We often get asked how long it takes for content to appear on the GOV.UK site after it's been published in Whitehall publisher. Publishing times: when does content go 'live'? Always check our guidance on How to publish on GOV.UK for up-to-date …
Our second content clinic field trip took us to Sheffield. More than a dozen content designers came together to talk about what works or doesn’t work for them on GOV.UK. Open data formats Linda Humphries spoke again about government taking the …
We've changed organisation pages so you can include either what were called 'featured services and guidance' or 'top tasks' links at the top of the page - but not both.
I’ve recently been analysing how users navigate their way around GOV.UK and want to share the findings. There were more than 56 million visits to GOV.UK in September 2014, a new monthly record. My task was to summarise where users …
We’ve made it easier to link to publications hosted outside GOV.UK in a way which is clear and useful for users. When you use the publication format you have 3 options: upload a file create an HTML attachment indicate the publication is …
We’ve just launched ‘info’ pages on GOV.UK. These pages aim to help anyone who publishes on GOV.UK to: start content design with user needs spot problems and potential improvements with existing content
Three weeks ago we launched revised content and publishing guidance to make it easier for GOV.UK publishers to find information about style, content design and using Whitehall publisher. It’s still a work in progress, so since then we’ve filled in …
As we transition more organisations and their related content onto GOV.UK we increase the likelihood of returning lower quality results to our users. This blog post outlines one approach we are looking at called scoped search, or automatic filtering, to …
This month we’re running a content clinic in Sheffield for the first time. It’s a great opportunity to discuss ideas or issues with other editors, or get answers to your questions from GDS content designers. We’ll also tell you what …
...made progress on adding email notifications to sub-topics and to the 2 finders for drug and medical device safety information (these finders won’t launch until the Medicines and Healthcare Products...