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What happens to content from previous governments ('history mode')

Posted by: Alan Maddrell and Ben Welby, Posted on: 23 March 2015 - Categories: Product changes
Portrait of Robert Walpole (the first British Prime Minister), workshop of Jean-Baptiste van Loo

This is the first election for which the UK has a single government domain. Here's how we're making it clear what was published under previous governments.

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Content clinic 17 March 2015: what we talked about

Posted by: Paula Stephenson and Persis Howe, Posted on: 23 March 2015 - Categories: Best practice, Events

At the most recent content clinic we tried out a new format - an ‘unconference’. Everyone suggested what they wanted to talk about and then we voted. The most popular topics were: how can reviewers see a preview of HTML …

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The first GOV.UK local meetup: what we did

Posted by: gov.uk archive author, Posted on: 6 March 2015 - Categories: Events

...been done in the week, and what’s coming up next week. Manuals We talked about the new manuals format and showed off this great example from the Department for Education...

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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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Linking to external publications: now clearer and more flexible

Posted by: Daniel Roseman, Posted on: 30 October 2014 - Categories: Product changes

We’ve made it easier to link to publications hosted outside GOV.UK in a way which is clear and useful for users. When you use the publication format you have 3 options: upload a file create an HTML attachment indicate the publication is …

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Content clinic in Bristol: what we talked about

Posted by: Rosie Cowling, Posted on: 14 August 2014 - Categories: Best practice, Events

On 30 July we held our first content clinic outside London, at the Environment Agency in Bristol. We had over 20 GOV.UK publishers from a number of agencies based in the south-west of England. Here are the answers to some of …

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Content clinic July: London and Bristol

Posted by: Rosie Cowling, Posted on: 15 July 2014 - Categories: Best practice, Events

We're running an extra content clinic at the Environment Agency in Bristol this month, as well as our usual London clinic at the Department for Transport. It's open to anyone creating content on GOV.UK in the area. London, 23 July 3pm …

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Content clinic 26 June: what we discussed

Posted by: Rosie Cowling, Posted on: 7 July 2014 - Categories: Best practice, Events

The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. GDS runs a content clinic once a month, to give editors and writers from departments and agencies a chance to ask …

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What to check before you publish: a 2i checklist

Posted by: Persis Howe, Posted on: 29 May 2014 - Categories: Best practice

The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. I spent last week at the Department for Transport, working with the content designers there. Ahead of this, we came up …

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Corporate pages now have workflow

Posted by: Alan Maddrell, Posted on: 7 May 2014 - Categories: Product changes

The information in this blogpost may now be out of date. See the current GOV.UK content and publishing guidance. We've introduced publishing workflow to corporate information pages, for example, 'working for...', 'procurement at...' and 'media enquiries'. Previously, any changes you …

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