Components

Phase banner

Use the phase banner component to show users your service is still being worked on.

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HTML

<div class="govuk-phase-banner">
  <p class="govuk-phase-banner__content">
    <strong class="govuk-tag govuk-phase-banner__content__tag">
      Alpha
    </strong>
    <span class="govuk-phase-banner__text">
      This is a new service – your <a class="govuk-link" href="#">feedback</a> will help us to improve it.
    </span>
  </p>
</div>

Nunjucks

Nunjucks macro options

Use options to customise the appearance, content and behaviour of a component when using a macro, for example, changing the text.

Some options are required for the macro to work; these are marked as “Required” in the option description.

If you’re using Nunjucks macros in production with “html” options, or ones ending with “html”, you must sanitise the HTML to protect against cross-site scripting exploits.

Name	Type	Description
text	string	Required. If html is set, this is not required. Text to use within the phase banner. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored.
html	string	Required. If text is set, this is not required. HTML to use within the phase banner. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored.
tag	object	Required. Options for the tag component. See tag.
classes	string	Classes to add to the phase banner container.
attributes	object	HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the phase banner container.

{% from "govuk/components/phase-banner/macro.njk" import govukPhaseBanner %}

{{ govukPhaseBanner({
  tag: {
    text: "Alpha"
  },
  html: 'This is a new service – your <a class="govuk-link" href="#">feedback</a> will help us to improve it.'
}) }}

When to use this component

Services hosted on a service.gov.uk domain must use the phase banner until they pass a live assessment.

Use an alpha banner when your service is in alpha, and a beta banner if your service is in private or public beta.

How it works

Your banner must be directly under the black GOV.UK header and colour bar.

There are 2 ways to use the phase banner component. You can use HTML or, if you are using Nunjucks or the GOV.UK Prototype Kit, you can use the Nunjucks macro.

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HTML

<div class="govuk-phase-banner">
  <p class="govuk-phase-banner__content">
    <strong class="govuk-tag govuk-phase-banner__content__tag">
      Alpha
    </strong>
    <span class="govuk-phase-banner__text">
      This is a new service – your <a class="govuk-link" href="#">feedback</a> will help us to improve it.
    </span>
  </p>
</div>

Nunjucks

Nunjucks macro options

Use options to customise the appearance, content and behaviour of a component when using a macro, for example, changing the text.

Some options are required for the macro to work; these are marked as “Required” in the option description.

If you’re using Nunjucks macros in production with “html” options, or ones ending with “html”, you must sanitise the HTML to protect against cross-site scripting exploits.

Name	Type	Description
text	string	Required. If html is set, this is not required. Text to use within the phase banner. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored.
html	string	Required. If text is set, this is not required. HTML to use within the phase banner. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored.
tag	object	Required. Options for the tag component. See tag.
classes	string	Classes to add to the phase banner container.
attributes	object	HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the phase banner container.

{% from "govuk/components/phase-banner/macro.njk" import govukPhaseBanner %}

{{ govukPhaseBanner({
  tag: {
    text: "Alpha"
  },
  html: 'This is a new service – your <a class="govuk-link" href="#">feedback</a> will help us to improve it.'
}) }}

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HTML

<div class="govuk-phase-banner">
  <p class="govuk-phase-banner__content">
    <strong class="govuk-tag govuk-phase-banner__content__tag">
      Beta
    </strong>
    <span class="govuk-phase-banner__text">
      This is a new service – your <a class="govuk-link" href="#">feedback</a> will help us to improve it.
    </span>
  </p>
</div>

Nunjucks

Nunjucks macro options

Use options to customise the appearance, content and behaviour of a component when using a macro, for example, changing the text.

Some options are required for the macro to work; these are marked as “Required” in the option description.

If you’re using Nunjucks macros in production with “html” options, or ones ending with “html”, you must sanitise the HTML to protect against cross-site scripting exploits.

Name	Type	Description
text	string	Required. If html is set, this is not required. Text to use within the phase banner. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored.
html	string	Required. If text is set, this is not required. HTML to use within the phase banner. If html is provided, the text option will be ignored.
tag	object	Required. Options for the tag component. See tag.
classes	string	Classes to add to the phase banner container.
attributes	object	HTML attributes (for example data attributes) to add to the phase banner container.

{% from "govuk/components/phase-banner/macro.njk" import govukPhaseBanner %}

{{ govukPhaseBanner({
  tag: {
    text: "Beta"
  },
  html: 'This is a new service – your <a class="govuk-link" href="#">feedback</a> will help us to improve it.'
}) }}

Add a feedback link

Use a ‘feedback’ link to collect on-page feedback about your service. This can open an email or take the user to a dedicated page or form. Whatever option you use, make sure that users do not lose their place in the service and can return to the page they were on.

Find out what feedback you need to collect at each phase in the GOV.UK Service Manual.

Help improve this component

To help make sure that this page is useful, relevant and up to date, you can:

• take part in the ‘Phase banner’ discussion on GitHub and share your research
• propose a change – read more about how to propose changes in GitHub

Tell us if your service uses this component

Take part in our usage survey (opens in a new tab) to help us improve this component to better meet the needs of the services that use it.

Need help?

If you’ve got a question about the GOV.UK Design System, contact the team.