Repository: govuk-content-publishing-guidance

GOV.UK Content Publishing Guidance

• GitHub: govuk-content-publishing-guidance
• Ownership: #govuk-content-operations
• Category: Content Guidance
• Links:
  • guidance.publishing.service.gov.uk/
  • Sentry (error tracking)

README

The GOV.UK content and publishing guidance explains how to create and update content for GOV.UK. It includes the standards for digital content and how to use the government’s publishing tools.

It uses the X-GOVUK GOV.UK Eleventy Plugin.

How to run the GOV.UK content and publishing guidance on your machine

1. Before running a local version of the guidance, check that you have the following installed:
   • Node LTS
   • Visual Studio Code
   • GitHub set up on your computer
2. Once you have those installed, clone this repo.
3. Once it’s cloned, in the terminal run:

npm install

4. Once all the packages been installed you should be able to run a local version of the guidance by running:

npm start

5. When the server is active enter http://localhost:8080/ in your browser’s address bar. In doing so, a local version of the guidance will run on your computer.

http://localhost:8080/

Licence

Unless stated otherwise, the codebase is released under the MIT License. This covers both the codebase and any sample code in the documentation.

The documentation is © Crown copyright and available under the terms of the Open Government 3.0 licence.