Picking a CMS: a checklist for city clerks
Choosing a website platform is a ten-year decision. Twenty questions to ask any vendor — about accessibility, ownership, emergencies, records and cost.
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Meeting-to-website: turning minutes into updates residents read
Council decisions change fees, hours and rules — but websites often lag weeks behind. A simple process for publishing what was decided, in plain language.
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Using AI safely on a government website
AI can draft pages, suggest alt text and answer resident questions. Five guardrails that keep a person in charge and residents’ trust intact.
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Accessible maps and charts on government websites
Maps and charts carry important information, but many residents can’t see or operate them. How to make them work for everyone under WCAG 2.1.
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Why we publish city websites through Git
Every publish is a commit in a repository the city controls. What that means for history, rollbacks, hosting choice and leaving a vendor.
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Moving off CivicPlus, Granicus or WordPress without breaking links
Old links live in emails, flyers, search results and other websites. A migration plan that keeps every one of them working.
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See Sentra CMS with your own website
We’ll scan your current site for free, then show you what it looks like on Sentra CMS, accessible from day one.