Sitemaps and local government websites
A sitemap is like a website’s map, guiding search engines to all its pages.
Category: Websites
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 register .gov domains, and we support the transitions to these.
End of year local government website clean-up checklist
The end of the year is the perfect time to review your website and tidy things up.
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 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
How to create frequently asked questions using the ‘Answers’ functionality
Example In our ProudCity demo site, we created an Administration frequently asked questions page, where the questions are displayed in accordion and list view. Video Steps Create FAQ topics By creating FAQ topics we are able to distribute where the answers will display throughout the site. If you have already created a FAQ topic … Continued