beta.parliament.scotBetter by design
One of the main aims of the Parliament’s content strategy is to ensure our website is consistent. This means we use the same look and feel throughout the site, so that users can easily move around different parts of it. …
Designs
SPICe World
Can you write a blog about the Scottish Parliament’s information centre, commonly known as SPICe, and not reference 90s Brit pop? We make no promises. SPICe stands for Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Researchers in SPICe provide independent information and briefings …
How we’re improving our new beta website
This blog was written by Anne Walker Before we launch anything new, we bring best practice to our designs and test them with a range of different people. But we know that once we make something live, there will be …
Why did we blend Top Tasks 2 and 3?
Because our users told us to, that’s why. As we’ve mentioned in previous blog posts we’ve chosen a user-centred approach to designing our new website. To do this, we interviewed people from across our different user groups to ensure we’re …
Improving our contact page based on your feedback
In our last blog, we asked for feedback on the first draft of the contact us page. First of all, thank you to everyone who took the time to get back to us. I believe the contact us service will …
Making it easier for people to contact us
We're currently developing the first version of our new website and we're keen to understand how the new website can help you contact us. On the current website, when people want to find out how to contact us it’s difficult …
The rules we’re using to design our new website
As part of the ongoing work for the Beta website, we’ve developed a set of design principles. But, what are they for and why do we need them? What are they? Design principles are a set of rules which will …
The Alpha Prototype
The Web & Online Roadmap is focussed on creating a more inclusive and user centric website. User needs are the key driver in how we move forward and this is demonstrated by the extensive user research that has underpinned the …