Year-end local government website clean-up checklist
The end of the year is the perfect time to review your website and tidy things up.
Category: Websites
Sitemaps and local government websites
A sitemap is like a website’s map, guiding search engines to all its pages.
Metadata and local government websites
Complete metadata can have a significant impact on how citizens experience government digital services.
Clearing browser cache/cookies
Clearing your browser’s cache and cookies is like tidying up your internet space.
Changing your government website domain to .gov
ProudCity encourages our partners to get .gov domains, and we support the transitions to these.
How to add a favicon
ProudCity makes it easy to add favicons to websites.
Favicons and local government websites
Overview A favicon — short for favorite icon — is an image associated with a website or web page. Favicons are also called: Shortcut icon Website icon Tab icon URL icon Bookmark icon Where favicons display: Browser tabs Search results Bookmarks Desktop icons Browser history Examples In browser tabs: In search results: Why favicons are … Continued
Plain language and government websites
From plainlanguage.gov: Plain language (also called Plain English) is communication your audience can understand the first time they read or hear it. Language that is plain to one set of readers may not be plain to others. Written material is in plain language if your audience can: Find what they need; Understand what they find; … Continued
How to manage content publish status on your ProudCity website
Overview Website Admins and Editors can manage content publish status on a number of content types, including pages, posts, meetings and more. Steps There are two ways to edit the publish status of content: content view and quick edit. Content view When creating new or editing existing content, open the ‘Publish’ admin box on the … Continued
How to add and edit questions and answers content for the ProudCity service center
Overview Answers content is an interactive FAQ that displays in the service center. Our method to create answers and questions for the ProudCity service center requires the completion of the ‘Answers’ worksheet that will help you easily transition to this task. We encourage our customers to leverage this feature by writing questions about how their … Continued