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This is primarily a bugfix release. Also in the release is an upgrade to GravityForms 2.0.x. On June 22, we applied a hotfix for the WordPress core 4.3.3 security update, which is also included in this release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero...

This is a WordPress Core security update (for WordPress Version 4.5.3). There are no other updates in this release. Learn more about the WordPress 4.5.3 release. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? There...

Last week, as part of ELGL's Technology Efficiency series, we led a webinar on the project management platform Trello. For the training, we created a "New city website launch" board template to show how cities can use Trello in the context of launching a new website. The board includes lists, cards and checklists related to...

Route Fifty featured Hinsdale, Mass., and its adoption of ProudCity as its web platform, especially our online payments integration features: “To have the ease of making these payments digitally and being able have a digital paper trail is the standard that people are used to,” Kevin Herman, co-founder and COO of Proud City, said in...

Anytime you store sensitive data, security must be the utmost concern, and here at ProudCity, we are serious about security. This is especially true in today's climate, where a security breach at the Federal Office of Personnel Management compromised sensitive information from over 21 million employees (and their families) that had undergone federal background checks, and there have...

This is a bugfix-only release. There was no WordPress core update in this release and only a small number of third party plugin updates. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? There should be...

ProudCity is leading a webinar on the project management platform Trello as part of ELGL’s Technology Efficiency Series. I'll give an introduction and best practices of Trello in the context of managing a website launch. The webinar is June 16, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. PST. Register

As residents increasingly rely on the Web to interact with government, cities need ultimate flexibility when managing their digital offerings. Learn how WordPress -- a platform that powers 25% of the world's websites -- allows cities to stand up government online services quicker and more cost-effective than ever before. On July 12 at 12:00 p.m....

As residents expect governments to operate like the technologies they use in their day-to-day lives, cities must rethink their approach to digital. I'm joining ELGL Executive Director Kirsten Wyatt and Romulus CEO Chris Maddox at the Association of Washington Cities Annual Conference for a panel discussion, "Getting Your City Digital," on how cities can better...

ProudCity integrates with a growing list of third-party services, including payments, and one of our favorites is Stripe. About Stripe Stripe embodies a modern approach to secure online and mobile payments that is simple and customer-focused, aiming to create a low-barrier system that just works. Already used by major online services such as Twitter, Lyft,...

Opensource.com re-published our thoughts on ProudCity as an open organization, based on Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst’s book “Open Organization.” Full story: Building ProudCity as an open organization

This release contains two menu enhancements: dropdown menus for the main navigation and a multi-level agency subpage menu. It also contains a large number of bugfixes. There was no WordPress core update in this release and only a small number of third party plugin updates. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and...

Slides from our 'Rules for great city websites' webinar with ELGL are now available. Feel free to contact me at luke@proudcity.com if you have questions or would like to discuss further. [slideshare id=62628688&doc=rulesforgreatcitywebsites-160601183233]

We're co-hosting a webinar -- 10 rules for great city websites -- with ELGL on June 1 to share how cities can best serve residents, businesses and visitors with a better website strategy and execution. Please join us and bring your questions! How to watch Join webinar Register Powered by Eventbrite

This release contains formatting improvements to Documents, the ability to display an Agency list with icon buttons, and numerous backend enhancements. In addition, the 1.5.2 Hotfix release on May 7, 2016 included a WordPress core security update. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero...

Open is at the core of ProudCity. As government service providers, it is our duty to ensure governments get the most sustainable, flexible technology available, so that they can best serve their communities. We will do this by following the ethos of what Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst calls the “open organization.” In his book,...

This is an immediate security hotfix release for WordPress core to fix a security issue in the included Plupload library. Read more details. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? No changes should be...

This release contains a minor version WordPress core update, a number of bugfixes, and plugin updates. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. What changes will I notice? Since this is primarily a bugfix and update release, there are...

This release contains a WordPress core update, an update to the issue reporting app, and the addition of a number of customization options. It is immediately available for all ProudCity Hosted sites and for download on Github under the GNU Affero GPL v3 open source license. On April 20, 2016, the new ProudCity dashboard will...

We’re excited to announce our next pilot city, West Mead Township, Pa. (population 5,249). We selected West Mead because we want to show that small towns can set up world-class digital services that are just as good -- and even better -- than larger cities with more resources. Rather than our standard 60-day pilot timeline...