SF.gov newsletter

January 2024

Hi SF.gov editors,

Bringing you the February edition of the SF.gov newsletter.

THE LATEST

What's new for editors

Drupal upgrade in early March

Next month, SF.gov will upgrade from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10 for security purposes. The upgrade was originally scheduled for Feb 22, but it was postponed. Look out for another email from us in the coming weeks with the new upgrade launch date. 

Working in the CMS will remain the same, but the editor interface will look and feel a little different. Here are some examples of Drupal 9 (left) vs Drupal 10 (right):

We'll upgrade the practice site soon after to ensure that it’s also on the most secure version of Drupal.

In the meantime, email us if you have any questions or concerns.

GET HELP

Training and support

Self-paced online SF.gov trainings

Take the trainings at any time, at your own pace. You don’t need to sign up for each training, but you do need to fill out a form at the end of each one to verify you’ve taken it. You can get your SF.gov login after taking the 3 required trainings and submitting a sample page.

• SF.gov concepts and structure 
• Writing for SF.gov 
• Working in the SF.gov CMS 
• Meetings on SF.gov (optional)

Sign up for self-paced online trainings to work on SF.gov.

Email us or ping us on Teams if you have any questions!

Office hours 

Sign up for office hours if you need help working on SF.gov. Our team can help you:

• Choose the right content type for your page

• Get your writing to a 5th grade reading level

• Structure your content
• And more!

You can book a half-hour session with us any day of the week:

• Persis (Monday)
• Amy (Tuesday)
• Liz (Wednesday)
• Wat (Thursday)
• Sharon (Friday)

Sometimes we swap days but there's always someone around to help you!

PUBLISHING TIPS

Best practices

Write descriptive alt text for images

If you want to upload an image to SF.gov, you must add "alternative text" to go with the image. This is text that screen readers will read out loud.

When you write your image alt text, ask yourself this:

• How would I describe this image to someone who could not see it?
• What would I want them take away?

Learn more about writing descriptive alt text for images.

Thanks as always for being fantastic partners, getting services and information to all San Franciscans.

Liz, Persis, Sharon, Joanne, Bridget, Wat, and the SF.gov team

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