Best practice
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. We ran a slightly smaller content clinic this month, due to the Tube strike. But there was still plenty to talk …
Michael Lyons, a content designer at Defra, writes about finding a workaround for splitting tables containing multiple links in Whitehall Publisher. Creating tables in Whitehall Publisher can, initially at least, be vexing. Particularly as the markdown is (understandably) designed to …
The next GDS content clinic is on Wednesday 30 April at the Department for Transport (DFT), 3pm to 4:30pm (we’ve added an extra half hour so we get through more questions). Book a place To request a place for you …
During spot checks of published content against the style guide, the GOV.UK content team looks out for words to avoid, described in the style guide like this: We also lose trust from our users if we write government ‘buzzwords’ and …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. GDS held the second content clinic on 24 March, which 24 departmental and agency editors came to. Here are answers to …
Update: we've just added 10 more tickets for departmental editors. The next content clinic will be held on Monday 24 March: at DFT, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR 3 pm to 4 pm If you’d like to attend, please …
On Friday 28 February, we’ll be holding our first GOV.UK content clinic, at the Department for Transport in London. Find out what to expect and how to sign up. Content clinics: what they are Content clinics are open to any …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. With a lot of new organisations coming onto GOV.UK, I thought I would clear up a couple of style points. Ampersands: …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. A detailed guide should provide guidance for professional or specialist users to complete a particular task. To write a detailed guide, …
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. We've had a few questions recently about whether - and where - logos can be used within GOV.UK content and tools. …