Archives: FAQs

What are prohibitive activities of a .gov domain?

Commercial purposes A .gov domain must not be used for commercial purposes, such as advertising benefitting private individuals or entities. Political campaigns A .gov domain must not be used for political campaign purposes. Illegal content A .gov domain must not be used to distribute or promote material whose distribution violates applicable law. Malicious cyber activity … Continued

Who hosts the .gov domain name?

The Domain Name System (DNS) is an internet service that translates your domain name (i.e. yourname.gov) into an IP address. This makes it possible for people to access your website by typing in the domain name instead of the website’s IP address. This is often done through your domain registrar, like GoDaddy or NameCheap. Since … Continued

Who manages the .gov program?

The .gov program is managed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

What is the ideal size for hero unit images?

There are a number of factors to account for when using images in hero unit sections of your website. Push10 has an excellent primer, and here is a helpful excerpt: By default, the ideal website hero image size for full-screen background images is 1,200 pixels wide. However, if users are browsing on larger screens, these … Continued

How do I use the pagebuilder editor?

The article, ‘An introduction to the page builder editor in your ProudCity powered government website‘ helps you understand the editor in detail. There are many ways to design a page with the page builder editor and we do not cover those in the article, but if you want preformatted pages, the ‘How to use pre-built … Continued

How do I edit or delete my parent and child categories?

Edit existing parent and child categories The edits made to the parent and child categories will also update on the ‘Service Center’ app. Remain in the ‘FAQ Topics’ functionality or navigate to the ‘FAQ Topics’ functionality Make word choice update Hover over the ‘Parent’ category or ‘Child’ category on the right-hand side where the list … Continued

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