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.
Link validation and cleanup
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Alice Newton - former Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service and Neil Williams, Posted on:
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Product changes, Working with us
The majority of problems reported by users on the departments and policy section of GOV.UK are about bad links. In the last couple of days, we've added validation checks to make sure all links created using markdown in the departments …
Attention to detail: big changes to policy supporting pages [updated]
Update 27 November: we're aware of a few teething issues arising from the recent change to supporting detail pages, and are working on fixing those as fast as we can. Here's a list of the known issues.
GOV.UK analytics 101: understanding basic metrics
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. A simple ‘how-to’ guide on understanding basic page level metrics on GOV.UK. Use it to understand how your content is performing …
Digital campaign fulfilment on GOV.UK: draft guidance
We've recently published some draft guidance on how to request campaigns on GOV.UK. We'd like your help to make it better. A clearer GOV.UK campaigns offer Read the draft guidance The new draft guidance is based around the campaign offer …
New materials to support GOV.UK transition
We’ve created some new materials for you to use in communications about your transition to GOV.UK. Campaign posters and a graphic in 3 sizes promote a new campaign page - www.gov.uk/movingtogovuk - that provides context about the transition and gives …
Coming up in the next fortnight in the transition team
Here are some of the things we’re working on in the next 2 weeks: User needs: training We’re pleased to say that so far more than 400 people have completed their user needs training. There are more sessions scheduled and …
Desktop, tablet and mobile use by time of day
We posted last month (‘1 in 5 visits is from a mobile’) about the growth in traffic from mobile and tablet devices. We’ve started looking at how these devices are used through the day and for what they are used …
This sprint for gov.uk/government: previewing CSVs and Worldwide surveys
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Alice Newton - former Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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What we're working on
Here are some of the most significant things we're working on in the government section of GOV.UK this sprint: Adding footnotes to detailed guides and HTML publications Creating a preview to allow users to see the contents of a CSV …
Transition programme stages: a make-over
Like all good agile teams, we've been making some steady and incremental improvements to the transition programme and processes. Most of our changes have been made to simplify our stages and to help us prioritise and track agencies and arm’s …
GOV.UK best links: agile, show and tell, and the birth of Maslow
...for gov.uk/government The Inside GOV.UK blog is the best place to find information on the latest site developments in the department and policy section of GOV.UK product developments. This sprint’s...
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