SF.gov publisher's newsletter

March 2022, mid-month edition

Hi SF.gov publishers,

Hope you're recovering from the Daylight Savings change. At least sunny days are here again, and we might not have to do it anymore after 2023! In the meantime, we've got some updates and new trainings for you this month.

But first! We realize that there have been a lot of updates, and that we could do better at letting you know about them. Let us know how you'd like to get updates about SF.gov.

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

GET HELP

Training and support

Sign up for training to get the meeting invitations and to get a publishing account. Anyone who works for the City is welcome!

Choosing a content type on SF.gov - Wednesday, March 30, 11 am to 12 pm (not regularly scheduled, so sign up now!)
Publishing on SF.gov (the basics) - First and third Wednesday, 11 am to 12 pm
Introduction to SF.gov - Second Wednesday, 11 am to 12 pm
Writing for SF.gov - Fourth Wednesday, 11 am to 12 pm

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

NEW FEATURES

What's new for publishers

Alerts now have a limit of 100 characters

We let this one slide for a bit, but now it's official. Yellow alert banners on department, public body, and location pages have a 100-character limit.

Drupal won't cut off long alerts now, but you won't be able to edit and save your page again until alerts are under the limit.

If you need help rewriting your alerts, ask us for help in Teams or sign up for office hours!

Screenshot of a sample alert on the Permit Center page, which reads

Tagging public bodies

You can now tag a Public Body on an information page, in addition to a Department. Let the tagging commence!

Multi-day events

You now have more flexibility when adding events to SF.gov! You can now enter single or multi-day events with or without hours. If you have multi-day events with differing hours, you'll still need to clarify that in the body area. You could also create multiple single-day events to reflect the exact times.

Department logos up on top

Department logos are now displayed alongside the department name. They will no longer appear in the footer.

Coming soon

Text field cleanup, so you don't see a popup anymore
Consistent headings in Services sections, making sure they work the same way in all content types
Better analytics tracking

We'll let you know if any this work affects you.

DID YOU KNOW?

Tips for publishing

Dealing with this pesky popup

You've probably seen this popup when editing your page. The popup comes with Drupal, but we assure you it's ok!

If you see code in your text field, do the following:

Click on the dropdown under "Text format"
Click on "SF Basic HTML."
Click "Continue" on the popup. (You will not lose data, we promise!)

WINS!

Examples

A site-wide Statement of Incompatible Activities page

All ADM departments must post a Statement of Incompatible Activities on their department websites. On SF.gov, OCEIA has come up with a great solution! Please add the statement (already on SF.gov) to your About us page as a resource tile: https://sf.gov/resource/2022/statement-incompatible-activities 

A view of the Statement of Incompatible Acitivites page, which includes 2 required documents.

Hope to see you on Teams. Happy editing!

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

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