Whitehall Publisher (WP) is the content management system (CMS) which supports the GOV.UK website.
To be given access to it, you have to complete a 2-day Government Digital Service training course, which includes not only guidance about the system itself but also exercises in writing content for GOV.UK which complies with style and accessibility guidelines,
All members of the Publishing team have been trained to use Whitehall Publisher, and so have a number of content creators around Public Health England. These non-Publishing team WP editors are referred to as 'devolved authors'.
This section contains information on:
- how to apply for Whitehall Publisher training
how to create and edit content in Whitehall Publisher
Government Digital Service best practice for writing in WP
tips on using Markdown, WP's code
- how to format images correctly for WP and upload them
- how to create tables and allow users to toggle between tables and bar charts
guidance on using the taxonomy or topics required for new pages
- how to add a change note
- saving and printing HTML pages