Update homepage: Add sprint 1-2 user needs to live site: alpha.ca.gov about alpha HOT 10 CLOSED

Here is a checklist for promoting a prototype from the UX repository to become part of the alpha site

• content team verifies version is ready to go live
• design team verifies that latest version conforms to style guide
• passes accessibility checks from lighthouse and axe
• passes our i18n requirements
• code is transpiled to work in target browser set: [all evergreen browsers + IE11]
• page is reviewed on low end phones
• automated end to end tests are written and passed which verify major functionality
• any included components have unit tests
• performance optimizations have been made in frontend code (slim dependency tree, concatenated, minified static assets, etc.)
• performance optimizations are in place on server (serve compressed files, use CDN, long cache headers + cache busting, etc.)
• performance and accessibility grades are recorded for posterity
• automated systems are in place to review performance and accessibility score regressions

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@artuoma @abquirarte @aaronhans suggestions for MVP based on template:

• Remove search box
• Remove 'California Initiatives' and 'Find Services' section
• Change 'Popular services' heading to 'Popular'
• Remove nav links

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@artuoma @humancenteredhuman we need to review the ☝️ prototypes for consistency. There are a few issues related to structure and code. I'm not sure where we are in the process of moving these to a standard template and design system yet, but want to flag.

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Art's link: https://cwds.dev/docs/4.3/templates/home/#

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Prototypes:
https://cagov.github.io/UX/state-holidays/v2
https://cagov.github.io/UX/mw/v6
https://cagov.github.io/UX/birth-certificate

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@KimberlyglennTSM see Aaron's process above ☝️

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https://cagov.github.io/UX/state-holidays/v2.html (FYI, need to update the upcoming holiday date @carterm )

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The new homepage looks pretty lean contentwise, @jpetrucione had a good suggestion about adding some info about the Alpha project, looking forward to discussing what else we can include for this release. cc @artuoma

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With regard to info on the project, I was thinking we cld add a text box at the top, similar to what the PDX beta has. The goal being to contextualize the site for users and press. Our copy wld read something like: Thanks for visiting. Our goal with this site is to make your experience finding and using state services easier. It's a work in progress that will continue to expand and improve. We welcome your feedback.

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From Slack:
I think we'll have a little more content than this

• up to 4 user needs
• survey/feedback for each user need
• survey link content/feedback for the main site
• perhaps move current hello CA content into an about page (coincides with JP's comment re: info)
• Expanded "this is an experiment" banner- we need to make sure it's clear that this is an alpha, and we cannot guarantee 100% accuracy

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