Application: collections-publisher

Publishes step by steps, /browse pages, and legacy /topic pages on GOV.UK

• GitHub: collections-publisher
• Ownership: #govuk-publishing-mainstream-experience-tech
• Category: Publishing apps
• Links:
  • collections-publisher.publishing.service.gov.uk
  • Sentry (error tracking)
  • App dashboard: request rates, errors, durations
  • Kibana App Logs (Production, last 3 hours)
  • Kibana Worker Logs (Production, last 3 hours)
  • Argo CD (collections-publisher)

Example pages published by collections-publisher

• Visas and immigration
• Driving and transport
• Get Tax-Free Childcare: step by step
• Driving licences
• Vehicle tax, MOT and insurance
• Passports
• Visit the UK
• Benefits
• Tell DVLA you’ve changed address: step by step
• Work in the UK

README

This app is used by GDS and some departmental editors. It can publish:

• /browse pages
• step by step pages and step by step sidebar navigation
• coronavirus pages

These pages are then served by the collections app. It is also used to curate pages tagged to a browse page into “curated lists”, instead of a single ‘A-Z’ list, as the following screenshots illustrate.

Nomenclature

See the README of collections frontend.

Technical documentation

This is a Ruby on Rails app, and should follow our Rails app conventions.

You can use the GOV.UK Docker environment to run the application and its tests with all the necessary dependencies. Follow the usage instructions to get started.

Use GOV.UK Docker to run any commands that follow.

Running the test suite

bundle exec rake

Further documentation

See the docs/ directory for guidance and architectural decisions.

Licence

MIT License