The Government Digital Service (GDS) Transition team has been an industrious bunch since we formed in September 2016. For a team of just 4 people (2 content designers, a content lead and a policy and engagement manager), we’ve achieved a …
Public Health England (PHE) is well underway in transitioning it’s numerous legacy websites. With support from GDS we're transforming our content to meet our users’ needs.
I’m Rob and I work on website transition at the Government Digital Service (GDS). I’m part of a small, new team tasked with closing old or out-of-date government websites. Where appropriate, the transition content team will also be creating new …
This post is part of a series. See the introduction here: New normal, new teams, new goals. Since the beta release of GOV.UK in January 2012, the GOV.UK team has been hard at work building, scaling up and iterating the …
It's hard to believe that a little over 15 months ago each of the government’s 300+ agencies and arm’s length bodies (ALBs) had their own website.
The Transition Tool will be offline for a few hours on Tuesday 28 October 2014. What you need to know Because the transition tool will be offline: there will be no transitions on 27, 28 or 29 October users will …
A few weeks ago, Monitor went live on GOV.UK. Here Rachel Purkett and Tom Charteris outline what worked for them and suggest a few things they could have done differently. 1. Talking to real users and acting on what they told us …
Here’s a round-up of recent blog posts that are relevant if you’re working on transitioning content to GOV.UK. Make films Curious about how we make films like this one? Or think a film might be the best way to show …
Transition shouldn't be jarring for users. A successful transition means users can still find what they're looking for, wherever it's hosted. Mappings maintain continuity for users when your website transitions to GOV.UK. A mapping is either: a redirect to GOV.UK content, if the …
It’s been a few weeks since we collected together some of the best blog posts from across GDS. Looking back over nearly 3 months of updates, it’s clear to see what we’ve been delivering a lot. So here’s the latest …
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