2022 CMS Tips of the Week
CMS Tips posted in 2022.
Week of Aug. 22, 2022
Creating more effective Alerts.
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Week of July 4, 2022
Use ServiceNow to report CMS issues & ask questions.
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Week of June 6, 2022
As you create content, keep in mind that the Knowledge Base provides an at-a-glance guide to help you choose the right template for your audience and purpose.
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Week of May 2, 2022
One way to search for good examples of content on Mass.gov is via the Organization pages report in the CMS.
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Week of April 25, 2022
The content on Mass.gov should be accessible to everyone. Here's the latest guidance.
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Week of April 18, 2022
Link Group Accordions offer a way to better organize links on Organization pages.
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Week of April 11, 2022
There are many words used on the web that, at one time the standard, are now being phased out due to their racist, gendered, or hurtful language or gendered meanings.
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Week of April 4, 2022
Booking an office hours session with the Mass Digital team is a quick and easy way to get one-on-one help with a CMS issue you’re struggling with or to learn more about a new feature.
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Week of March 28, 2022
Publishing translated content on Mass.gov is an important part of making the site accessible, user-friendly, and constituent-centered. Mass.gov has a helpful feature called a language bar which allows visitors to easily access translations from your page.
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Week of March 21, 2022
Cloning something that is already published on Mass.gov is a quick and easy way to save yourself the time and trouble of starting from scratch, especially when you’re creating multiple pieces of closely related content.
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Week of March 14, 2022
One thing to watch out for is that if your News items do not have featured images, then they all can display the same default image on your Org page. That looks redundant.
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Week of March 7, 2022
The newly updated Mass.gov style guide is an important resource that helps ensure the writing you’re adding to a page or project is accessible, web-friendly and easy to understand.
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Week of Feb. 28, 2022
While you watch your own content by default, you can also watch other authors’ content. Watching other authors' content allows you to receive automatic updates by email whenever changes are made to the page you have chosen to watch.
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Week of Feb. 21, 2022
The Mayflower Design System allows organizations to quickly create websites and apps that have a modern, accessible design consistent with Mass.gov that users will recognize and trust.
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Week of Feb. 14, 2022
Did you know you can now upload a CSV file into an Information Details page and have it automatically turn into a searchable, sortable table?
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Week of Jan. 31, 2022
There are many ways to get help from the Mass.gov team, but the quickest way is to use the “Request support” button on the author welcome screen you see when you log in.
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Week of Jan. 24, 2022
When it is time to remove one of your pages from public view, there are 2 ways to do it. Which tactic is right for you depends on whether you expect to republish the page.
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