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Feature Focus: How to add a page to the A-Z index

We show you how to add a new page to the site's A-Z index. This index page helps users find the content they're looking for.

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Feedback forms

The best websites are shaped by their users. To that end, a GDS-style collapsible feedback form is present on every webpage by default, allowing you to gather valuable user feedback.
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Feature Focus: Creating a recurring Event

In this post we show you how to quickly create Events and set their frequency and date. Events are automatically displayed on a calendar page to allow users to easily track what's coming up in your borough.

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Managing Links: Quality of Life updates

We've added a set of toggleable options that allow you to customise how external links on your site look and behave, improving usability and accessibility.

Feature Focus: Organising pages into sections

By assigning webpages to a 'Book', the Platform will automatically group and organise them into a hierarchical layout. This creates browsable subsections - perfect for Council Service or Department sections of a site.

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Password protect public-facing pages

This new functionality allows you to wall-off published pages from general consumption behind a password, adding to the granular security features already present.
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Feature Focus: How to download Webform submissions

Before, we covered how to create your first Webform. Now we'll show you how to download the submissions to it.
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Feature Focus: Creating a Webform

Watch a video walkthrough showing how easy it is to build your first Webform.
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Feature Focus: Creating a new webpage

In this Feature Focus, we show how easy it is to migrate existing content from another website to a brand new page on your site.

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New content blocks added to the Platform

As part of our never-ending drive to improve and expand the Platform, we've added several new content blocks to the editor, giving you more ways to present content. As with all our blocks, they comply with the standards set out by the GOV.UK Design System.