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.
Update on caches and timely publishing
A while back, we blogged about the caching that's in place and the steps publishers should take to publish time-sensitive content exactly when they need to. We also promised to look into how we might make improvements to reduce the …
Redesigning change notes and measuring the result
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User insights
Usually, users want to see the latest and most up to date information on a given policy, announcement, consultation etc. But they may also want to know how it has changed. We have this information, because our publishing tool requires …
The GOV.UK homepage - how is it performing?
On 23 July, GOV.UK released the latest version of its homepage: As Stephen McCarthy explained in his post, this revision followed the move of many more organisations to GOV.UK. We wanted to help users find information from government departments more …
New notifications for virus checks
Yesterday's release included a new feature to let publishers know the status of uploaded files while they are scanned for viruses. When publishers attach a file to a document, they will now see a message to let them know the …
How to request the removal of content
I am a member of the GOV.UK User Support team, responsible for improving the [government-only] support form (found at https://www.gov.uk/support/internal). Back in April, we described the process for removing content from the frontend. To make this process easier, we have now added …
Sprint plan for 7-20 August
We're a few days into the current sprint on the government team, which started on 7th August. Between now and the 20th, we'll be making progress on: Significant evolution of document series: the way you add documents to a series is …
Planned changes to how you use document series
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Product changes
We keep hearing from our editors that you'd like a more flexible document series. At the moment, you can add a title and a summary to a document series, but the documents themselves are automatically grouped by content type and …
Deleting organisations and people is a thing of the past
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. Historically, government websites didn't make life easy for historians. When departments or agencies closed, merged, split or got renamed through "machinery …
The future of detailed guides
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Product changes, Working with us
Reviewing detailed guides Before we begin the agency transition, GDS has been reviewing the detailed guidance format. We’ve looked closely at the performance data, talked to departments about how they use it, and carried out user testing to see how …
New guidelines and features for consultations
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Alice Newton - former Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Product changes
Consultations was one of the themes of our sprint for the government team this fortnight. This included implementing designs that make it clearer what stage a consultation is at (e.g. open, closed and analysing responses, outcome). Feedback vs Outcome We've also tried …
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