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Week 3: Your Gateway to 90,000+ Jurisdictions Just Got Easier - New Homepage Launch

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CommunityOne Team
CommunityOne Team
Open Navigator Development Team

This week we tackled critical UX issues affecting the documentation site - fixing routing conflicts, restoring the homepage with logo, and updating all navigation links to work correctly.

🔧 What We Fixed​

1. Homepage "Page Not Found" Error​

Problem:

  • http://localhost:3000/ showed "page not found"
  • Custom homepage at src/pages/index.tsx couldn't render
  • CommunityOne logo missing
  • Routing conflict with Docusaurus configuration

Solution:

  • Changed routeBasePath from / to /docs/
  • Docs now served at /docs/ path
  • Custom homepage renders at root /
  • Logo displays correctly

Fixed 7 files with 155 insertions:

Configuration Updates:

  • docusaurus.config.ts - Navbar, footer, logo links
  • src/pages/index.tsx - Homepage pathway cards, CTA buttons

Documentation Updates:

  • intro.md - Updated all internal links to /docs/ prefix
  • for-advocates.md - Fixed policy maker navigation
  • for-developers.md - Corrected developer guide links
  • dashboard.md - Updated dashboard references
  • citations.md - Added Open Data Impact section

3. New URL Structure​

With routeBasePath: '/docs/':

What You WantCorrect URL
Homepagehttp://localhost:3000/
Introductionhttp://localhost:3000/docs/intro
Citationshttp://localhost:3000/docs/data-sources/citations
Policy Makers Guidehttp://localhost:3000/docs/for-advocates
Developer Guidehttp://localhost:3000/docs/for-developers
Dashboardhttp://localhost:3000/docs/dashboard

✨ Homepage Features​

The new custom homepage includes:

Header:

  • CommunityOne logo (SVG)
  • "Open Navigator" branding
  • Tagline: "Find opportunities in local meetings and budgets"

Audience Pathways: Two cards guiding users based on role:

  • 📊 Policy Makers & Advocates → /docs/for-advocates
  • 🛠️ Developers & Technical Users → /docs/for-developers

Feature Highlights:

  • 📄 Meeting Minutes & Financial Documents (90,000+ jurisdictions)
  • 🤖 Automated Analysis (AI-powered document processing)
  • 💰 Words vs Money (Budget vs meeting minute correlation)
  • 🔍 Free Public Data (Census, school district, nonprofit data)
  • 🗺️ Visual Map (Geographic opportunity discovery)
  • 📧 Draft Materials (Automated email and campaign content)

Call-to-Action:

  • Launch main application (React app on port 5173)
  • Access documentation sections
  • Explore data sources

📊 Build Status​

Documentation now builds successfully:

  • ✅ All routes working
  • ✅ No TypeScript errors
  • ✅ Logo displays correctly
  • ✅ Navigation links functional
  • ✅ Warnings for broken links identified (to be fixed next week)

🚀 What's Next​

Week of April 27:

  • Add civic tech section to homepage
  • Fix broken anchor links
  • Update legacy markdown references
  • Test deployment to HuggingFace Spaces

Week of May 4:

  • Launch production deployment
  • Set up custom domain (www.communityone.com)
  • Configure OAuth providers
  • Enable user authentication

Week of May 11:

  • Start data extraction pipelines
  • Ingest first batch of civic tech projects from GitHub
  • Test hackathon event calendar
  • Deploy brigade chapter directory

🎯 Roadmap: Weekly Blog Posts for 2026​

Here's what to expect in upcoming weekly updates:

May 2026: Production Deployment

  • Week 1: HuggingFace Spaces deployment
  • Week 2: Custom domain & SSL setup
  • Week 3: OAuth integration (GitHub, Google)
  • Week 4: First production users

June 2026: Data Extraction

  • Week 1: GitHub API integration for civic tech projects
  • Week 2: Hackathon event calendar (National Day of Civic Hacking)
  • Week 3: Brigade chapter directory (Code for America)
  • Week 4: First 1,000 civic tech projects indexed

July 2026: Analytics & Dashboards

  • Week 1: Community solution templates
  • Week 2: Metric views for common use cases
  • Week 3: Budget-to-minutes correlation analysis
  • Week 4: First real-world case study

August 2026: Community Engagement

  • Week 1: Partner with first local brigade
  • Week 2: Data Academy pilot program (Brookings model)
  • Week 3: Hackathon participation (CodeAcross prep)
  • Week 4: User feedback and iteration

September-December 2026: Scale & Impact

  • Monthly: New jurisdiction data (target: 100K+ cities/counties)
  • Monthly: Nonprofit data expansion (target: 5M+ organizations)
  • Monthly: Meeting minute ingestion (target: 1M+ documents)
  • Quarterly: Major feature releases

2027 Goals:

  • Full coverage of U.S. jurisdictions
  • International expansion (Canada, UK)
  • Real-time meeting monitoring
  • AI-powered policy impact predictions

📖 Try It Out​

Visit the new homepage at http://localhost:3000/ to see the redesigned landing page with pathway cards, feature highlights, and clear calls-to-action.

All documentation is now accessible with the /docs/ prefix - no more "page not found" errors!

Next Post: Production Deployment & HuggingFace Spaces Setup (Week of April 27)