COVID Websites
  • Best Practices for COVID-19 Government Websites
  • Getting started
    • Why do state or local governments need good COVID-19 information websites?
    • Where do I publish COVID-19 information?
    • Who is my audience?
  • Information to put on your site
    • Overall suggested hierarchy
    • Homepage & overall structure breakdown
      • Introduction
      • Key health guidance
      • Key financial & business resources for your locality
    • Infections & testing data
    • Announcements & press releases
    • Additional considerations
  • Design & technical resources
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  1. Information to put on your site
  2. Homepage & overall structure breakdown

Introduction

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We recommend that your website include the following in an introductory section:

  • Navigation at the top makes the high-level buckets of categories very clear and easy to get to.

  • Search provides an easy and quick way for visitors to find what they are looking for.

  • Definition of coronavirus - Not everyone might know what coronavirus is yet, so state in clear, simple terms what it is.

  • Stay at home order - if your state has a stay at home order, this is very important to call out prominently at the top of your site. Link to the content of the Stay at Home order itself.

  • When the site was last updated. The coronavirus situation is changing very quickly. Letting your visitors know when you’ve last updated the site helps provide confidence that the information is accurate and up-to-date. The provides a great example of where to put the Definition of coronavirus, a notification of the Stay at home order, and when the site was last updated.

California example
State of California