Community Connect - Public Landing Page
Purpose
- To explain the elements of the Community Connect public-facing landing page.
Background
- The Community Connect (CC) public-facing landing page has multiple elements (view example here).
- The First Due team manages these elements for you so you can quickly get up to speed introducing CC to your community. The elements described in this article include:
- Text Size Edit (ADA Compliance)
- Page Translate
- Background
- Logo
- Header Text
- Access Buttons
- Chief's Photo
- Chief's Message
- "How does it work?" Video
- "What Kinds of Information Can I Provide?" Section
- Data Security Message
- "Community Connect in the News" Section
- FAQ
- Terms of Use
Landing Page Elements
- Text Size Edit (ADA Compliance) - Visitors to the site can adjust the size of the text using the decrease text size or increase text size buttons.
- Page Translate - Visitors to the site can translate the page using Google Translate.
- Background - An image that proudly represents your community. Our team can select an image or you may provide us one. Two buttons (Residents and Business Owners) are positioned with the background to provide an easy, single-click access for citizens.
- Logo - This should be a high quality, transparent (clear background) image of your agency's logo.
- Header Text - A brief, single sentence that can be your mission statement for the agency or purpose statement for your Community Connect program. We can supply a general message or use a custom message provided by you.
- Access Buttons - Separate buttons for residents and business owners to access Community Connect.
- Chief's Photo - Headshot of the fire chief.
- Chief's Message - A brief welcome paragraph from the fire chief explaining the purpose of Community Connect. We can provide a general message or use a custom message provided by you.
- "How Does It Work?" Video - A short, 2 minute, 15 second embedded video provided by First Due to explain how Community Connect works.
- "What Kinds of Information Can I Provide?" Section - An eight tile summary (four for households, four for businesses) that summarize the kinds of information that can be submitted via Community Connect. These tiles simply communicate what can be entered into Community Connect. Everything is completely voluntary. Citizens submit just the information they want to share.
- Data Security Message - This text is First Due's data security message. Additional language can be added to reflect any jurisdictional data security policies you wish to communicate to your citizens.
- "Community Connect in the News" Section - Many agencies receive highly coveted favorable local media coverage when Community Connect is implemented in their communities. The First Due team can embed links and videos celebrating your Community Connect program.
- FAQ Button > FAQ Page - The Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) button opens an FAQ page that can be fully customized by you. You provide us the language and we update the page for you. Easy.
FAQ Page
- Terms of Use - The link takes you to the First Due Terms of Use. This page can be updated to reflect any language specific to your jurisdiction. Simply provide us the language and we'll update this page.
Terms of Use Page
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