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Updating GOV.UK’s crown

Posted by: Laura Yarrow, Head of Design, GOV.UK and Chris Ballantine-Thomas, Senior Interaction Designer, GOV.UK Design System, Posted on: 19 February 2024 - Categories: Product changes, What we're working on
The GOV.UK logo on a black background with the new crown.

We have a new crown in our logo for the first time. Find out how we made this change and why.

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Finding things audit (2/2): how early years went

Posted by: Ale del Cueto and Dave Hallworth, Posted on: 23 February 2016 - Categories: Finding things, How we work

Education is the first theme of the GDS finding things project, and early years is the first content area. As we’ve now completed our audit of the early years content, and it went pretty smoothly, other departments have been asking …

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Introducing improvement plans

Posted by: Roo Reynolds, Posted on: 13 March 2015 - Categories: How we work

Update: 19 June 2015 We have now restructured our product teams and set out our goals until April 2016. We are prioritising running the live site, supporting users and - with the capacity that remains - raising the quality of …

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How soon do users see content after you’ve pressed ‘publish’?

Posted by: Graham Francis, Posted on: 5 November 2014 - Categories: Working with us

We often get asked how long it takes for content to appear on the GOV.UK site after it's been published in Whitehall publisher. Publishing times: when does content go 'live'? Always check our guidance on How to publish on GOV.UK for up-to-date …

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Editorial reviews and mainstream content

Posted by: Jon Sanger, Posted on: 31 July 2013 - Categories: How we work

The information in this blogpost may now be out of date.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 …

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Getting a GOV.UK blog

Posted by: Graham Francis, Posted on: 24 May 2013 - Categories: Working with us

We’ve published updated guidance about blogging on GOV.UK. Please go to the new guidance pages to find out how to request a new blog and how to manage a blog. You may also find it useful to read the Government …

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Tracking a ticket in Pivotal

Posted by: Neil Williams, Posted on: 23 April 2013 - Categories: Working with us

...team works through them in order. Stories in blue are pending. They show in the ‘Icebox’ list. I’ve grouped them into approximate priority groups (P1 = high, P3 = low),...

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Removing content

Posted by: Neil Williams, Posted on: 18 April 2013 - Categories: Best practice, Product changes, Working with us

...us to update you on the process for removing content from the frontend… To have content unpublished or deleted send your request via https://www.gov.uk/support/internal. When you submit a request, please...

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Busting the cache to view an update

Posted by: Neil Williams, Posted on: 28 November 2012 - Categories: How we work

...www.gov.uk/government/how-government-works?aksjdk [any random letters will do, but each combination will only work once] If it’s important that a new document appears all around the site the instant it is published,...

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