Timeline

This timeline covers the key milestones and events in the W3C website redesign. You can subscribe to updates via RSS.

27 Feb 2023 - Beta website launch
The new website design is launched on beta.w3.org to gather community feedback
07 Apr 2022 - Handing over to W3C
As our work comes to a close, we reflect on the past six months and the future of w3.org
01 Oct 2021 - Weeknotes, 1 Oct
We’re working on a frontend integration sprint to build out the new w3.org
08 Sep 2021 - High level timeline and approach (August Update)
Latest updates to the delivery timeline and approach
08 Sep 2021 - Technical Reports page - version 4
Find out what has changed in version 4
08 Sep 2021 - The W3C Design System is live
View the documentation on how to use the different templates and components in the W3C website design
21 Jul 2021 - Retest reports (accessibility, browser and device)
Issues noted in the static template retests for accessibility, browser and device testing
21 Jul 2021 - Redesigning the landing page for Technical Reports
A review of the design and front-end build of the landing page for Technical Reports.
17 Jun 2021 - Accessibility testing - round 2
The static prototypes have been tested, read the report
11 Jun 2021 - Weeknotes, 11 June
Good progress across HTML testing, navigation, TR layout review and Symfony app development
11 Jun 2021 - Building the main navigation
A review of the main navigation front-end build, from first prototype to client sign off
09 Jun 2021 - Feedback guide
A plan on how to give feedback: what kind of feedback, and when to give it
09 Jun 2021 - Round 2 testing - browser and device results
Read the test reports following the second round of compatibility testing by Zoonou
24 May 2021 - Prototyping the main navigation - version 4
An update on version 4 of our navigation prototype
24 May 2021 - Round 2 testing
The next set of static templates ready for browser, device and accessibility testing
23 Apr 2021 - Weeknotes, 23 Apr
Content modelling and front-end iteration
23 Apr 2021 - Accessibility testing - round 1 retest
Results from the retest and notes on what we didn’t do, and why
16 Apr 2021 - Weeknotes, 16 Apr
Home page is agreed and our next development sprint has commenced
16 Apr 2021 - Home page
How we defined and designed the new W3C website homepage
09 Apr 2021 - Weeknotes, 09 Apr
Preparing for the next round of development
09 Apr 2021 - Technical Reports Specification
Recommended improvements to the Technical Reports page
06 Apr 2021 - How we are using illustrations to represent the W3C
Creating a visual style for the website that conveys W3Cs unique community and work
26 Mar 2021 - Weeknotes, 26 Mar
Design and content work is coming to an end
22 Mar 2021 - Group page usability recommendations
Improving the usability of W3C Group pages
22 Mar 2021 - Accessibility testing - round 1
Read the accessibility test report on the first three static templates to be tested
19 Mar 2021 - Weeknotes, 19 Mar
It is one year on since the project and the pandemic started!
17 Mar 2021 - URL strategy
Our URL and redirect strategy for the w3.org website
12 Mar 2021 - Weeknotes, 12 Mar
It has been a busy week of activity, and it feels great
12 Mar 2021 - High level timeline and approach (March Update)
Latest updates to the delivery timeline and approach
10 Mar 2021 - Browser and device testing round 1 results
The first three static templates have been tested, read about the outcome
23 Feb 2021 - The first three static templates in build
Take a look at the default, landing and business ecosystem static templates
12 Feb 2021 - Front-end delivery approach
A Symfony application to deliver web pages
12 Feb 2021 - Internationalization approach
Read about the agreed approach for internationalization on the new W3C website.
19 Jan 2021 - Header design finalisation
The final changes agreed with W3C to the header area design
18 Jan 2021 - Prototyping the main navigation - version 3
An update on version 3 of our navigation prototype
15 Jan 2021 - High level timeline and approach (Update)
Find out what has changed in the delivery timeline and approach
14 Jan 2021 - Account page usability recommendations
Recommendations for the sign-in and account pages for W3C site
13 Jan 2021 - Listing and post pages designs
View our designs for the listing and post pages
14 Dec 2020 - Header design update
Header design reviewed for internationalisation, among other things
11 Dec 2020 - Weeknotes 11 Dec
Feedback on key templates and the site header, and build planning
27 Nov 2020 - Headless CMS approach
Find out about our Headless CMS approach to building the front-end
26 Nov 2020 - Designs for the default, landing and business templates
A look at the designs for key site pages
26 Nov 2020 - Prototyping the main navigation
Find out how we have been prototyping the main navigation and give us your feedback on how it works.
27 Oct 2020 - Global design direction
Take a look at the site designs so far, find out about the process we took to get here and our next steps.
23 Oct 2020 - Weeknotes, 23 Oct
Design presentation, design system work, editing the spec, and a community talk for Marie
09 Oct 2020 - Weeknotes 9 Oct
Progress on design, prototyping and planning
25 Sep 2020 - Weeknotes 25 Sept
Our CMS choice, first design review and planning, planning, planning
25 Sep 2020 - CMS selection report
Craft CMS is selected to build the re-designed W3C website. Here is a description of our selection process.
25 Sep 2020 - On not choosing WordPress
Explaining the background of our choice on CMS platform and the response to a recent WordPress Tavern post
11 Sep 2020 - Weeknotes 11 Sept
Progress has been made in a range of areas: design, CMS selection and sitemap technical work
02 Sep 2020 - Content design and sitemap updates
A few updates to the content design and sitemap documents
28 Aug 2020 - Content design report
A summary of our Content design work, which informs the new Information Architecture
28 Aug 2020 - Proposed site map, v2
The second version of our proposed sitemap
28 Aug 2020 - Content wireframes
Wireframes that illustrate the content hierarchy of key pages
17 Aug 2020 - Weeknotes 17 August
First look at content design, URL strategy, and some CMS accessibility considerations
06 Aug 2020 - Weeknotes 7 August
Progressing the IA and site content work
29 Jul 2020 - High level timeline update
Updated to show new delivery dates
29 Jul 2020 - IA and content - stage 2 work plan
A workplan showing the approach, tasks and timings to complete the next stage of work
24 Jul 2020 - Weeknotes 24 July
Two key meetings with W3C, progress on IA and CMS platform
24 Jul 2020 - W3C CMS platform selection update
A summary of the CMS options we reviewed and the current status of the selection process
22 Jul 2020 - Our proposal for a new W3C site Information Architecture
A summary of the problems with the current site organisation and how we recommend solving them
17 Jul 2020 - Weeknotes 17 July
The research is coming together
10 Jul 2020 - Weeknotes 10 July
An update on a busy week
09 Jul 2020 - Front end standards
Clarify bidirectional support for global page layout
07 Jul 2020 - User research update
03 Jul 2020 - Weeknotes 3 July
An update and reflection on this week
01 Jul 2020 - Stakeholder interviews
We are running a series of stakeholder interviews to help understand how users find standards and groups content on w3.org
30 Jun 2020 - Front end standards
Remove “compliant” support for Internet Explorer 11. Site content will still be readable in IE11, it just won’t look the same as modern browsers.
24 Jun 2020 - Front end approach
Announcing the decision on the front end approach we will use
22 Jun 2020 - User survey for standards & groups
Launched two user surveys to find out more about how users find standards & groups on w3.org
15 Jun 2020 - CMS strategy and requirements
An outline of what W3C need from a new CMS to manage contnet on w3.org
12 Jun 2020 - Information architecture report (draft)
Draft IA report presented to W3C team
12 Jun 2020 - Front end standards
Front-end standards we plan to meet in the HTML build of w3.org
02 Jun 2020 - Choosing a front end framework
Document to help W3C team choose the right CSS approach for long-term maintenance
22 May 2020 - Technical systems audit
Overview of the technical infrastructure we have to deal with as part of this project
20 May 2020 - Stakeholder interviews started
We ran stakeholder interviews with 12 people connected to W3C between 20th and 22nd May
18 May 2020 - Project update, May
A summary of the new W3C website redesign project and where we are now.
15 May 2020 - CMS strategy and requirements
An overview of what W3C need from a new CMS
11 May 2020 - User survey started
How we are gathering feedback from website users
07 May 2020 - High level timeline shared for review
First version after Discovery phase
07 May 2020 - Project approach shared for agreement
Definition of the project direction and approach
14 Apr 2020 - Agreed initial user groups
14 Apr 2020 - Design discussions in progress
Feedback from W3C to inform the design direction
01 Apr 2020 - Started user group research
Work starts on identifying user groups and user research. This will help form user and job stories which we use to help define what users want to do on the W3C site.
16 Mar 2020 - Studio 24 kick off the W3C project
The project officially started on 16th March, the team are really excited about working with W3C! This starts with the Discovery phase where we review the current site, technical architecure, users, and problems we’re trying to solve on this project.
07 Feb 2020 - W3C awards contract to Studio 24
13 Dec 2019 - Studio 24 submit project proposal
07 Nov 2019 - W3C publish the W3C website redesign phase 1 RFP