Directgov Campaigns and Useful Links
Campaigns on Directgov
Campaigns are run on the Directgov website to highlight a particular topic. These are usually full of resources that could add to content already on council websites. For example, if your website has information about greener living you could add a link to the Act on CO2 carbon calculator on Directgov to give visitors to your site extra information about how to make their homes more energy efficient.
Latest campaigns on Directgov
Other useful links from Directgov
Deep links to Directgov
At the request of council web teams, we have put together a list of pages in Directgov to help councils to extend their own websites. The list covers content from across the Directgov website.
Linking to Directgov
Please follow Directgov's advice when linking to the Directgov website.
If you would like to add these links to your website, please:
- Use the supplied ‘link text' in the spreadsheet
The links have been designed to help to improve the ranking of Directgov in search results to make government information easier to find online - Use the supplied ‘title text' in the spreadsheet for the title attribute, if possible.
This text is read by speaking browsers and is visible to users when their mouse hovers over the link - Use the ‘friendly URL' as the link on your page.
This means that the link won't break if the content on Directgov moves
Source code is available in the spreadsheet, which follows the guidance outlined above.
Download list of deep links to Directgov (Version 7, .xls 94KB)
If you have feedback on this list or a request for more links please email us at localdirectgov@communities.gsi.gov.uk
Linking to the Directgov home page
When adding a link to Directgov using their logo on your home page, please follow these guidelines:
- Please follow Directgov's advice when linking to the Directgov website
- Please ensure that the correct logo is used. This is the one with the strapline that says 'Public services all in one place'
- Please place the URL and logo in a prominent position above the scroll bar, where practical
