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Component

Subscription links

Links to ‘Get emails’ and ‘Subscribe to feed’

NOTE: This component includes a h2 heading by default but can be suppressed by using hide_heading option (see below)

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How it looks (preview) (preview all)

How to call this component

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom"
} %>

Accessibility acceptance criteria

Icons in subscription links must be presentational and ignored by screen readers.

Toggle elements in the component must:

  • be usable with a keyboard
  • be usable with touch
  • be recognised by screen readers as a button
  • announce to screen readers whether they are expanded or collapsed
  • show hidden elements by default when JavaScript is disabled

Links in the component must:

  • accept focus
  • be focusable with a keyboard
  • be usable with a keyboard
  • indicate when they have focus
  • change in appearance when touched (in the touch-down state)
  • change in appearance when hovered
  • be usable with touch
  • be usable with voice commands
  • have visible text
  • have meaningful text

Other examples

With margin (preview)

The component accepts a number for margin bottom from 0 to 9 (0px to 60px) using the GOV.UK Frontend spacing scale. It defaults to having no margin bottom, although some margin is supplied by the links themselves (so that when they stack on mobile there is space between them).

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom",
  margin_bottom: 9
} %>

With custom text (preview)

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  email_signup_link_text: "Get notifications",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom",
  feed_link_text: "View feed"
} %>

With branding (preview)

Organisation colour branding can be added to the component as shown.

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  brand: "attorney-generals-office",
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom"
} %>

With tracking (preview)

Data attributes can be passed for each link as shown.

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  email_signup_link_data_attributes: {
    track_category: "email_link_category",
    track_action: 1.1,
    track_label: "email_link_label",
    track_options: {
      dimension28: 1,
      dimension29: "dimension29EmailLink"
    }
  },
  feed_link_box_value: "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/attorney-generals-office.atom",
  feed_link_data_attributes: {
    track_category: "feed_link_category",
    track_action: 1.2,
    track_label: "feed_link_label",
    track_options: {
      dimension28: 7,
      dimension29: "dimension29feedLink"
    }
  }
} %>

As small form (preview)

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom",
  small_form: true
} %>

Without heading (preview)

By default the component includes an h2 heading. The component could be used anywhere on the page and could mean that it produces invalid markup or make the site unaccessible.

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom",
  hide_heading: true
} %>

With a different language (preview)

The component is used on translated pages that don’t have a translation for the text strings. This means that it could display the fallback English string if the translate method can’t find an appropriate translation. This makes sure that the lang can be set to ensure that browsers understand which parts of the page are in each language.

The lang attribute must be set to a valid BCP47 string. A valid code can be the two or three letter language code - for example, English is en or eng, Korean is ko or kor - but if in doubt please check.

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/subscription_links", {
  email_signup_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore/email-signup",
  email_signup_link_text: "Recevez des notifications",
  email_signup_link_text_locale: "fr",
  feed_link: "/foreign-travel-advice/singapore.atom",
  feed_link_text: "Flux RSS",
  feed_link_text_locale: "fr"
} %>