by pialomboy | Apr 19, 2023 | All, Blog, Home page blog
GitHub Best Practices The Office of Digital Services (ODS) at California Department of Technology (CDT) recommends the following practices Best practices for GitHub Repos (Best practices for repositories – GitHub Docs) Create a README file to make it easier for...
by pialomboy | Apr 19, 2023 | All, Blog, Home page blog
Five Digital Mistakes to avoid in 2023 Author: Koji Kumpulainien Disclaimer! It’s OK to make mistakes Do your best not to break these specific rules Innovation often requires us to break the rules Mistake 1 CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell...
by artem | Feb 3, 2022 | All, Blog, Home page blog
CDT and ODI share the beta version of the CA Design System At the most recent DWSN presentation we shared the initial work and thinking on the emerging California Design System. We’re excited to share our early beta and invite you to share your feedback and...
by artemkhomishen | Dec 17, 2021 | All, Announcements, Blog
Release v5.6.0 is the first jQuery-less version of the state web template. This version has no more jQuery dependency and jQuery plugins. In this version we also introducing a new responsive font size calculation functionality. Body text and headings font sizes and...
by article publisher | May 24, 2021 | All, Blog, Google Search and Analytics, Web Content
There are times when we don’t want Google, Bing, etc. to crawl our website into their search index. This is a common issue for new websites in development, or for ongoing websites that are being redesigned. This “new” website typically resides under...
by artemkhomishen | Jan 7, 2019 | Announcements, Blog, policy, social media, tools, Web Content
Hello and Happy New Year! We finally have updates on the incoming governor banner as many of you have been requesting. All of the details can be found on this web standards page. Thanks for your cooperation!
by tborcherding | Aug 8, 2018 | All, Announcements, Blog, Training
Hi Team, As you know, there was a significant effort to launch information related to compliance with AB 434. We previously sent to you the Technology Letter (TL), TL 18-05 Website Accessibility Certification Policy which requires each Agency/state entity to certify...
by dgoebel | Jul 10, 2018 | Announcements, Google Search and Analytics
Government Edition for Custom Search Engine is now available for free without ads for Government agencies or bodies at any level (federal, state, local, or tribal). Please use the following form to start the process. Please note that the free usage of Custom Search...
by dgoebel | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog, Google Search and Analytics
Common Google search box and search results formatting issues If your search box and search results page are looking a bit strange, there is a quick and easy fix in your search engine settings. Make sure you have the following two options selected and then save...
by kferrara | Nov 3, 2017 | All, Blog
Hi Everyone! My name is Kristen Gilly and I’m the webmaster at the Department of Managed Health Care. We’re currently in the beginning stages of going through with a website refresh, which we will upgrade to the new State Template v5 and are thinking about...