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4Issues noted in the static template retests for accessibility, browser and device testing </li> <li> <strong>21 Jul 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/redesigning-the-landing-page-for-technical-reports/">Redesigning the landing page for Technical Reports </a> <br>A review of the design and front-end build of the landing page for Technical Reports. </li> <li> <strong>17 Jun 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/accessibility-round2/">Accessibility testing - round 2 </a> <br>The static prototypes have been tested, read the report </li> <li> <strong>11 Jun 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-11-june/">Weeknotes, 11 June </a> <br>Good progress across HTML testing, navigation, TR layout review and Symfony app development </li> <li> <strong>11 Jun 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/building-the-main-navigation/">Building the main navigation </a> <br>A review of the main navigation front-end build, from first prototype to client sign off </li> <li> <strong>09 Jun 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/feedback-guide/">Feedback guide </a> <br>A plan on how to give feedback: what kind of feedback, and when to give it </li> <li> <strong>09 Jun 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/compatibility-round2-test-results/">Round 2 testing - browser and device results </a> <br>Read the test reports following the second round of compatibility testing by Zoonou </li> <li> <strong>24 May 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/navigation-v4/">Prototyping the main navigation - version 4 </a> <br>An update on version 4 of our navigation prototype </li> <li> <strong>24 May 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/testing-round2/">Round 2 testing </a> <br>The next set of static templates ready for browser, device and accessibility testing </li> <li> <strong>23 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-23Apr/">Weeknotes, 23 Apr </a> <br>Content modelling and front-end iteration </li> <li> <strong>23 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/accessibility-round1-retest/">Accessibility testing - round 1 retest </a> <br>Results from the retest and notes on what we didnât do, and why </li> <li> <strong>16 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-16Apr/">Weeknotes, 16 Apr </a> <br>Home page is agreed and our next development sprint has commenced </li> <li> <strong>16 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/homepage/">Home page </a> <br>How we defined and designed the new W3C website homepage </li> <li> <strong>09 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-09Apr/">Weeknotes, 09 Apr </a> <br>Preparing for the next round of development </li> <li> <strong>09 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/docs/technical-reports-specification/">Technical Reports Specification </a> <br>Recommended improvements to the Technical Reports page </li> <li> <strong>06 Apr 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/illustrations/">How we are using illustrations to represent the W3C </a> <br>Creating a visual style for the website that conveys W3Cs unique community and work </li> <li> <strong>26 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-26March/">Weeknotes, 26 Mar </a> <br>Design and content work is coming to an end </li> <li> <strong>22 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/group-page-recommendations/">Group page usability recommendations </a> <br>Improving the usability of W3C Group pages </li> <li> <strong>22 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/accessibility-testing-round1/">Accessibility testing - round 1 </a> <br>Read the accessibility test report on the first three static templates to be tested </li> <li> <strong>19 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-19-march/">Weeknotes, 19 Mar </a> <br>It is one year on since the project and the pandemic started! </li> <li> <strong>17 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/docs/url-strategy">URL strategy </a> <br>Our URL and redirect strategy for the w3.org website </li> <li> <strong>12 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-12-March/">Weeknotes, 12 Mar </a> <br>It has been a busy week of activity, and it feels great </li> <li> <strong>12 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/March-timeline-update/">High level timeline and approach (March Update) </a> <br>Latest updates to the delivery timeline and approach </li> <li> <strong>10 Mar 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/browser-testing-round1/">Browser and device testing round 1 results </a> <br>The first three static templates have been tested, read about the outcome </li> <li> <strong>23 Feb 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/first3-templates/">The first three static templates in build </a> <br>Take a look at the default, landing and business ecosystem static templates </li> <li> <strong>12 Feb 2021</strong> - <a href="/docs/front-end-delivery-approach/">Front-end delivery approach </a> <br>A Symfony application to deliver web pages </li> <li> <strong>12 Feb 2021</strong> - <a href="/docs/internationalization-approach-agreed/">Internationalization approach </a> <br>Read about the agreed approach for internationalization on the new W3C website. </li> <li> <strong>19 Jan 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/header-design-finalisation/">Header design finalisation </a> <br>The final changes agreed with W3C to the header area design </li> <li> <strong>18 Jan 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/prototyping-the-main-navigation-version-3/">Prototyping the main navigation - version 3 </a> <br>An update on version 3 of our navigation prototype </li> <li> <strong>15 Jan 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/high-level-timeline-and-approach/">High level timeline and approach (Update) </a> <br>Find out what has changed in the delivery timeline and approach </li> <li> <strong>14 Jan 2021</strong> - <a href="/docs/account-page-recommendations/">Account page usability recommendations </a> <br>Recommendations for the sign-in and account pages for W3C site </li> <li> <strong>13 Jan 2021</strong> - <a href="/updates/listing-and-post-pages-design/">Listing and post pages designs </a> <br>View our designs for the listing and post pages </li> <li> <strong>14 Dec 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/header-design-update/">Header design update </a> <br>Header design reviewed for internationalisation, among other things </li> <li> <strong>11 Dec 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-11-dec/">Weeknotes 11 Dec </a> <br>Feedback on key templates and the site header, and build planning </li> <li> <strong>27 Nov 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/headless-cms/">Headless CMS approach </a> <br>Find out about our Headless CMS approach to building the front-end </li> <li> <strong>26 Nov 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/designs-for-the-default-landing-and-business-templates/">Designs for the default, landing and business templates </a> <br>A look at the designs for key site pages </li> <li> <strong>26 Nov 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/prototyping-the-main-navigation/">Prototyping the main navigation </a> <br>Find out how we have been prototyping the main navigation and give us your feedback on how it works. </li> <li> <strong>27 Oct 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/global-design-direction">Global design direction </a> <br>Take a look at the site designs so far, find out about the process we took to get here and our next steps. </li> <li> <strong>23 Oct 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-23-oct/">Weeknotes, 23 Oct </a> <br>Design presentation, design system work, editing the spec, and a community talk for Marie </li> <li> <strong>09 Oct 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-9-oct/">Weeknotes 9 Oct </a> <br>Progress on design, prototyping and planning </li> <li> <strong>25 Sep 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-25-sep/">Weeknotes 25 Sept </a> <br>Our CMS choice, first design review and planning, planning, planning </li> <li> <strong>25 Sep 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/cms-selection-report/">CMS selection report </a> <br>Craft CMS is selected to build the re-designed W3C website. Here is a description of our selection process. </li> <li> <strong>25 Sep 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/on-not-choosing-wordpress/">On not choosing WordPress </a> <br>Explaining the background of our choice on CMS platform and the response to a recent WordPress Tavern post </li> <li> <strong>11 Sep 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-11-sept/">Weeknotes 11 Sept </a> <br>Progress has been made in a range of areas: design, CMS selection and sitemap technical work </li> <li> <strong>02 Sep 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/content-design-sitemap-updates/">Content design and sitemap updates </a> <br>A few updates to the content design and sitemap documents </li> <li> <strong>28 Aug 2020</strong> - <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16VQIUv2ugeZG8mNmAtZtHnaMo2E4y9x7YxKA_tPq-Xw/view">Content design report </a> <br>A summary of our Content design work, which informs the new Information Architecture </li> <li> <strong>28 Aug 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/proposed-site-map-v2/">Proposed site map, v2 </a> <br>The second version of our proposed sitemap </li> <li> <strong>28 Aug 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/content-wireframes/">Content wireframes </a> <br>Wireframes that illustrate the content hierarchy of key pages </li> <li> <strong>17 Aug 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-17-aug/">Weeknotes 17 August </a> <br>First look at content design, URL strategy, and some CMS accessibility considerations </li> <li> <strong>06 Aug 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-7-aug/">Weeknotes 7 August </a> <br>Progressing the IA and site content work </li> <li> <strong>29 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/high-level-timeline/">High level timeline update </a> <br>Updated to show new delivery dates </li> <li> <strong>29 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/ia-and-content-stage-2-work-plan/">IA and content - stage 2 work plan </a> <br>A workplan showing the approach, tasks and timings to complete the next stage of work </li> <li> <strong>24 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-24-july/">Weeknotes 24 July </a> <br>Two key meetings with W3C, progress on IA and CMS platform </li> <li> <strong>24 Jul 2020</strong>
4 - <a href="/docs/w3c-cms-selection-process-update/">W3C CMS platform selection update </a> <br>A summary of the CMS options we reviewed and the current status of the selection process </li> <li> <strong>22 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/our-proposed-w3c-site-map">Our proposal for a new W3C site Information Architecture </a> <br>A summary of the problems with the current site organisation and how we recommend solving them </li> <li> <strong>17 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-17-july">Weeknotes 17 July </a> <br>The research is coming together </li> <li> <strong>10 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-10-july">Weeknotes 10 July </a> <br>An update on a busy week </li> <li> <strong>09 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/front-end-standards">Front end standards </a> <br>Clarify bidirectional support for global page layout </li> <li> <strong>07 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/user-research-update">User research update </a> </li> <li> <strong>03 Jul 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/weeknotes-3-july">Weeknotes 3 July </a> <br>An update and reflection on this week </li> <li> <strong>01 Jul 2020</strong> - Stakeholder interviews <br>We are running a series of stakeholder interviews to help understand how users find standards and groups content on w3.org </li> <li> <strong>30 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/front-end-standards">Front end standards </a> <br>Remove âcompliantâ support for Internet Explorer 11. Site content will still be readable in IE11, it just wonât look the same as modern browsers. </li> <li> <strong>24 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/front-end-approach/">Front end approach </a> <br>Announcing the decision on the front end approach we will use </li> <li> <strong>22 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/our-second-user-survey/">User survey for standards & groups </a> <br>Launched two user surveys to find out more about how users find standards & groups on w3.org </li> <li> <strong>15 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/cms-strategy-and-requirements/">CMS strategy and requirements </a> <br>An outline of what W3C need from a new CMS to manage contnet on w3.org </li> <li> <strong>12 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qVUWoRqMD95LE9z22dP5hPbToKnRugv4jK83L3pXvts/view">Information architecture report (draft) </a> <br>Draft IA report presented to W3C team </li> <li> <strong>12 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/front-end-standards">Front end standards </a> <br>Front-end standards we plan to meet in the HTML build of w3.org </li> <li> <strong>02 Jun 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/choosing-front-end-framework">Choosing a front end framework </a> <br>Document to help W3C team choose the right CSS approach for long-term maintenance </li> <li> <strong>22 May 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/technical-systems-audit">Technical systems audit </a> <br>Overview of the technical infrastructure we have to deal with as part of this project </li> <li> <strong>20 May 2020</strong> - Stakeholder interviews started <br>We ran stakeholder interviews with 12 people connected to W3C between 20th and 22nd May </li> <li> <strong>18 May 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/project-update/">Project update, May </a> <br>A summary of the new W3C website redesign project and where we are now. </li> <li> <strong>15 May 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/cms-strategy-and-requirements/">CMS strategy and requirements </a> <br>An overview of what W3C need from a new CMS </li> <li> <strong>11 May 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/user-research/">User survey started </a> <br>How we are gathering feedback from website users </li> <li> <strong>07 May 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/high-level-timeline/">High level timeline shared for review </a> <br>First version after Discovery phase </li> <li> <strong>07 May 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/project-approach/">Project approach shared for agreement </a> <br>Definition of the project direction and approach </li> <li> <strong>14 Apr 2020</strong> - <a href="/docs/user-groups/">Agreed initial user groups </a> </li> <li> <strong>14 Apr 2020</strong> - <a href="/updates/design-survey/">Design discussions in progress </a> <br>Feedback from W3C to inform the design direction </li> <li> <strong>01 Apr 2020</strong> - Started user group research <br>Work starts on identifying user groups and user research. This will help form user and j
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