Oakville
Joomla template

Oakville is a real starter website for municipality, town or government websites – featuring public places, authorities, topics, announcements, services, downloads, officials, news and events. Powered by the YOOtheme Pro builder and all its features.

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Features

Make your municipality website stand out with these powerful key features. Explore the full list of YOOtheme Pro features on the Features page.

Date Filter New

Cookie Consent Manager New

Multilingual Sites New

Bidirectional Relationship New

Menu Element New

Live Search

Templates

Get 29 site-wide templates that load posts, taxonomies and their custom fields dynamically right from Joomla into the page builder layouts.

Place Index Layout

Place Category Layout

Place Subcategory Layout

Place Post Layout

Authority Index Layout

Authority Post Layout

Announcement Index Layout

Announcement Category Layout

Announcement Post Layout

Download Index Layout

Download Category Layout

Download Post Layout

Service Index Layout

Service Category Layout

Service Post Layout

Official Index Layout

Official Category Layout

Official Post Layout

Topic Index Layout

Topic Category Layout

Topic Post Layout

Topic Post List Layout

Topic Post Table Layout

Topic Post Tabs Layout

Post Index Layout

Post Layout

Event Index Layout

Event Post Layout

Search Layout

Styles

Choose from 6 beautiful styles and switch the whole look of your site with just a click. Refine colors, typography and more to fit your brand.

Default Style

White Green Style

White Red Style

White Pink Style

White Turquoise Style

White Bordeaux Style

Content structure

Launch faster with a real Joomla starter website with a well-thought-out content structure, custom fields and smart relationships.

Oakville has nine content types - public places, authorities, topics, announcements, services, downloads, officials, posts and events.

Places

The Place content type covers public locations with media, map data, opening hours, notes, contact persons and downloadable files.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Video	media	image
Contact Image	media	image
Images	subform	repeater
└ Image	media	image
Location	location	google map
Location Link	url	url
Map Marker	list	select
Street	text	text
ZIP code	text	text
City	text	text
Country	text	text
E-Mail	text	text
Phone	text	text
Website	url	url
Opening Hours	subform	repeater
└ Days	text	text
└ Hours	text	text
Opening Hours Note	text	text
Note Title	text	text
Note Description	text area	text area
Note Link	url	url
Contact Persons	subform	repeater
└ Contact Person Name	text	text
└ Image	media	image
└ Job Description	text	text
└ Contact Phone	text	text
└ Contact Person E-Mail	text	text
Files	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ File	mediafile	file

Place Categories

Places are grouped into seven main categories with further subcategories.

Place Categories
├── Education and Family
│   └── ...
├── Recreation
│   └── ...
├── Tourism
│   └── ...
└── ...

Main place categories add a video field.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Video	media	image

Authorities

The Authority content type is similar to Place and uses the same shared field group for public authority details, contacts and downloads.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Video	media	image
Contact Image	media	image
Images	subform	repeater
└ Image	media	image
Location	location	google map
Location Link	url	url
Map Marker	list	select
Street	text	text
ZIP code	text	text
City	text	text
Country	text	text
E-Mail	text	text
Phone	text	text
Website	url	url
Opening Hours	subform	repeater
└ Days	text	text
└ Hours	text	text
Opening Hours Note	text	text
Note Title	text	text
Note Description	text area	text area
Note Link	url	url
Contact Persons	subform	repeater
└ Contact Person Name	text	text
└ Image	media	image
└ Job Description	text	text
└ Contact Phone	text	text
└ Contact Person E-Mail	text	text
Files	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ File	mediafile	file

Topics

The Topic content type covers informational pages with media, subtopics, downloads, external links and a related authority.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Location	location	google map
Video	media	image
Images	subform	repeater
└ Image	media	image
List Title	text	text
List	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ Description	text area	text area
└ Image	media	image
└ Link	url	url
Files	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ File	mediafile	file
External Links	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ Link	url	url
Note Title	text	text
Note Image	media	image
Note Description	text area	text area
Note Link	url	url
Note Link Text	text	text
Conclusion	text area	text area
Authority	articles	relationship

Topic Categories

Topics are grouped into eight categories.

Topic Categories
├── Discover Oakville
├── Traffic
├── Environment
└── ...

Topic categories add a video field.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Video	media	image

Topic Tags

Topics use functional tags to switch templates. Template Topic List shows a timeline, Template Topic Table shows facts and numbers, and Template Topic Tabs shows image-supported information blocks.

Topic Tags
├── Template Topic List
├── Template Topic Table
└── Template Topic Tabs

Announcements

The Announcement content type keeps news items lightweight and primarily focuses on grouped authority-based news with attached files.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Files	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ File	file	file

Announcement Categories

Announcements are grouped into four categories.

Announcement Categories
├── Press Releases
├── Construction Sites
├── Building Permits
└── Building Projects

Announcement categories store the related authority.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Authority	articles	relationship

Services

The Service content type focuses on authority services and can link to related downloads.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Downloads	articles	relationship

Service Categories

Services are grouped into authority-based categories.

Service Categories
├── Town Hall
├── Registration Office
├── Building Authority
└── ...

Service categories store the related authority.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Authority	articles	relationship

Service Tags

Services use functional tags for the letter-based filters.

Service Tags
├── A-C
├── D-F
├── G-I
└── ...

Downloads

The Download content type stores files and inherits its authority context from the category.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
File	mediafile	file

Download Categories

Downloads are grouped into authority-based categories.

Download Categories
├── Town Hall
├── Registration Office
├── Building Authority
└── ...

Download categories store the related authority.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Authority	articles	relationship

Officials

The Official content type is distinct from Authority and is used for individual people, their role details, contact data and CV entries.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Position	text	text
Room Number	text	text
E-Mail	text	text
Phone	text	text
CV	subform	repeater
└ Year	text	text
└ Description	text area	text area
Contact for Related Authority	articles	relationship
Officials	articles	relationship

Official Categories

Officials are grouped by authority and then by position.

Official Categories
├── Town Hall
│   ├── Mayor
│   └── ...
├── Registration Office
│   ├── ...
├── Building Authority
│   ├── ...
└── ...

Official categories store the related authority.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Authority	articles	relationship

Posts

The Post content type covers municipal news with subtitles, contact data, external links, downloads and relationships to topics and places or authorities.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Excerpt	text area	-
Subtitle	text	text
Contact Image	media	image
Contact Name	text	text
Location	location	google map
Location Link	url	url
Street	text	text
ZIP code	text	text
City	text	text
E-Mail	text	text
Phone	text	text
Website	url	url
External Links	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ Link	url	url
Topics	articles	relationship
Authority/Place	articles	relationship
Place	-	relationship
Files	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ File	mediafile	file

Post Categories

Posts are grouped into four categories.

Post Categories
├── Culture
├── Sports
├── Politics
└── Community

Events

The Event content type covers event scheduling, opening hours, map data, external links and organizer relationships.

Field	Type (Joomla)	Type (WordPress)
Excerpt	text area	-
Teaser Image BG	media	image
Start Date	calendar	date picker
End Date	calendar	date picker
One-day-Event	checkboxes	checkbox
Opening Hours	subform	repeater
└ Days	text	text
└ Hours	text	text
Dates	subform	repeater
└ Date	calendar	date picker
└ Hours	select	select
Date Note	text	text
Location	location	google map
Location Link	url	url
Street	text	text
ZIP code	text	text
City	text	text
E-Mail	text	text
Phone	text	text
Website	url	url
External Links	subform	repeater
└ Title	text	text
└ Link	url	url
Authority/Place	articles	relationship

Event Categories

Events are grouped into six categories.

Event Categories
├── Community
├── Culture
├── Sports
└── ...

Relationships

In Oakville, posts have a related place or authority. It is shown in the sidebar on the post page as contact information for the news. In addition, posts can have a related topic. This allows them to be featured as recent news on the respective topic page.

Similar to posts, events have a related place or authority. It is shown in the sidebar on the event page as the event organizer. And on the place page, these events are showcased as upcoming events.

Topics have a related authority as well. It appears in the sidebar as the competent authority. On the authority page, these topics are also featured in an accordion with images.

Services also have a related authority. But here the relationship is set in the service category. This way the whole category is related to an authority, and you can shown it in the sidebar on both the category and single service pages. On the authority page, there is a list of popular services from that category. Additionally, each service can have related downloads. They are shown in a table at the bottom of the service page.

Downloads and announcements are similar. The related authority is set in the category and displayed in the sidebar on the category and single item pages. On the authority page, their latest downloads appear in the sidebar, while latest announcements are shown below grouped by their category.

Relationships downloads and announcements

Officials also have a related authority set in the category, which is also displayed on the category and single official pages. Additionally, an official can be the contact person for a related authority. This official is then shown in the sidebar on the corresponding authority page.

And this is what makes Oakville so powerful. Thanks to dynamic content and bidirectional relationships, changing a single item instantly updates everything across the entire site.

Plugin Integration

This Joomla starter website makes use of additional 3rd party plugins. They are free and already preinstalled and configured in the demo package. Here is the list of all plugins.

Name	Description	Documentation
Articles Field	Add a field for related articles	View

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