Frequently Asked Questions About the DX Platform

The State of Iowa has built an enterprise platform for its Digital Transformation initiative. This platform helps all state agencies create content for constituents in a consistent way.

The platform has various content types and a Media library. This helps authors publish information that is easy for users to understand.

Use your assigned login at login.iowa.gov. The vast majority of website authors will be State employees and will log in using an existing single sign-on process.

The site uses a structured content approach to standardize data and work towards the ability to edit in one place, update everywhere.

The majority of content on the site is made up of Content including Basic pages and Landing pages, with many different pieces of Microcontent that can be embedded within webpages.

Learn how to use those two types of content: Content vs. Microcontent.

Our guidelines suggest using shorter menu titles and to use fewer than six menu items at a time. If there are more items, the small hamburger menu will appear in the top-right corner (the three horizontal lines). We suggest keeping top-level navigation menu items short. Limit it to six items total.

All authors on the site are assigned one of multiple pre-defined Roles.

Writers - Submit content for review

Editors - Edit content

Publishers - Publish content

Agency Managers - Manage the agency settings

Here is a breakdown of the roles of authors on the platform.