property-tax-impact

A project that looks explains property tax assessments, exemptions and bills, and looks at some properties over time.

• The data is saved in a google spreadsheet
• The first sheet is the data for the interactive. It is hand-converted with csvjson and saved in src/data/data.json.
• The tax bills some from county assessment sites.
  • Bastrop
  • Hays
  • Travis
  • Williamson
• I spot checked travis assessments against the tax office
• Graphics are done in the google spreadsheet and then saved down into the project.

embed for Methode

Insert a code block and add this, which is the table and the pym code:

for production

<div id="embed"></div>
<script src="https://pym.nprapps.org/pym.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
var embed = new pym.Parent('embed', 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/apps.statesman.com/news/property-tax-impact/index.html', {});
</script>

for story embed production

<div id="embed"></div>
<script src="https://pym.nprapps.org/pym.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
var embed = new pym.Parent('embed', 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/apps.statesman.com/news/property-tax-impact/tease.html', {});
</script>

for staging

<div id="embed"></div>
<script src="https://pym.nprapps.org/pym.v1.min.js"></script>
<script>
var embed = new pym.Parent('embed', 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dev.apps.statesman.com/news/property-tax-impact/index.html', {});
</script>

Install

$ npm install
$ grunt

Deploy to s3

• store AWS credentials as the environmental variables AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
• make sure the "sitePath" property in project.config.json is correct
• $ grunt stage or $ grunt prod

Metrics

need to update this:

This project sends a custom Google event action searched to the Interactive Projects account under the category 20170815-school-ratings when a user types in the search boxes.

The event fires at most once per session.