SF.gov newsletter

July 2022, end-of-month edition

Hi SF.gov editors,

It's almost August! (Or "Fogust" as we would say.) Crossing fingers we get a mix of sun in there, but we hope you're enjoying stone fruit season regardless! 

GET HELP

Training and support

After you register, you'll get a confirmation email with an .ics file. This email may be in your "Other" inbox.

You'll have to click on the .ics file to add the event to your calendar.

Our current schedule: 

• Choosing a content type — Thursday, August 11, 11 am to noon (bonus session!)
• PDF training — Thursday, September 8, 11 am to noon (bonus session!)
• Publishing on SF.gov (the basics) — First and third Wednesday, 11 am to noon
• Introduction to SF.gov — Second Wednesday, 11 am to noon
• Writing for SF.gov — Fourth Wednesday, 11 am to noon

Sign up for office hours every Tuesday at 10 am if you want to talk through any content questions you have.

You can always ping us on Teams if you have a question.

NEW FEATURES

What's new for editors

Human translation service update

Our translation vendor has their services back! We'll be able to start submitting new jobs next week.

In the meantime, all pages will have their current human or Google-sourced translations available.

Fixed meeting bugs

We've fixed:

• Upcoming meetings are no longer showing up in the past meeting list
• Unpublished meetings are now displaying on draft public body pages for logged in editors

Coming soon

We're continuing to work on combining department and public body content types, so that public bodies will be easier and more flexible to use.

We’re also improving a handful of accessibility issues, and translation editing.

DID YOU KNOW?

Today's publishing tip

Create accessible PDFs

Yes, we're often telling you to avoid PDFs on SF.gov. But if you have to upload one, you might as well make sure it's accessible! The easiest method is to create an accessible document (Word or Google Doc) to begin with, using heading paragraph formats as appropriate.

Read more about creating accessible PDFs.

✅  Do for PDFs

Save a PDF from a Word doc.

Use list formatting from Microsoft Word.

 ❌ Don't do for PDFs

Save a PDF from an image.

Type in dashes for lists in Microsoft Word.

Hope to see you on Teams! Happy editing!

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

Anita, Persis, Sharon, and the SF.gov team

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