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Create a New Page

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What to do

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

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

3. Save your new page by clicking on thesave icon in the pallet. Result: Now youhave created your own new page and it isthe page currently selected in thenavigator.

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Finding the data you want

What to do:

1. To find the data you want you will needto go onto the Open Catalogue.

2. To do this, click the ‘Go to edit’ icon onthe top right hand side of the page

3. Next, click on the cog icon labelled“Open Catalogue as a New Page.”

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Select your data 

What to do:

1. Once you are on the Catalogue HomePage, go to the search box on the lefthand side of the screen and type ‘KentSchools’

2. After typing ‘Kent Schools’ a list of results will appear.

3. From here hover the cursor over the‘Kent Schools’ hyperlink, then click onthe “Add to” drop key and then select“Mashup Builder”.

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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 canfind your widget on your page.

2. Once you have filled in all these fieldsclick “Finish” and then return to your page. Next click on the “Refresh” icon,or press F5.

3. Please note, when you refresh the pageany data selected to your page will notbe saved there until you have savedyour work.

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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 ”Goto Edit”, and selecting ”Go to Edit”.

2. To open the widgets onto your pageyou need to click on the category youplaced it under, “Collaboration”. Nextclick 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 onthe screwdriver icon and then “Add toCurrent Page”.

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Wire your widgets together 

What to do:

1. To wire your school dataset to your mapdo the following. First, click on the ‘Kent

School’ dataset, select the ‘Click to wirewidgets’ icon – a blue and greensymbol, 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 theGooglemap widget turn pink. Finally,tick the check box for ‘Location usingtext’ and click ‘Done’.

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Test and Save

What to do

1. Your mashup should now becompleted, so this is when you can testwhether it has all worked. Click on one

of the rows on the ‘Kent Schools’dataset and you should see this locationon the map.

2. Finally click the “Save” icon on the topright hand side of your page for you tosave this mashup.

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So you are free to:

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

2. Adapt the data.

3. Exploit the data commercially for example, by combining itwith other Information, or by including it in your own productor application.

Uploading data: what you can do

The Open Government Licence (OGL) isapplicable across the whole public sector and

designed to enable any public sector informationholder to make their information available for use

and re-use under its terms.

Use of copyright and database right materialexpressly made available under this licence

indicates your acceptance of the terms andconditions below.

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Uploading data: what you must do

 You must:

The Open Government Licence (OGL) isapplicable across the whole public sector and

designed to enable any public sector informationholder to make their information available for use

and re-use under its terms.

Use of copyright and database right materialexpressly made available under this licence

indicates your acceptance of the terms andconditions below.

1. Acknowledge the source of the Information by includingany attribution statement specified by the InformationProvider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to thislicence.

2. Ensure that you do not use the Information in a way thatsuggests any official status or that the InformationProvider endorses you or your use of the Information.

3. Ensure that you do not mislead others or misrepresentthe Information or its source.

4. Ensure that when using the data you do not breach theData Protection Act of 1998 or the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003

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Uploading data: exemptions

This licence does not cover the useof:

The Open Government Licence (OGL) isapplicable across the whole public sector and

designed to enable any public sector informationholder to make their information available for use

and re-use under its terms.

Use of copyright and database right materialexpressly made available under this licence

indicates your acceptance of the terms andconditions below.

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, crestsand the Royal Arms except where they form an integralpart of a document or dataset;

4. Military insignia;

5. Third party rights the Information Provider is notauthorised to license;

6. Information subject to other intellectual property rights,including patents, trademarks, and design rights;

7. Identity documents for example a British Passport

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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 onthe LG Transparency website for consultationand may be amended by the LG group in the

future.

What you need to know:

1. Data can be published in many different formats, suchas:

• A document in PDF format

• A spreadsheet in CSV format

2. The Open data initiative is promoting the use of machinereadable formats, in this case CSV or xml files. LGadvise authorities to publish the data in both formats:CSV and PDF. Microsoft Excel files should be convertedto CSV.

3. The CSV file should have precisely one header line withfield 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-Westerncharacters (like Chinese). In cases where you have suchpayments, an alternative route to creating the CSV filesin Unicode format will need to be found.

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Publishing your data

What to do:

Local Transparency

For specifics on spending data please visit:

LG Group Transparency Programme

Please Note: these are draft guidelines found onthe LG Transparency website for consultationand may be amended by the LG group in the

future.

1. Once the data is in the right format, it should bepublished on your website. Wherever you publish thedata, it is advisable to give further information about thesalary data, and to give contact details in case of anyenquiry.

2. Aside from publishing the data on the local authoritywebsite, you can make it more widely known that thedata are available by sharing or registering the datathrough: Direct.gov.uk, The national data portal on data.gov.uk, , The local open Data, CoP. 

3. You should make sure that you inform individuals of the

precise timetable for publication – LG Recommends yougive at least 48 hours notice of the date and time of publication. All media questions should be routed to your Media/Communications team.

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Licensing Regulations

Recommendations:

Local Transparency

For specifics on spending data please visit:

LG Group Transparency Programme

Please Note: these are draft guidelines found onthe LG Transparency website for consultationand may be amended by the LG group in the

future.

1. LG recommends you use the Open Government Licensepublished by The National Archives for more information.

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

3. The license replaces the previously used terms andconditions of data.gov.uk.