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.
Updating smart answers and calculators
There are 3 main reasons why smart answers, tools and calculators take longer to update than normal (what we call flat) content. They are often more complicated This isn’t to say that flat content isn’t complicated - translating complex tax …
Lost for words: Google stops providing keywords
We have evangelised about the importance of analysing search data to help define user needs and measure the effectiveness of GOV.UK content. Unfortunately, one of the most important sources of data is drying up: what people searched for in Google …
Coming in this sprint: featuring on topics, changes to HTML publications and more
We're a few days into the current sprint. Here's a summary of the improvements you can expect to the departments and policy section and the devolved government publisher. Bug squashing. We've dedicated half a day of each developer's time this …
Top task links: updated guidance
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. So over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking to a bunch of government organisations about updating your homepages to follow …
Why attachments/HTML versions are now mandatory on publications
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. A few weeks back we made a change so that it's mandatory to have at least one attached file or HTML version …
The HTML curriculum
No, HTML doesn't feature in the national curriculum (sorry to get your hopes up), but it is in HTML. We're very proud that the programmes of study in the new 2014 national curriculum, published yesterday by the Department for Education …
Improving browse and navigation
In the last few weeks, we've been taking a look at how people browse and navigate GOV.UK. We've just made a start with some HTML prototypes and research in the usability lab.
Changes to GOV.UK support pages: making it easier to help users
Right from the beginning of GOV.UK, we knew we wanted to provide a single place where users could get help using the site. We called it 'support', as the sections within it were broad. The content was originally gathered from product …
Improvements to document series: curate more useful lists
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We have now completed the work to allow more flexible curation of documents into "document series". It's a big change, and should mean that you can make much better use of this format to group related content for your users. …
Consultations: style and content format guidance (updated 9 April 2014)
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. All government consultations must be accessible to the public and are in one place: on GOV.UK. The consultation principles review team …
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