Close 2025 applications (#617)

* Close 2025 applications

* Update apply.html

* Update process.html

* Update process.html

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Co-authored-by: Dahianna Salazar Foreman <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Chris Kuang <[email protected]>

_config.yml

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ url: "https://digitalcorps.gsa.gov" # the base hostname & protocol for your site
 # global application features on/off
 # remove individual track page.apply_url to disable individual tracks
 # add "- pages/track-*" to exclude section below when set to false to prevent track page indexing
-apply_now: true  
-open_soon: true
+apply_now: false  
+open_soon: false
 
 # Social media handles (not URL)
 social:
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ exclude:
   - package-lock.json
   - README.md
   - vendor
-  #- pages/track-*  # toggled off
+  - pages/track-*  # toggled off
 
   # exclude until search is implemented
  # - pages/search

_layouts/default.html

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 layout: base
 ---
-<!-- ALERT  -->
- {% include alert.html %} 
+<!-- ALERT 
+ {% include alert.html %}  -->
 <main id="main-content">
   {{ content }}
 </main>

pages/apply.html

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ <h1 class="usa-hero__heading">Apply</h1>
 
           {% else %}
           <p>
-            <strong>Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort will open January 7, 2025.</strong><br/>
+            <strong>Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort are now closed. Thank you to everyone who applied.</strong><br/>
           </p> 
           <p class="margin-bottom-0">
-            Subscribe to our newsletter to receive an email reminder when applications open, as well as for upcoming news, updates, and events. 
+            Subscribe to our newsletter to get notified when future applications open, as well as for upcoming news, updates, and events. 
           </p>
           <br/>
           <div class="text-left">

pages/process.html

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ <h1 class="usa-hero__heading">Application Process</h1>
 
                     {% else %}
                     <p>
-                        <strong>Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort will open January 7, 2025.</strong> </p>
-                    <p><a href="https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGSATTS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USGSATTS_108" target="_blank">Subscribe to our newsletter</a> to receive an email reminder when applications open, as well as for upcoming news, updates, and events.
+                        <strong>Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort are now closed.</strong> </p>
+                    <p><a href="https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGSATTS/subscriber/new?topic_id=USGSATTS_108" target="_blank">Subscribe to our newsletter</a> to receive an email reminder when future applications open, as well as for upcoming news, updates, and events.
                     </p> 
                     {% endif %}
                 </div>
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ <h2 class="usa-accordion__heading">
                                 </button>
                             </h2>
                             <div id="a1" class="usa-accordion__content usa-prose">
-                            <p><strong>Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort are now open!</strong> Interested candidates are encouraged to apply early as there is an application limit for each track that may cause applications to close before the deadline. Late applications will not be accepted and all applications submitted before applications close will be considered equally. </p>
+                            <p><strong>Applications for the 2025 U.S. Digital Corps cohort are now closed.</strong> All applications submitted before applications closed will be considered equally. </p>
 
                             <p>If there are substantially more applicants than Digital Corps openings, applications that are not in the top category may be held at each stage of the process detailed below. </p>
                             </div>