Essex County Council's design and patterns library

Services List

Getting started

How we create consistent and user-centred experiences across all of our digital products

Content types

When and how to use the content types in LocalGov Drupal

Components

Reusable components and styling options that can be used with most content types

Patterns

Best practice design solutions for specific user-focused tasks and page types

Content style guides

These guidelines and style guides are for anyone producing content on Essex County Council websites.

Content strategy

Our content strategy sets out the foundation of a unified content strategy for the council’s digital estate.

Publishing checklist

Anyone creating or 2i'ing content should follow this checklist to make sure they have covered all the essentials before something is published on our digital estate.