Helping content designers access GOV.UK data quickly and easily
We’ve launched a new tool called Content Data. It makes it a lot easier to find data about how GOV.UK content is performing. Find out about how it works and what you can use it for.
Content
Building and testing the new Content Publisher
We’re building a new interface for civil servants to publish content on GOV.UK. Find out about how we're doing it and how you can get involved.
Experimenting with a new way of moving between content types
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Alan Maddrell and Ganesh Senthi, Senior Product Manager, GOV.UK Data Labs, Posted on:
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Content, Product changes
Users sometimes want to switch between different types of content on GOV.UK. We've been experimenting with a new way of doing this.
Making sure users can see updates by optimising caching
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Thomas Leese and Elliot Crosby-McCullough, Posted on:
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Content, Product changes
We've been working on improving publishing times for GOV.UK content. One of the ways we've been doing this is by optimising caching.
Making content supergroups more super
'Supergroups' help users find relevant content on GOV.UK by grouping document types together. Here's what we've been doing to improve them.
How tagging has changed for publishers
We've been working on creating a single sitewide taxonomy for GOV.UK. Find out how what this means for people across government who publish content to GOV.UK.
Using topic pages to organise content on GOV.UK
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Mia Allers, Senior Graphic Designer at GDS, Posted on:
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Content, Finding things, Product changes
Users can struggle to find what they need when they navigate through GOV.UK. Topic pages will help them find what they're looking for more easily.
Introducing a simpler, data-informed publishing experience
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Robert Rockstroh, GOV.UK Policy & Strategy Manager, Government Digital Service (GDS), Posted on:
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Content, Product changes
We've been working on improving the tools government organisations use to publish content, and the way they use data to make sure that content stays useful.
Running a content improvement project
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Polly Green - Senior Content Designer, GOV.UK, Posted on:
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Content, Working with us
In the first 2 quarters of 2017 to 2018, some of GOV.UK’s content designers led improvement projects with government departments on specific content areas. The goal was to improve our understanding of user needs and iterate content to meet those …
What we learned from a large scale content audit
We’ve been working closely with the Department for Transport (DfT) and its agencies to support them to improve their content and make it easier to find on GOV.UK. Here's what we’ve learned from doing an audit of 7,396 content items, …
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The GOV.UK roadmap
Read the GOV.UK roadmap to find out what the GOV.UK team are working on. It shows what we’ve recently shipped, what we’re working on and what we’re looking into.
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