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SPECIFY YOUR CUSTOM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
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Step One: Town and Contact Information
Contact Email
Your Name
Town Name (or Organisation)
Address
Country
Canada
USA
United Kingdom
Italy
Province
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Québec
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Yukon
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Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Number of Citizens
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Step Two: Branding
Name
This is the name that will be shown next to your logo inside the app. It should include, or be, the name of your Town or Community. For example,
Info Town
or
Town News
. If wanted, this can be translated.
Logo Image File (required)
This is to clearly brand your town. We support png, jpg, gif, and bmp formats. Files must be less than 5 MB in size. The Image files should be no larger than 1024 by 1024 pixels.
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Step Three: Select Your Categories
Categories break up your communications. E.g.
Taxes
,
Traffic
,
Events
. This allows you to categorize information, and also allows users of the app to easily pick and choose which information they receive.
Some pre-defined options can be selected below, and
you can also click the + button to create custom ones
.
There are 2 category options on your custom Dashboard that are always included, and will always be sent to all users. The
'All'
option is intended for urgent alerts, and the
'General'
option is for non-urgent notifications for everyone.
All
General
Safety
Info
Events
Health
Road Issues
Taxes
Garbage +
Other
+
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Step Four: Button Selection
You can select up to
six
buttons that appear on the home screen of the App.
Alert History
and
Settings
are
automatically included
in your app, making up to a maximum of eight buttons in total.
ALERT HISTORY
This is an automatically generated list of alerts received by the App (
Always included
).
SETTINGS
This allows the user to change the subscribed town, and to pick which Alert / Message categories they will see (
Always included
).
Please select up to
six
buttons using the checkboxes from any of the three button sections below.
Buttons Section One
The buttons in the following section will display Webpages and/or PDF documents. These can be changed from the Dashboard at any time.
GARBAGE +
For showing garbage and recycling pickup dates, or other related information
CALENDAR
Any calendars of your choice.
INFO
Any information you wish to share with your citizens.
NEWS
Links to newsletters or news feed.
MONEY
Can help you fundraise or be used to link to a payment system, e.g. for buying tickets.
RECREATION
Information on events, sports, and other public activities and recreation in your town.
Buttons Section Two
The buttons below are for launching your Website, or Social Media (using an app on the phone, if available).
WEBSITE
We require the URL/Address to link to your website.
FACEBOOK
Enter the URL/Address of your Facebook Page.
INSTAGRAM
Enter the URL/Address of your Instagram Page.
TWITTER
Enter your Twitter handle
Buttons Section Three
REPORT
Allows users to post short reports (with optional GPS position) to your Dashboard. If wanted, you can also get simple emails when reports are posted, if the GPS locations are within town boundaries.
If required please specify an email address here:
Reports have
types
which you can define below. Some pre-defined report types can be selected below, and
you can also click the + button to create custom ones
. Users of the app can pick the type when they submit the report.
Ideas
Complaints
Road Issues
Traffic Issues
Garbage+
Other
+
MAP
If you select this, you will need to specify the latitude and longitude boundaries. The App will use Google Maps for displaying the Map.
TOWN BOUNDARIES
Please specify the latitudes and longitudes used for the town boundaries, for the Map and/or Reports.
North:
°N
South:
°N
East:
°W
West:
°W
CONTACTS
Please enter the Contact Name, a Phone Number and/or Email address, and an optional subtitle (like a job position).
+
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Step Five: Dashboard
Enter the email addresses of up to three people that will be authorized to use the Dashboard.
Authorized Users
+
Dashboard Language
English Only
English/French Bilingual
French Only
Notification Languages
English
Français
Español
Italiana
Deutsche
简体中文
Other
Pick the languages you expect to use for Alert Messages and Documents (uploaded or linked). These options will show up on your dashboard. Please note we do
not
provide automatic translation.
Step Six: Other Information
Group
This order is part of a group.
Group Name:
I have Read and Agree to the Terms and Conditions.
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If you have any questions or issues please email
info@citizenalert.ca
.