Find a home on fec.gov for accessing the Record archive

[dorothyyeager]

What we're after
It's a pain point to find the older archived Record newsletters on the transition page, especially given that the Record lives on fec.gov. This ticket is for figuring out an easier short-term solution for getting to the archive.

Background
Right now the index of older Record newsletters lives at https://transition.fec.gov/pages/fecrecord/fecrecord.shtml. To get there, you click a link on https://transition.fec.gov/. Would like to work with design or front end team to find a way to put that link on the main updates page at https://www.fec.gov/updates/, where the Record now lives.

To do

• Speak with Info Division, design team, and front end team for ideas
• Determine if we want to move that index page into the CMS. (The newsletter PDF files are on the CMS) - YES WE DO
• Create the index page in the CMS as a resource page in Updates
• Draft wording to link to the new page
• Get stakeholder ASD approval for both.
• Publish new page (second pair of eyes)
• Add old Record archive pages at https://transition.fec.gov/pages/fecrecord/fecrecord.shtml and https://transition.fec.gov/pages/record.shtml to the redirect spreadsheet to put in redirect to new page.
• Put in ticket for front end implementation work to update the Updates message once we determine best approach have the index page ready to go.

[dorothyyeager]

After speaking with the Deputy ASD for publications and @JonellaCulmer, we all like the idea of using the resource page template to create a page in Wagtail that will live under updates and be linked from the updates dialog box that explains what's on the page. Will finalize a draft page for review by the Info Division ASD, and work on publishing that in this sprint. Will also draft a message to use for linking the new page and get Info Div's sign off on that. I've updated the completion criteria with all of these items.

[dorothyyeager]

Work continues on the draft page for the archive.

[dorothyyeager]

I've sent the draft page and wording for the link to the Information Division ASD for approval.

[dorothyyeager]

We've published the archive of older Record articles from 1975-2004 at https://www.fec.gov/updates/record-archive-1975-2004/. I've updated the page at https://transition.fec.gov/ to link to this page instead of the older version of the archive. I've also added the new page/old page to our redirect spreadsheet and have put in a ticket to add the link to the new archive to the "About Latest Updates" information box. Work will continue on that in #3122 ; this issue can be closed.