Updates

These articles chart the journey we are taking to deliver the W3C website redesign. We aim to add an update every few weeks to talk about what we've been doing and why we are doing it.

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• Header design update

  14 Dec 2020

  Header design reviewed for internationalisation, among other things

• Weeknotes, 11 Dec

  11 Dec 2020

  Feedback on key templates and the site header, and build planning

• Headless CMS approach

  27 Nov 2020

  Find out about our Headless CMS approach to building the front-end

• Designs for the default, landing and business templates

  26 Nov 2020

  A look at the designs for key site pages

• Prototyping the main navigation

  26 Nov 2020

  Find out how we have been prototyping the main navigation and give us your feedback on how it works.

• Weeknotes, 23 Oct

  23 Oct 2020

  Design presentation, design system work, editing the spec, and a community talk for Marie.

• Weeknotes, 9 Oct

  09 Oct 2020

  Progress on design, prototyping and planning.

• On not choosing WordPress for the W3C redesign project

  25 Sep 2020

  Explaining the background of our choice on CMS platform and the response to a recent WordPress Tavern post

• Weeknotes, 25 Sep

  24 Sep 2020

  Our CMS choice, first design review and planning, planning, planning.

• Weeknotes, 11 Sept

  11 Sep 2020

  Progress has been made in a range of areas: design, CMS selection and sitemap technical work

• Content design and sitemap updates

  02 Sep 2020

  A few updates to the content design and sitemap documents

• Weeknotes, 17 Aug

  14 Aug 2020

  First look at content design, URL strategy, and some CMS accessibility considerations.

• Weeknotes, 7 Aug

  07 Aug 2020

  A review of the last two weeks’ work.

• IA and content - stage 2 work plan

  29 Jul 2020

  A workplan showing the approach, tasks and timings to complete the next stage of work.

• Weeknotes, 24 Jul

  24 Jul 2020

  The research is coming together.

• Our proposal for a new W3C site Information Architecture

  22 Jul 2020

  A summary of the problems with the current site organisation and how we recommend solving them.

• Weeknotes, 17 Jul

  17 Jul 2020

  The research is coming together.

• Weeknotes, 10 July

  10 Jul 2020

  An update and reflection on this week

• User research update

  07 Jul 2020

  Our next steps in recommending a new site IA

• Weeknotes, 3 July

  03 Jul 2020

  An update and reflection on this week

• Front end approach

  24 Jun 2020

  Announcing the decision on the front end approach we will use.

• Our second user survey

  22 Jun 2020

  Two new public surveys to gather user information on groups, standards, specifications and technical reports.

• Project update, May 2020

  18 May 2020

  A summary of the new W3C website redesign project and where we are now.

• User research

  11 May 2020

  Find out how we are gathering feedback from website users to discover more about who uses the website and what they need it to do.

• Design direction survey insights

  14 Apr 2020

  Initial thoughts from W3C to inform the design direction.