Creating a Feature Request
If your issue doesn’t exist on our Feature Request board, you can create it. Here’s how.
Create a request
Step 1
Click the “issues” tab in the menu at the top of the board.
Step 2
Click the “new issue” button in the upper right, and then the “get started” button.
Step 3
Write up your feature request. Here are a few tips for creating effective write ups:
Describe your problem or need
Describe the solution that best addresses that problem or need
Give information, including screenshots or use cases, that help us understand your perspective
If you know we’re tracking a ticket internally (with a number like DP-9999), include the ticket number
Check out some example tickets:
Tips for describing your issue
There are lots of ways to describe an issue, but 2 of the most effective are use cases and user stories. A use case describes a feature in the context of when that feature would be useful. It helps our tech team understand what you’re looking for and why it’s important. A user story is an issue written from the perspective of a user who wants to do something but hits a roadblock. User stories make user experiences more relatable and clear.
An example of a use case: “Our agency’s purpose is to provide important information for the public. We don’t have a lot of transactional content. We would love to see a Service Page that’s geared toward information as a service.”
An example of a user story: “As a Mass.gov content author with the Department of Birding and Ornithology, I post many images of birds. I want to post lots of small images, since I know that large images slow down page loading time. However, right now, I can only post images that are half-width and full-width. I would like to be able to post a gallery of small images to satisfy my users and to avoid bogging down page load times with large files.”
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