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About the guidance

Find out about the purpose of this guidance and how you can contribute to it.

• What's new

Accounts and support

Find out how to manage accounts and training, and how to get support from GDS.

• Manage accounts and training
  • Publishing accounts and permissions
  • Production and Integration
  • Manage your own account
  • Manage accounts for your organisation
  • Request training and accounts for your organisation
• Make content requests
  • Ask for updates to GOV.UK content
  • Ask for changes to topics
  • Ask for downtime messages
  • Ask for a short URL
  • Ask for a featured slot on the homepage
  • Ask for an exemption from GOV.UK
  • Ask for related links to be updated or removed
  • Ask for a new organisation page
• Get content advice
  • Get help and advice
  • Get a content service review
• Report technical faults
• Make product feature requests
• How to raise requests with GDS

Formatting content

Learn how to format text using markdown, and how to format images, videos and attachments.

• Text formatting
  • Acronyms
  • Addresses
  • Blockquotes
  • Bullet points
  • Calls to action
  • Charts
  • Footnotes
  • Headings
  • Legislative list
  • Links
  • Numbered lists
  • Subscript and superscript
  • Tables
• Images and videos
  • Formatting images
  • Formatting videos
• Attachments
  • Choose an attachment file type and file name
  • Prepare attachments
  • Prepare form attachments
  • Prepare official documents
• Content blocks

Publish, update or retire content

Learn how to publish content to GOV.UK, change published content or withdraw or unpublish it.

Publishing during national events

Learn the processes for publishing on GOV.UK during general elections, Bridge events or national emergencies.

• General elections
• Royal deaths ('bridges')
• National emergencies

Writing to GOV.UK standards

Learn how to design content for GOV.UK.

• Plan and manage content
  • Understand content design
  • Identify user needs
  • Plan new GOV.UK content
  • Manage existing GOV.UK content
  • Follow URL standards
  • Consider translations
  • Organise and group GOV.UK content
  • Retire outdated content
• Help users prepare for change
  • If it's a change to an existing policy or scheme
  • If a new set of users must do an existing thing for the first time
  • If it's a new policy or scheme
  • If a policy or scheme is being removed or phased out
• Create accessible content
  • Understand accessibility
  • Make your content accessible
• Find tools and resources for analysing content
  • Get help with content design
  • Find out what terms users are searching for
  • Find out how users find your content
  • Find out how users interact with your content
• Style guides
  • How to use the style guide
  • A to Z style guide
  • Technical A to Z style guide
• Tone of voice
  • Write content to meet user needs
  • Create a clear structure for your content
  • Use clear language
  • Use the right tone
  • Write effective links
  • Write clear titles
  • Write clear summaries
  • Write change notes