Automated updates to a public-facing website

Purpose

1.1. Automate public-facing website updates to display timely cemetery information, regulations, events, notices, burials, schedules, and maintenance alerts.
1.2. Automatedly sync backend data (interments, plots, staff notices) with website interfaces to keep the public informed.
1.3. Automate regulatory changes, pandemic protocols, opening hours, or weather closures for public awareness.
1.4. Automates integration of GIS or mapping data for available plots and facility navigation.
1.5. Automated publishing of forms and online service request capabilities for community members.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated data or record updates in cemetery management software.
2.2. Scheduled/recurring automator tasks (daily, hourly, or real-time).
2.3. Manual staff entry or approval for publishing automated updates.
2.4. Input from public forms or citizen notifications triggering automated site content updates.
2.5. Third-party API event (e.g. weather service triggers closure alert automation).

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power Automate
• Function: "Update SharePoint List Item" or "HTTP Webhook" to automate website content pushes.
3.2. Zapier
• Function: "Webhooks by Zapier" to automate data sync between spreadsheets/CRM and CMS.
3.3. Make (formerly Integromat)
• Module: "HTTP" to automate POSTs to web CMS APIs for immediate publishing.
3.4. Google Apps Script
• Feature: Automatedly triggers "UrlFetchApp" to call and update website endpoints.
3.5. AWS Lambda
• Event: Scheduled function automates API calls to update web assets.
3.6. Azure Logic Apps
• Connector: "HTTP Action" pushes automated data changes to website backend.
3.7. Workato
• Integration: "Webhook Action" automates CMS entries.
3.8. Tray.io
• Step: "HTTP Client" automatedly updates web interface dynamically with new content.
3.9. Pabbly Connect
• Task: "API Module" automates synchronized website posting on data input.
3.10. IFTTT
• Applet: "Webhooks" automate triggered content change events.
3.11. Google Cloud Functions
• Trigger: Automated "HTTP trigger" for website element refresh.
3.12. Slack
• Workflow: Automated push from cemetery info channel to site with "Slack API - chat.postMessage".
3.13. Jotform
• Integration: "Webhook" automates form submission display on website.
3.14. Notion API
• Endpoint: "Update Page" automates content block reflecting cemetery info.
3.15. Airtable
• Automation: "Scripts and Webhooks" update public-facing data records.
3.16. Smartsheet
• Feature: "API Access" automates updated grid data onto site lists.
3.17. WordPress REST API
• Endpoint: "wp-json/wp/v2/posts" automates publishing new posts or updates.
3.18. Drupal JSON:API
• Endpoint: "jsonapi/node/article" automates publication of cemetery announcements.
3.19. Wix API
• Feature: " wix-data.insert()" automatedly posts data to public pages.
3.20. Squarespace API
• Function: "POST /api/pages" automates live content deployment.
3.21. Webflow CMS API
• Endpoint: "POST /collections/{collection_id}/items" to automate new item publishing.
3.22. GitHub Actions
• Workflow: "Push to gh-pages" branch automates static site regeneration for cemetery info.

Benefits

4.1. Automates timely publishing and ensures regulatory compliance in communications.
4.2. Minimizes manual errors by automating multi-source data unification.
4.3. Reduces staff workload, speeding update frequency via automation.
4.4. Improves public trust through automated, transparent, predictable cemetery service info.
4.5. Enables scalable automation for growing datasets and citizen engagement.