New features on LocalGov.co.uk

The development team have been very busy of late moving LocalGov.co.uk onto a new server and adding one or two new features.

The server shift has resulted in one or two breaks in service and we appreciate your patience.

However, things have settled down now and site performance has improved markedly.

As far as new features are concerned, we have replaced the related articles function on every article page with ‘most commented’ and ‘most read’ articles. You can toggle between the two lists by clicking on the tabs. This gives you a flavour of what others are finding most interesting.

Secondly, we have released the public beta version of our new quick search.

This development is in direct response to user demand. Tap in your search term in the panel on the top right as normal, and the search returns are displayed with a number of filters on the right of the search return page.

Click on these and you can filter your search by date, sector, content type, source (i.e. The MJ, Surveyor magazine etc) and author.

At the moment, the search cover most of the site content, including the directory, and other sections such as jobs will be added in due course. The section-specific searches are still running as normal.

If you have any feedback, please drop us a line.