Designing GOV.UK Chat for the GOV.UK app
Designing GOV.UK Chat for the GOV.UK app
Learn how we designed GOV.UK Chat to integrate into the GOV.UK app and the improvements we made based on user insights.
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The information in this blogpost may now be out of date.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":
About pages and other changes to topical events
...the new about pages. New design The design has changed considerably, losing lots of white space and positioning the logo (for events that have one) in a less obtrusive place....
Coups and cups: how external events affect traffic to GOV.UK
So, how many people would rather watch Wimbledon than visit a government website? Over the past few weeks we've been trying to find out the answer to this - and similar questions - as we've looked at how external events …
Caches, scheduled publishing and consultations (updated 7 May 2014)
...infrastructure from malicious attacks and to cope with peak demand. The default cache expiry on all existing pages in the government section is currently set to 15 mins. That means...
What file formats do we support?
...png ppt pptx rdf rtf txt xls xlsx xml zip It's likely we'll add more as needed, which means this blog post will date. But you can check the very...
Features round up for Inside Government (26 June - 9 July 2013)
...reasons, and alternative destinations All the acronyms Most government organisations have acronyms and now in most admin drop-downs where you are selecting an org you can use the org's acronym...
Report a problem on Inside Government
...feedback form. It's positioned at the foot of the page, says 'Is there anything wrong with this page?' and looks like this: The mainstream section of GOV.UK has been running...
Ways to use Pivotal Tracker
...To check the status or priority of a given ticket We'll often give you a link to a Pivotal ticket in response to a support request, for example if we...
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