Posts about the development and iteration of the GOV.UK website. You can find more information for GOV.UK publishers on the Inside GOV.UK blog.
This is the second in a series of posts about how I am taking forward objective two of the single domain project: specifically the “private beta test of a shared ‘corporate’ publishing platform aimed at replacing most of the activity …
Open Source Content Management Systems like Drupal and WordPress have been gaining a lot of ground in recent years, with governments around the world adopting them. Drupal in particular has attracted a lot of fanfare as numerous high profile US …
Public APIs are a vital feature of the modern web. Whether you're looking at the ecosystem of Twitter and Facebook apps, tools for managing auctions on ebay, or code for embedding Youtube videos in a blog post, clear ways of …
Working out the exact "shape" of the gov.uk beta has been a long, difficult process. Working out what needs it should meet, how best each need should be met and then defining how the whole proposition hangs together are hard …
Hello! I'm Léonie Watson. I'm working with Government Digital Service (GDS) on the accessibility of the beta site. This is the first of a series of accessibility focused posts I'll be putting together over the next few months.
This is the first of a series of posts about how I'm taking forward objective two of the single domain project: the "private beta test of a shared 'corporate' publishing platform aimed at replacing most of the activity currently hosted …
To outsiders it may sound like a superficial question, but one thing I keep getting asked around Government is "will the single-domain be orange?" – at least in reference to the sections for citizens which will launch in public Beta …
We're delighted at Francis Maude's announcement that the GDS is now developing a beta version of the single gov.uk domain...
So then, how did the experiment go? First, let's remind ourselves of the prototype's primary objectives To test, in public, a prototype of a new, single UK Government website. To design & build a UK Government website using open, agile, …
Directgov was launched in April 2004 to allow people to access public services and government information in a single place. We know that people care little about the structures of government and do not want to go searching around the …
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