Updating GOV.UK’s crown
Updating GOV.UK’s crown
We have a new crown in our logo for the first time. Find out how we made this change and why.
Roadmap update: Friday 7 November
We post roadmap updates about twice a month. These posts show what the GOV.UK team has recently changed and what we’re working on next. Once per month, these posts also include an updated product roadmap which gives a longer-term view …
Improvements to smart answers
We’re improving smart answers, both how they’re presented and how they work under the covers. Smart answers are one of the formats we use on GOV.UK to make it easy (or at least, easier) for users to find out what …
How soon do users see content after you’ve pressed ‘publish’?
We often get asked how long it takes for content to appear on the GOV.UK site after it's been published in Whitehall publisher. Publishing times: when does content go 'live'? Always check our guidance on How to publish on GOV.UK for up-to-date …
Content clinic in Sheffield: what we talked about
Our second content clinic field trip took us to Sheffield. More than a dozen content designers came together to talk about what works or doesn’t work for them on GOV.UK. Open data formats Linda Humphries spoke again about government taking the …
Organisation pages: choose your own layout
We've changed organisation pages so you can include either what were called 'featured services and guidance' or 'top tasks' links at the top of the page - but not both.
How users navigate between sections on GOV.UK
I’ve recently been analysing how users navigate their way around GOV.UK and want to share the findings. There were more than 56 million visits to GOV.UK in September 2014, a new monthly record. My task was to summarise where users …
Linking to external publications: now clearer and more flexible
We’ve made it easier to link to publications hosted outside GOV.UK in a way which is clear and useful for users. When you use the publication format you have 3 options: upload a file create an HTML attachment indicate the publication is …
Info pages: publishing data about user needs and metrics
We’ve just launched ‘info’ pages on GOV.UK. These pages aim to help anyone who publishes on GOV.UK to: start content design with user needs spot problems and potential improvements with existing content
Content and publishing guidance update
Three weeks ago we launched revised content and publishing guidance to make it easier for GOV.UK publishers to find information about style, content design and using Whitehall publisher. It’s still a work in progress, so since then we’ve filled in …
Testing scoped search on GOV.UK
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Ben Andrews and Tara Stockford, Senior Performance Analyst at GOV.UK, GDS, Posted on:
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How we work, User insights
As we transition more organisations and their related content onto GOV.UK we increase the likelihood of returning lower quality results to our users. This blog post outlines one approach we are looking at called scoped search, or automatic filtering, to …
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