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.
Policy pages: a quick guide to responsibilities
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. We’ve had a few questions recently about levels of responsibility for policy pages on GOV.UK. So we thought we’d address them …
When first impressions can be deceptive: analytics case study
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. In the GOV.UK content team, we keep an eye on how all our content pages are performing using the Performance platform. …
Editorial reviews and mainstream content
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. The editorial review or 'second pair of eyes' (2i) function is a vital part of the publishing process for mainstream content …
Refining related links
Alongside most 'mainstream' content on GOV.UK, you'll find links to other related items of content. Today, we're making some changes to how they appear.
Top tasks: what you should feature on your organisation homepage
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. We’d like to bring a bit more consistency and user focus to the links in the top right-hand corner of organisation …
Heatwave: too hot to work?
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Tara Stockford, Senior Performance Analyst at GOV.UK, GDS, Posted on:
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User insights
Last week, Peter Jordan looked at how the warm weather and other external events affected traffic to GOV.UK. With temperatures getting hotter and hotter, what was the effect on our heat-related content?
Themes for this sprint (23 July to 6 Aug)
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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
This fortnight, the sprint themes for the government section are going to be…. 1. Preparing for all ALB consultations to be on GOV.UK GDS and departments have agreed, in consultation with the Consultation Principles Review team, that all central government …
Organisation homepages: choosing the right image
We're really impressed with departmental homepages at the moment. There's some very strong imagery being used, to help engage users and encourage them to explore further. In this post, we thought we'd feature some examples of best practice – and share …
Sorting attachments
Tomorrow's release of the GOV.UK government app will include the ability to control the order of attachments on a publication page.
Where you can stick your FOI reference numbers (updated 19 July)
The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. I'll tell you where you can stick your FOI reference numbers. It's right here, in this metadata field called "Unique reference":
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