspot
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1. In the left-hand menu, click **Projects**. This displays a list of all existing projects.
2. Click on a **Title** to open a project.
3. In the project sub-menu, under **Content**, click **Hotspots**. This shows all the hotspots available for this project.
4. Click on the **ellipsis icon** of the hotspot you would like to delete.
5. In the dropdown click **Delete**.
6. A confirmation window will appear. To delete the hotspot, click **Yes, Delete this hotspot.**
7. Your hotspot is now deleted.

![The ellipsis menu open on a hotspot's row in the Hotspots list, showing Preview, Edit, Revisions, Clone, Save as template and Delete, with Delete traced.](https://engage.knowledge.civ.io/storage/An0hb9UdUQPWvLzCLRMncWWX5HTvu7Sx7tmdTZL6.png)

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