Making it quicker and easier to search on GOV.UK
Making it quicker and easier to search on GOV.UK
We’ve made some changes to the interface of site search on GOV.UK to create a simpler, more user-friendly experience.
Improving how users search for local information on GOV.UK
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Jonathan Nichols, Lead Product Manager, Posted on:
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How we work, Product changes, Working with us
We simplified our address finding system using the Ordnance Survey’s Places API. Here’s how we did it and the impact it’s had on GOV.UK and its users.
Incident report: Some GOV.UK URLs blocked by deceptive site warning
On September 30th certain users were being prevented from accessing files hosted on GOV.UK. Here is an explanation of what happened and how we resolved the issue.
Improving the design of subtopic pages
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Thomas Hind, Senior Product Manager, Navigation and Presentation, Posted on:
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Finding things, Product changes
We strive to make GOV.UK the most user friendly site possible. Here is how we improved subtopic pages to meet user needs better.
How GOV.UK is upgrading to Google Analytics 4
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Andy Sellick, Senior frontend developer, GOV.UK and Ian James, Lead frontend developer, GOV.UK, Posted on:
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Data, How we work, Product changes
Moving across to Google Analytics 4 is a major project. Here’s how we did it and what we’ll be doing to ensure minimal impact to the performance of GOV.UK.
Helping people understand cladding and building safety costs
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Polly Green - Senior Content Designer, GOV.UK, Claire Ryan-East, Content Designer, GOV.UK and Sehrish Afzal, Senior Policy Advisor, DLUHC, Posted on:
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Content, What we're working on, Working with us
GDS and DLUHC worked together to develop a smart answer to help users find out how much they might have to pay to remove cladding, or make their building safe.
Why and how we updated the GOV.UK campaign templates
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Inderjeet Singh, Senior Product Manager at GOV.UK, Government Digital Service and Eela Muhaimin, Policy Advisor, Priority Projects Unit, Cabinet Office, Posted on:
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How we work, Product changes
There’s a new and improved campaign template for communicators across government to use on GOV.UK. Read what’s changed and how we’ve tested it.
How we’re preparing for the migration to Google Analytics 4
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Daisy Wain, Lead Performance Analyst, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Data, Product changes, Working with us
Moving across to Google Analytics 4 is a major project. Here’s how we’re preparing for the move.
The impact of removing jQuery on our web performance
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Matt Hobbs, Head of Frontend Development at the Government Digital Service (GDS) and Andy Sellick, Senior frontend developer, GOV.UK, Posted on:
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Product changes
In this blog post, we explain the technical details of removing the jQuery library from GOV.UK’s public facing applications and the performance impact it had for our users.
How and why we removed jQuery from GOV.UK
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Andy Sellick, Senior frontend developer, GOV.UK, Posted on:
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Best practice, Product changes
Removing jQuery from GOV.UK was a huge yet manageable task that led to improved code and performance gains across the site. This is how and why we did this work.
Rolling out a new design for browsing GOV.UK by topic
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Sam Dub, Product Lead on GOV.UK, GDS, Posted on:
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Finding things, Product changes
We tested our design changes to the GOV.UK topic pages, and now we’re rolling out to all our users. Read about the A/B test and what changes we’re making.
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