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Link roundup 25/7/14
Here is what your friendly dxwers have been reading and sharing recently.
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Burn microsites, burn
One of the banes of most web team’s lives is the proliferation of microsites. They’re everywhere! For a while, every time a new project or service started up, a new website would be just around the corner. It’s understandable that people want to get the word out, harnessing the power of digital in communicating and engaging…
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WordPress 4.0 is on its way!
WordPress is a constantly evolving bit of software, and there is a major new revision just around the corner. Version 4.0 of WordPress is currently in beta, with a production release planned for August 2014. Here’s what you can expect: Media embed previews Finally! When embedding media in your posts – such as YouTube videos…
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ONS data storytelling platform
We are very excited to begin the first sprint for the new data storytelling platform for ONS this week. Matt Jukes has written a great blogpost about it, which explains how the project has come into being. As Matt says, the focus during this project will be on fulfilling the needs of Inquiring Citizen persona.…
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Weekly roundup 4/7/14
Here is what your friendly dxwers have been reading and sharing this week.
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James Cattell helps you to keep up to date with the .gov.uk blogs
One of our favourite projects at dxw is working with the GDS folks on the .gov.uk blog platform, which supports the blogging efforts of many different departments and individuals across government. There are all sorts of reasons why blogging is a good idea for people working in government: Having a single platform for all the…
