WCMS 3.2.32 release

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

All WCMS 3 sites will soon be upgraded to WCMS 3.2.32.

These release notes are subject to change without notice.

Release notes

Features/functionality

  • added an option to news items to show the author, with optional position and/or link
  • added additional blog post styling options in automatic and manual list blocks, to better match the ways these could display in the WCMS 2 conference theme

Fixes/updates

  • removed the publish/unpublish/save media options from bulk operations for media items, as they have no practical effect
  • disabled the Waterloo Photos integration due to the system's move to the cloud not being properly configured for the transfer step
  • ensured project members only show titles that apply to them
  • made the validation error messages for invalid paths more consistent amongst the various types of paths
  • made the blog author information fields hidden on the content editing page when the option to display the author is not enabled
  • adjusted the filters on listing pages to be more consistent between content types
  • made links in the links block that are only anchors not automatically prefix the site's home page, so they can be used for anchors on the current page
  • improved caching for automatic and manual list blocks so changes to the source content should be immediately reflected
  • prevented the references menu item from displaying on authentication-required sites when logged out
  • prevented anonymous access to feeds, APIs, Bibtex files, etc. on authentication-required sites
  • fixed an internal warning when adding an automatic listing block using references

Theming changes

  • prevented "prev/next" navigation from showing on facts and figures when all items are already visible
  • ensured "scholarly" and "industrial" fields in OFIS profiles properly convert text to paragraphs
  • ensured that the display of profiles in automatic and manual list blocks is identical 
  • added theming for the blog post styling options in automatic and manual list blocks
  • adjusted the hover states for Waterloo News and Waterloo Events so summary text does not get underlined
  • ensured placeholder text in forms is always visible and a consistent colour across all browsers on both "view" and "layout" pages