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ADMIN – ICONTEXT NOTES

Miscellaneous dev notes…

Content / Styles / Terms to Confirm with Bree

Content / Styles / Terms to Confirm with Departments

  • https://dev.castlegar.ca/content-directory/?department=Engineering%20&Infrastructure NO PAGES ASSIGNED — REFLECTS CONFUSION ABOUT ORG CHART…
  • delete form submissions?
  • Bylaw 1357 – Water Regulations and Rates — SAME BYLAW NUMBER IF BYLAW IS UPDATED (E.G. ANNUAL BYLAW UPDATE?), OR NEW NUMBER? DISCUSS WITH CORPORATE SERVICES
  • file size under 4MB? Some minutes 60MB+… DISCUSS WITH CORPORATE SERVICES
  • https://devforum.zoom.us/t/embedding-the-recording-video/5900/22 no way currently to embed a Zoom video directly, needs to be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo… embed whole page as iframe? https://dev.castlegar.ca/council_meeting/february-21-2023/ DISCUSS WITH CORPORATE SERVICES
  • https://dev.castlegar.ca/development-projects/r-1-22/ CONDITIONAL APPLICATION PROCESS DATES TIMELINE — ALWAYS COMPLETED AT DATE SET, OR PROVIDE VAR TO SET THIS? ALWAYS COMPLETED AT DATE SET

Content / Styles / Terms Confirmed with Bree

  • not sure https://xd.adobe.com/view/8d406444-f8a2-44d2-ab53-3795f29b22de-d813/screen/c1a6918a-e6bb-4874-89f9-5d3bf9b4f98d is best layout for https://dev.castlegar.ca/government/city-council/?
  • links in first para stripped https://dev.castlegar.ca/community/transit-transportation/highway-information/
  • Communications as default post Department? Page owner? COMMUNICATIONS AS DEFAULT FOR NEWS
  • news post with SPECIFIC contact or always default to Communications Manager? Page owner? NO, MUST BE SELECTED
  • font sizes e.g. https://dev.castlegar.ca/planning-building-business/construction-permits/development-applications/ LEAVE FOR NOW
  • line lengths e.g. emergency notice header
  • social / footer
  • dates / times 02-Feb-2023 8:56 am
  • FontAwesome – paid $99/year
  • headings should be capitalized – Why Do I Have a Water Meter? NOT Why do I have a water meter?; Why is Community Planning Important? NOT Why is community planning important?
  • cannot be link in first para e.g. https://dev.castlegar.ca/planning-building-business/work-with-castlegar/bid-on-a-city-tender/
  • bill or invoice?
  • Building Department or Planning Department???
  • Fire Protection Service [Fire Department?]??? Protective Services??? Engineering & Infrastructure??? Municipal Services???
  • bullets first letter capitalized or no?
  • <a href=”https://www.bc1c.ca/”>www.bc1c.ca</a> NOT <a href=”https://www.bc1c.ca/”>https://www.bc1c.ca/</a>
  • 250-365-7721 NOT (250) 365-7721 NOT 250.365.7721
  • bids / proposals / quotations NOT bids/proposals/quotations
  • Note: Ipso lorum… NOT Please note: NOT Please Note: NOT NOTE
  • how far back for news items? 1 YEAR ON LAUNCH, IDEALLY AT LEAST 3 YEARS
  • show last updated even if page contact not shown? e.g. https://dev.castlegar.ca/community/recreation-culture/rent-a-sports-field/
  • <h2>Location – Castlegar RCMP Detachment</h2>
    440 Columbia Avenue
    Castlegar, BC
    V1N 1G7

Content Checks

    • search on personal tels, replace with generic
    • hyperlink tel numbers
    • FIND AND REPLACE: ’ WITH ‘; <a href=”#”>

Initial Design Notes Sent to Ion 06-Apr-2022

  • emergency alert band at top of page (only displayed when there is an emergency)
  • utility nav above (or with / to right of) the brand: search, social
  • prominent “I Want To” or “I Need To” — either in utility nav or main nav, or dedicated section midpage; if the latter, https://www.edmonton.ca/ is a good example
  • prominent Contact Us leading to staff directory / triage tool to determine who to contact — either in utility nav or main nav
  • secondary calls to action — a row or two of 3-8 “cards” (image, text, button), not too dissimilar to current site https://www.castlegar.ca/; would be populated from assigned posts and / or designated custom CTAs
  • news: simple text-based list of 3-5 most recent news items
  • events: upcoming events, possibly in a calendar; good examples at https://tofino.ca/ and https://www.coquitlam.ca/
  • email subscribe call to action
  • integrated social feeds e.g. Instagram grid (this is a future functionality possibility, does not need to make it into any design exploration)
  • footer (may have contact information or key nav links, TBD)
  • colophon / subfooter (copyright, privacy policy etc.)

To Do

Done

  • filter on last names https://dev.castlegar.ca/contact/city-departments/staff-directory/
  • “No items for selected date.” to load correctly when no dates https://dev.castlegar.ca/events/
  • https://dev.castlegar.ca/services/taxes-payments/request-a-tax-certificate/ BREAK OUT PAGES VS LINKS
  • contact-person width of icons the same e.g. https://dev.castlegar.ca/services/bylaw-enforcement/apply-for-a-pet-licence/
  • add street view maps
  • numbered bullets remove >
  • https://dev.castlegar.ca/planning-building-business/construction-permits/development-applications/ RENAME ALL FIELDS TO APPLICATION

Testing

Other

  • https://dev.castlegar.ca/events/list/entry/50/ GF EVENTS LIST EXAMPLE
  • Other calendars: https://simplecalendar.io/ (GOOGLE), https://event-post.com/timeline/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-archive-calendar/ https://preview.codecanyon.net/item/calendar-anyting-show-any-existing-wordpress-custom-post-type-in-a-calendar/full_screen_preview/23345442
  • https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-i-can-i-see-past-events-on-archive-page/

Exemplars

In meetings with departments / staff, the following sites have been held out as exemplars:

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