Quick Technical Wins
While a major site redevelopment and renewal is underway, business as usual still needs to continue. Some of the minor technical changes which don’t require high-level sign-off are easy to roll-out in parallel.
So, this week, without any major changes to our underlying technology, governance arrangements or content scope, we’ve been able to quickly perform the following:
1. Customised Agency Search results
Previous implementations of our search results page relied on an XML wrapper to process the results from Funnelback’s Agency Search service – with our move to some new infrastructure a few months ago, this process ‘broke’, and the quick fix was to move back to the hosted variation of the Agency Search Service (using the default look and feel).
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Did We Hear You Correctly?
A couple of months ago we ran some focus groups on what people think about the Web Publishing Guide – what they like and don’t like about the Guide, and what we could do to the Guide to make their jobs easier. The results are sitting in our inbox now.
Many of you will already have an inkling of what the hot topics are likely to be, but seeing the results from across all participants so far may also be useful.
We’ve attempted to summarise this 34-page document into a single blog post — most of your feedback could be roughly categorized as follows: Read more
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“Hello World”
“Hello world”. It’s a traditional exercise for programmers learning a new language, so it makes sense to use it here. It’s possible that the phrase “Hello, new world” may be more applicable – we’re not necessarily learning new programming languages, but we are modifying our use of web technologies in new and exciting ways. For example, given the inroads governments are making in the Web 2.0 space, it has come as no surprise to us that visitors to the Web Publishing Guide (the Guide) are looking for specific information on Web 2.0 and other emerging technologies.
Putting this together with the fact that the site needs a review of its content, information architecture (IA) and processes, we decided it was time to spring clean the Guide. This will include adding information on new topics and making information easier to find and use.
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