Using Pages

📄️ Getting started

After we execute an Inter-Agency Agreement (IAA), and you are a live customer, we will onboard you into our support process. Our goal is to provide you with support responses within one business day though we aspire to be faster in our responses. As a reminder, Pages agreements do not include labor hours, but we always want to make sure the platform is working and responsive to your needs as we consider new features.

📄️ 21st Century IDEA

The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) aims to improve the digital experience for government customers and reinforces existing requirements for federal public websites. Specifically, the Act requires all executive branch agencies to:

📄️ Adding users to Organizations

User Requirements

📄️ Before you launch

We've worked to make publishing a government site on Pages as simple as possible. Please note that while the entire process usually takes a couple days, it may take up to a week, so plan accordingly.

📄️ Custom Domains

When you are ready to share your site with the public you can add your own custom domain. Please make sure you have completed all of the requirements in before you launch before continuing.

📄️ Custom Headers

This feature is currently experimental, make sure you know what you are doing!

📄️ Customizing Your Site

Customizing your site

📄️ Pages.json

Pages-specific configuration can be done in a federalist.json file in the root of your project. Currently, we only support the following keys:

📄️ Forms on Pages sites

Do you want to use a digital form to ask questions of the people visiting your Pages website? Do you want them to fill out a form with their contact info or feedback? This page provides an overview of existing digital form tools and requirements so you can determine which best apply to your situation and get started.

📄️ Getting started with Decap CMS

Pages recently integrated support for Decap CMS, an open source content management system for your Github-based content that provides editors with a friendly UI and workflow.

📄️ Included with Pages

- An automatic deployment mechanism for static site assets and supported site engines.

📄️ Migration Guide

Welcome to your migrating journey onto Pages! This process may be difficult. We generally cannot provide support for migration work beyond general guidance under a standard Pages agreement, but if you are in a situation where you need some guidance, you can contact us to learn more about our additional support packages.