At the most recent content clinic we tried out a new format - an ‘unconference’. Everyone suggested what they wanted to talk about and then we voted. The most popular topics were: how can reviewers see a preview of HTML …
Join us at the next content clinic at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in London, 17 March 2015, from 3:30 to 5:30pm. We'll catch up with colleagues across government, share best practice and discuss content problems. We’re trying …
We want to promote a common strategy for content teams across government. This is so we collectively improve content quality across government and identify and fix those things that stop us from meeting our principles. We need all the content …
“We’re going to split you into groups and get you to do the work.” Words that strike fear into the hearts of conference-goers everywhere, but the delegates at the GDS Content Design Conference were equal to the task.
It’s been a few weeks since we let you know how we’re doing with the beta of our content and publishing guidance. We’ve continued to fill gaps and respond to the feedback we’ve had so far. We’ve received around 100 …
Content editors came together at the Home Office last week to share knowledge, ask questions and discuss common themes. Here’s what we talked about. GDS updates Mainstream content designer John Turnbull talked about how to write Zendesk tickets. He’s shared …
We’ve just started our third round of GOV.UK content spot checks and we’ve made some changes to the way we do it. In the first 2 rounds of spot checks we only reviewed content published by government departments. For the …
In the 2 years since GOV.UK launched, we’ve learned a lot about the government users of GOV.UK. This includes both specialists who produce information, and the digital publishing teams that work with them to make sure their information is in …
The Charity Commission recently joined GOV.UK. Prior to that move, Sam Brierley, Head of Digital Content, centralised publishing. This move reduced costs and printed pages and improved content on the website. Here’s his story. Back in 2009, I moved the …
When we moved our content and publishing guidance into one place, we said we’d let you know every couple of sprints what we’ve done and what we’ll do next. So here’s our latest update. What we did We added: new …
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