Incident roundup - June to July 2018
We're committed to blogging about every severity 1 or severity 2 incident on GOV.UK. Here's a roundup of 4 incidents that GOV.UK encountered between June and July 2018.
Tackling design debt on GOV.UK
Posted by:
Mia Allers, Senior Graphic Designer at GDS, Posted on:
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Finding things, Product changes
GOV.UK is a large and complex website that uses a range of different layouts and design elements. We've been improving the site's user experience by tackling design debt and building a universal navigation system.
Data incident roundup - February 2018
We encountered 2 incidents affecting our analytics data in February 2018. This post shows how we responded to them.
An update on the GOV.UK taxonomy
We’ve made huge strides over the past year towards our vision of a single sitewide taxonomy that powers front end navigation. Find out what we've done and what's next.
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.
Incident roundup - March to May 2018
We're committed to blogging about every severity 1 or severity 2 incident on GOV.UK. Here's a roundup of 5 incidents that GOV.UK encountered between March and May 2018.
Using topic pages to organise content on GOV.UK
Posted by:
Mia Allers, Senior Graphic Designer at GDS, Posted on:
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Categories:
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.
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Download the GOV.UK app
The GOV.UK app went live in public beta in July 2025. Find out how to download it for free on GOV.UK.