News

It’s been a whirlwind start to 2023.

Our Product Lead, Will Callaghan, updates us on some of what's been happening so far this year.

We’ve registered a new not-for-profit cooperative that will support and develop LocalGov Drupal from January 2023.

Read on to find out why we need a new legal entity, our new vision, mission, and aims, and how we chose the name.

We’re excited to announce that we’ll soon become a co-operative.

Our innovative new structure will help strengthen our collaboration and ensure our financial sustainability.

We're delighted to announce that Netcall has become our first Supporting Partner.

The partnership builds on our shared vision of delivering better digital citizen services and giving councils the tools to achieve this.

With a few of the Microsites project team away, and some social engagements to enjoy, we still made steady progress in Sprint 5. Maria from Agile Collective tells us more...

User testing of the early prototype is complete!

In this sprint, we aimed to test the architecture and user experience of creating new microsites, assigning users, configuring the look and feel, and adding content to a page.

With 14 users across 5 councils lined up, we invited Kayo from Telltale Research as well as Steph and Rae from Agile Collective to explain how the work progressed.

Hear from councils across the country that are using LocalGov Drupal, as we discuss how and why they chose to collaborate on the project.

Tech Lead Finn Lewis with news of the latest microsite sprint, featuring updates on user testing, content types, and more.

Cumbria Council explain how they are using a clever Drupal module called Entity Share to allow the checking of content on a staging website, and then pushing whole sections to live when they're ready.

David Siddall, Digital Content and UX Manager at Waltham Forest Council, tells us why search was so important to their latest web build and how they implemented Solr.