Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Release notes
Features/functionality
- added options to add backgrounds to sections
- NOTE: if you encounter a block or other functionality that does not appear correctly on a section background, please submit a bug report
- added listing and teaser blocks for catalogs
- added support for "in press" and "submitted" options for publication references
- added text alignment option to copy blocks
- added the ability to use the page title as the "big text" on banners on nodes (moving the title to the banner)
- enabled access to FillPDF (for webforms)
- added an "enlarged" style in the editor for larger text (matching "highlight" but using black text)
- added a new "tags" block
Fixes/updates
- fixed the link to new users created through "Add UWaterloo user(s)"
- improved service hours exception handling
- adjusted the default order for new multi-type lists to match WCMS 2
- adjusted the autocomplete on the expand/collapse block to show node numbers, sort exact matches to the top, and always show all exact matches
- prevented errors when using WCMS 2-style query strings on WCMS 3 listing pages
- removed the ability to redirect to pilots or staging URLs
- removed the ability to add pilots or staging URLs in link fields
- fixed many (but not all) issues preventing adding additional images to existing image gallery blocks
- made teaser block fieldnames consistent
- added support for name searches against the user list
- removed unused "show profile title" option from the manual profile list block
- fixed the "required" behaviour for opportunity's "rate of pay type" field
- removed the "required" indicator on "media" and "media settings" on nodes
- fixed cloning of content types that support a blank summary
- updated OFIS profiles to match latest changes in WCMS 2
- renamed the "nav arrows only" option in image gallery blocks to "prev/next nav only" to match the actual output when the option is selected
- prevented saving a teaser block without selecting an item
- prevented editing user aliases
- adjusted the dashboard search options for forms so they work separately from the content search options
- fixed the configuration option for facts and figures that was incorrectly called "section width"
- updated and added to automated tests
- updated multiple contrib modules
- updated to newer Drupal release
Theming changes
- fixed "dropdown button" appearance in blocks
- fixed appearance of nested terms in filters
- improved spacing around aligned inline images added through the editor
- improved appearance of the <cite> tag in "regular" text
- improved appearance of global footer links at "in-between" sites
- made events that end on a different date show the end date
- removed expand collapse all buttons from contact listing page when there are no results
- made publication reference search block appearance match the other search blocks
- made image galleries function properly in 2-column sections
- ensured catalog keywords link to the appropriate listing page
- added missing alt text to images in grid-style image galleries
- improved appearance of the <code> tag
- made tables inside expand/collapse wrap contents properly
- ensured all webform descriptions are a consistent font and colour
- ensured images do not have background colours
- fixed the appearance of the iCal button on events using a hero image
- fixed Safari issue where text overlaid images when the image was being scaled up
- fixed issue with OFIS profiles not showing dates taught
- corrected some branding colours
Migration fixes
Note: many of these fixes shipped prior to this release as a silent "hotfix".
- added migration for expand/collapse
- used the migrated media item for images in summaries
- removed leading slashes from links in CTAs
- ensured LaTeX equations work when migrated
- populated the name for sorting purposes field for profile migrations
- improved accuracy of menu item order and visibility migration
- added all missing fields to the Catalog content type migration
- improved migration of the "generate automatic URL alias" setting
- added creation of redirects when migrated content URLs change due to new paths in WCMS 3
- ensured "<" and ">" migrate properly when they appear in columns
- stopped changing the link to external files