The new home page: a guide

A key element of the new Localgov.co.uk design is the home page, which serves as a ‘shop window’ for the site at any particular time.



We have tried to reduce the clutter of the former home page and ensure you are able to access the information you require quickly and efficiently.

Consequently, news features prominently on the top left of the new home. This is updated throughout the day so ensure you check back regularly to keep in touch with developing news stories.

A brand news feature of the Localgov.co.uk home page is the promotional panel. This us to highlight particular bits of content that we think you will find of interest. This might be major news stories and analysis articles, or draw your attention to new features of the site and major announcements such as the shortlists for the MJ or LGN awards schemes. It also allows us to promote new video content on the site. Like the news, this is updated regularly.

Click on the headings below the images to view that section or use the play/pause buttons to navigate through.

Moving down the page, we have three more traditional ‘static’ panels that promote the important jobs section (namely job of the week), our analysis section (updated daily) and the directory (subscribers can search the directory from this panel).


Below that, and on the left, we have a new blogs section, which displays the very latest posts filed by our team of bloggers.


And last, but by no means least, is a new e-poll function. This works much more smoothly than the former polling tool and on selecting your response, the results are then displayed as a bar graph. Hover over each bar for more detail on the response.

Previous e-polls will also be archived and can be accessed by clicking on the e-poll link at the top of the section.

So there you have it, a quick run down of the new home page. I hope you like it. Please leave a comment or e-mail me if you have feedback.

Regards,

Matt Hobley.