New Features & Improvements

• News Page Template – Ability to remove dates added

• News Page Template – Ability to remove labels added

• Link Builder – Jump Menu Anchor Link Option Added

McMaster Brand Updates

• Minor bug fixes

Bug Fixes

• Navigation Skip Links – Restored

• Banner – Pop Up – Sizing issue corrected

• Various primary and secondary colour fixes

• Brighter World Element – Duplicate links removed

AODA/Accessibility

• Navigation Skip Links – Restored

Documentation

• No updates

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 7.0.2 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.25 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.46 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• People Cards – Default icon background colour updated to white

• News Pages & Cards – Functionality added to optionally remove dates and labels

• Joint Hospital Template – Updated to support brand navigation changes

• Custom Colour & Branded MacSites – Left aligned logo option added

McMaster Brand Updates

• McMaster Global Navigation (Maroon Bar) released

• MacSites Local Navigation Updates released

• Search Console – IU Updated

Bug Fixes

• Resources Cards – Hover & Dropdowns – UI fixes and improvements

• Content Area – Grey background – Lead paragraph displaying text in grey displaying properly/readable

AODA/Accessibility

• Navigation updates resolve some previous bugs related to links and site titles

Documentation

• Resource Helper Text Updates (back-end)

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.9.4

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.24 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.45 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• Special Characters – Enhanced functionality for smoother application of special characters

• People – Office hours and booking link features added

• Page Editor – Copy change from ‘Template’ to ‘Type’ for page type

• Dynamic Thumbnail Cards – Streamlined options for label removals and other checkbox options to be consistent across types

• Events – Option added to hide all event images

• News & Testimonial Page – Flexible element rendering added (similar to other dynamic page types)

McMaster Brand Updates

• People Cards – Updated during some feature additions to be more in line with updated brand standards. Not final, more changes to come.

Bug Fixes

• News & Testimonials – Content rendering corrections

• Thumbnail Cards – Padding corrected on colour backgrounds

• Dynamic Elements – Maroon background – Button hover arrow colour correction

• Content Areas (Maroon Background) – Link text hovers with correct colour

• Off-Brand Sites – Icon colours corrected

• Sidebar – Link List – SM items no longer disappear

• Thumbnail Cards – Between 568px – 992px – Sidebar no longer disappears

• Page – Featured Image – Functionality restored

• Thumbnail Cards – Titles on grey backgrounds are no longer appearing maroon.

• Lead Paragraphs (Grey Backgrounds) – No longer appearing white.

• Page – Featured Image – Functionality restored on all page types

• Blockquote (Maroon Background) – Font colour fixed

AODA/Accessibility

• Numerous font colour issues (which were also AODA issues) were addressed, see noted in Bugs above

Documentation

• FAQs – Preview image instructions updated

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.9.4 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.21 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.44 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• News – Dynamic Cards – Labels can now be hidden

• Resources – Dynamic Cards – Labels can now be hidden

• News – Dynamic Cards – Dates can now be hidden

• Resources – Dynamic Cards & Dynamic Page Listing – Ability to add custom labels to resources (overwrites the document type label for all instances of that resource)

• Resources – Dynamic Cards & Dynamic Page Listing – Resources – Ability to add a visible link label & custom text (added to individual Resources and overwritten in all locations)

• Plugin – Microsoft Clarity Plugin now available in MacSites (To activate, please email mpsweb@mcmaster.ca)

• Security – Tools – No longer accessible by Editors or Team Admins (Note: All re-direction requests should be sent to mpsweb@mcmaster.ca)

• Security – Admin – Dashboard activity log

McMaster Brand Updates

• None (but stay tuned!)

Bug Fixes

• Resources – Phone number option fixed

• Thumbnail Cards – Maroon using img-card-background text fix

• Events Dynamic Page – Removal of extra <main> tag

• Off-Brand – Fixes to secondary colours on some elements with hover

AODA/Accessibility

• McMaster Menu – Focus box now appearing on sides and bottom

Documentation

• No changes

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.9 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.19 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.41 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• People Cards – Update border on images

• Team Admin – Yoast access updates

• News – Remove relative date functionality

• Login Page – Improved clarity/spacing for password copy options

• Event Cards – Now able to directly open to external event pages

• News Cards – New options to remove labels & dates

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• People Cards – Update border on images

• Icon Picker Cards – YouTube icon added

• Content Area – Remove circles from profile image option

• Buttons – Buttons with longer text no longer squished

Bug Fixes

• CTA Banners & Content Areas – Text on maroon fixed

• Maroon Text – Drop shadow

• Cards – Maroon and grey backgrounds text corrected

• External / Off Brand Sites – Arrow and colour fixes

• Dynamic Cards – Specific – When empty, no longer throws a page error

• Favicon – Default behaviour improvements

AODA/Accessibility

• Hero Banner – Focus indicator improvements

• Site Navigation – Focus indicator, bottom border improvements

• News Page – Focus indicator pagination issues resolved

• News Page – Focus indicator starts at dropdown instead of search

• McMaster Logo – Missing alt text corrected

• Left Navigation – Sub menu items – Focus indicator hidden borders corrected

• WPForms – Invisible captchas missing labels corrected

Documentation

• No changes

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.8.3 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.18 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• Brighter World News Element – Updated to support news.mcmaster.ca

• Removal of LDAP password option in page editor

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Brighter World News Element – Updated to support news.mcmaster.ca

• Content Areas & Thumbnail Cards – Gold removed as background option

Bug Fixes

• Content Areas & Thumbnail Cards – Light Grey Backgrounds now match

• Page Editor – Template Dropdown – Blank field removed

• News Articles – Font colour in WYSIWYG and Content Areas now match

• Social Media Card – Hover colour contrast issue fixed

• Accordions – CSS Syntax causes error corrected

• Team Admin Role – Can no longer demote an admin

• Thumbnail Cards – Modal – Background colour corrections for maroon/grey/white

AODA/Accessibility

• McMaster Navigation Menu (Legacy) – Focus indicator fixes

• People Cards – Alt text added

• Testimonials – Alt text added

Documentation

• No changes

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.8.2

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.12

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• New Flexible Element – Divider

• Tabbed Pages – New option to justify tabs

• New Sidebar Element – Re-usable link list/menu

• McMaster Search – Link updated for Continuing Education

• Dynamic Content – People – Updated image links

• Social Media Icon – Bluesky added

• Favicon – Improvements to favicon formatting and detection

• Thumbnails Cards & Content Areas – Removal of gold background option (Missing from email version)

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Hero Banners – Left and right text options, circles removed

Bug Fixes

• Resources – Phone number option fixed

• Sidebar – Thumbnail Cards redundancy corrected

• Semantic HTML fix to Main Tag / Loop

• People Cards – Video pop-up fixed

AODA/Accessibility

• No updates

Documentation

• No updates

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.8.2 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.12 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites LDAP: 1.2.4

New Features & Improvements

• Back-end – Subscribers no longer have black admin bar at the top

• Back-end – Re-directed to home after logout

• Logged in users – Log out button no longer visible in navigation when viewing front end while logged in

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Content Areas – Remove gold and maroon as background colour options

• Hospital Template – McMaster logo updated with new version

Bug Fixes

• Back-end (WYSIWYG) – Remove fonts loading in editor

• Lists in WYSIWYGs – Links now have underlines

• People Card – Modal – “People Card Modal Dialog” text removed

• News Posts – Filter chronologically by date

• Text Casing Correction – “Learn More” now “Learn more”

• Hospital Template – McMaster maroon removed from News and Events cards

• Footer – Mobile – Footer width fix

• People Cards – Grey or Maroon Backgrounds – Subtitle text now legible

AODA/Accessibility

• People Cards – Grey or Maroon Backgrounds – Subtitle text now legible

Documentation

• No updates

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.7.2 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.6 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• Circle Cards – Background added to text cards

• Circle Cards – Background added to Font Awesome icon cards

• Circle Cards – Subtle grey border added to default size image cards

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Content Areas – Removal of gold and maroon backgrounds

Bug Fixes

• Content Area – Social Media Links – Now working in all columns

• Circle Cards – Space issue above text resolved

• Circle Cards – Hover issue resolved

AODA/Accessibility

• Accordions – Focus box now visible on bottom border

• MPS AODA Reporting Footer Language Updated

Documentation

• None

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.7.1 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.4

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• Icon Cards

• Circle Cards & People Cards – Removal of gold circle border

• Twitter Logo (Maroon Footer) – Update to X logo (Post-release hotfix)

• Default People Icon – Updated to new icon

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Icon Cards

• Circle Cards & People Cards – Removal of gold circle border

• Default People Icon – Updated to new icon

Bug Fixes

• Content Area – Social Media Links – Now working in all columns

• Circle Cards – Space issue above text resolved

• Circle Cards – Hover issue resolved

AODA/Accessibility

• Twitter Logo (Maroon Footer) – Update to X logo (Post-release hotfix)

• Fixed – Screen reader text throwing false positive contrast errors

   

Documentation

• Icon Cards – Documentation: https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/icon-cards/

• Icon Library (Searchable): https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/brand-icon-library/

   

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.6.2

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 11.0.4 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• Global Search Links – Mosaic Updated in 2 locations

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Brand Update – Arrow icons on content areas with grey backgrounds now work

• Icons fixes in Navigation Cards, CTA Link List, Sidebar Link List

Bug Fixes

• Brand Update – Arrow icons on content areas with grey backgrounds now work

• Icons fixes in Navigation Cards, CTA Link List, Sidebar Link List

AODA/Accessibility

• McMaster Menu (Pop Out) – Submenu items now available by keyboard navigation on subsequent uses

• Focus Box Improvements

Documentation

• None

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.6.2

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 10.57

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• News – Now supports keyword functionality & tagging

• People Cards – Social media fields copy updated to label instead of username

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Left Nav, Navigation Cards and Sidebar Link List arrow icons fixed

• Thumbnail Cards w/ Background Image – Text colour corrected

Bug Fixes

• Single News Page – Share Button – Contrast issue resolved

• Thumbnail Cards – Link text now appears when using maroon or grey background

• Video Modals in Waterfall Element – Rendering and redirect issues resolved

AODA/Accessibility

• Single News Page – Share Button – Contrast issue resolved

• Redundant Site Header Link – When title and subtitle have the same link, don’t print the redundant subtitle link

Documentation

• None

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.6.2 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 10.57 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• People Cards – Country code no longer required to display phone number

• People Cards – Prepend McMaster phone number (905) 525-9140 when only a 5-digit extension is present

• Back-end – Added ability to search list of taxonomies

McMaster Brand Evolution Updates

• Fonts changed (Poppins & Arial)

• Standard buttons and button variations changed

• UI Element Updates – Dynamic filter elements updated (text field, dropdown, search, etc.)

• McMaster (Maroon) Footer – Font updates, removal of radiance, logo update

Bug Fixes

• Header/Footer – Save no longer resetting website homepage

• Resource Cards – Bug fixes on version dropdowns

• Preview – Now rendering content

• Modals – Bug fixes for pop up title and content

• Footer – 5 column footer breaks

AODA/Accessibility

• Login Pages – Broken Skip Links Fixed

• Modal – Keyboard navigation improvements

Documentation

• None

Compatibility & Internal Plugins

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.6.1 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 10.55 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.37 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• Hero Banner – Sound controls can now be disabled/hidden

• Link Builder – Internal Links – Suggestion list now ordered by page, then news, then others

• News Posts – Added functionality so that Content Areas can be used in News Posts

Bug Fixes

• Flexible Elements – Footer Link – Pop up option is functional again

• Narrow Banner – Colour inconsistencies corrected

• Content Area – MS Stream Video embed issue resolved

• News Pages – Date picker styling fixed

• Alert Banner – Colour fixes

• Resource Cards with Versions – Now dropping down instead of dropping up

• News cards – Image sizing corrections

• Archive Pages – Enabling/Disabling functionality restored

• Archive Pages – Author Archive Pages fixed (no longer generated)

• Resources – When labels are toggled off, filter functionality has been restored

• Content Sections – Mobile padding/colour issue resolved

• Hero Banner – Narrow banner checkmark no longer impacts full size banner

• Tabs & Cards – Cards set to pop-up that have the same title on different tabs no longer freeze

AODA/Accessibility

• Login Page – All caps text removed

• Search Modal – Tabbing now remains inside the modal instead of popping out onto the page while the modal is open

• Hero Banner – Sounds controls can now be disabled/hidden

• Site Header & Footer Alt Text – Auto generated text can now be modified

• Events Manager – Calendar – Text contrast colour issue resolved (Note: This feature is currently unavailable to all MacSites users)

• Hero Banner – Focus no longer disappears when carousel is present

• Events Manager – An update to this plugin resulting in colour styling changes has been corrected

   

Documentation

• FAQ updates

   

Compatibility

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.5.4 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 10.41

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.36 (Updated)

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• Login Screen – New link to instructions for MAC ID users

• CTA Banner – Added the ability to turn off auto scroll.

• MacSites Settings – Separated MacSites General Settings (Editors and Team Administrators) and Admin Settings (Infrastructure Administrators Only)

Bug Fixes

• WYSIWYG Content – Full width issue fixed.

• CTA Banner – Class fix

• Comm100 – Auto-detection fixed. Skip links now populate when Comm100 widget is present.

AODA/Accessibility

• CTA Banner – Added the ability to turn off auto scroll.

• Comm100 – Auto-detection fixed. Skip links now populate when Comm100 widget is present.

Documentation

• None

Compatibility

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 10.41

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.33

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

New Features & Improvements

• Social Media Icons – Twitter re-branded to X in all locations

• Video Modals – Additional pop-up sizes now available

• YouTube – Now auto-generating no-cookie in link

• Global navigation – Library link updated

   

Bug Fixes

• Resources – Pagination feature enabled, issues resolved

• CTA Banner – Maroon button on marroon banner fixed

• Content Area – Flipped columns no longer production unexpected layouts

• Back-end – ACF username requirement removed

• Back-end – Force enable ACF table plugin removed

• FHS SJHC – Logo height in Safari fixed

• Off-brand colour fixes

AODA/Accessibility

• None

Documentation

• None

Compatibility

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version: 6.5

• Internal Plugin – MacSites People: 10.41

• Internal Plugin – MacSites Resources: 3.9.33

• Internal Plugin – MacSites ACF Custom Fields Nav Menu Field: 2.0.5

AODA/Accessibility

• Skip link to McMaster navigation fixed 

New Features & Improvements

• Media Library – Implemented file size sort option in column view
• Link Builder – Pop Up & Pop Up Video Modals now have size options
• New Role – ‘Set To Remove’ – Can be used as part of a workflow to have a user removed
• Custom Branding – Colour implementation improvements
• Jump Menu – Add sticky option

Bug Fixes

• Testimonials – Vimeo videos are displaying properly in modals
• Fixed title/subtitle left alignment
• CTA Banners no longer hold previously set colour classes
• Events – Considered a past event once the end date has passed (previously based on the start date)
• Thumbnail Card – Circle images in certain card scenarios now appear with the correct ratio
• WPForms – Back-end UI corrections
• CTA Banner – Alignment fixes 
• Waterfall – Image quality – Now using the correct resolution
• Custom Branding – McMaster branding no longer renders on load
• Tabs w/ Content Areas – Indentation corrections

Documentation

• No updates

Compatibility

Tested up to:

• WordPress Version 6.3.2
• (Plugin) MacSites People 10.40
• (Plugin) MacSites Resources 3.9.29

AODA/Accessibility

• Bug fix – Focus selector disappearing between banner elements (Hero and CTA)
• Bug fix – Some banner elements do not have focus selectors
• Bug fix – Sub-menu double-jump when navigating with arrow keys
• Documentation: AODA Compliance Responsibilities – Content Managers (Clients) and the MPS Web Team

New Features & Improvements

• Dynamic Pages – When filters and searches return no results, a message appears where the results would normally be instead of an empty page
• Favicon toggle – For non-branded sites, the favicon can be easily turned off
• Resources – Sort order toggle for alphabetical (ascending and descending)

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic flexible element – When pages are set as ‘specific’, links were broken
• Thumbnail images – With the overlay option checked, but the image removed, it still rendered as though it had an overlay 
• Resources Dynamic Page – Keywords not returning properly in searches
• Left Nav Pages – Cards sections with carousel, arrows would disappear
• Left Nav Pages – Page margin correction
• Testimonials – Removal of mandatory requirement for videos
• Back-end UI – MacVideo – Helper text formatting issue

Plugins

• Removal – SendPress

Documentation

• Documentation: AODA Compliance Responsibilities – Content Managers (Clients) and the MPS Web Team

Other

• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.3.1

AODA/Accessibility

• Page Carousel – Alt text no longer overwriting captions
• Editor – File uploading in the back-end now generates an AODA statement

New Features

• Thumbnail Cards – Significant improvements and corrections were done to the layouts and aesthetic of Thumbnail Cards
• News Posts – When external news post selected, hide content box implemented
• Dynamic Pages – Filters & Search – Additional of a ‘Clear’ button to clear all fields
• Resources – If multiple versions, allow main card to omit link functionality
• Resources – Versions – Allow custom text instead of ‘Other Versions’ for dropdown button
• Testimonials – Font Size Increase on name
• Content Areas – Flip content option added

Bug Fixes

• Dynamic Content Cards – Resources – Images on 1 and 2 column templates corrected to display properly
• Resources & People – Pagination Bug – Limiting to 10 posts after filter when pagination is turned off is resolved
• Resources – Hide Label Function – Editor helper text and checkbox corrections
• Social Media Icons – Now in the same order in Banners and Footers
• Dynamic Content Cards – Resources – Modal functionality restored
• Footer Logo – Sizing Corrections issued
• Breadcrumbs – Duplicate breadcrumbs eliminated in tab view
• Dynamic Content – Events – Now sorting by date and time (previously only sorting by date)
• Testimonials – Removed requirement for video
• WPForms – Access issues for Editors and Team Administrators resolved
• WPForms – Back-end promotional overlay removed

Plugins

• None

Documentation

• None

Other

• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.3.1

AODA/Accessibility

•  WYSIWYG – Add H2 WYSIWYG fix so content managers can see casing errors in the back-end

New Features

• Add MS Stream as a video option in Content Areas and Testimonials.
• Jump Menu – Add smooth scroll
• Jump Menu – Added to all flexible elements.
• People & Resources – Pagination settings added
• Team Administrator Role Added

Bug Fixes

• None

Plugins

• None

Documentation

• Google Analytics Docs updated
• FAQs updated

Other

• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.2.2

AODA/Accessibility

• Header & Footer updates.
• Comm100 automatically detected. When present, skip link generated.

New Features

• Resources – Searchable keywords added to individual resources. Will return in search.
• Resources – Sort by date option added to the Resource page template.
• Resources – Sort order added (ascending, descending) added to the Resource page template.

Bug Fixes

• Testimonials – Now populating correctly with taxonomies rather. The newest ones no longer override existing ones.
• Hero Banner – Center logo link options removed.
• Infographic element – Yellow radiance image, broken link restored.

Plugins

• Table Plugin – Activated across all sites.

Documentation

• Quick Training Video Series: https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/quick-start-training/
• Timestamps added to training videos: https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/training/
• Video timestamps added to element pages (where available). They refer to training videos. Example: https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/elements/accordions/
• Documentation search now available: https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/documentation-search-listing/
• Elements full listing updated with visuals: https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/elements/

Other

• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.2.2

AODA/Accessibility

• Header/Footer – Key nav console error/bug corrected.
• Error – WPForms – First Name/Last Name multiple form label error resolved.
• Error – Empty Headings – Added functionality that automatically removes empty headings from pages when populated by WYSIWYG and other elements.

New Features

• Testimonials – Now supports MacVideo & Vimeo.
• Dynamic Page Templates – News, Events, People, Resources and Testimonials – Added the ability to customize placeholder text in the search box.
• Content Areas – Table Builder – New feature is Content Areas to build out simple tables.

Bug Fixes

• People Cards – Address fields being cut off on People pop-ups are now resolved.
• Testimonials Page Template – Search – Returns results for all matching fields (no longer limited to title).
• Testimonials – Back-end – Removed incorrect helper text regarding automatic quote generating. 
• People – Modified phone number helper text for the back-end to improve content manager clarity.

Plugins

• None

Documentation

• None

Other

• PHP 8 – Fix to events error. Event pages with categories now loading.
• Widgets – Disable support for block editor widgets.
• Custom 403 page alerting users off VPN to connect to the McMaster network.
• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.1.1

AODA/Accessibility

• Site Nav Menu – Error resolved – Missing ARIA label (false ul being generated based on child pages)
• Jump Menu Element – Error resolved – Broken ARIA label on landing page templates
• Site Search Results – Contrast Errors – Several elements throwing contrast errors have been cleared

New Features

• People – Pre-filtered page links implemented
• News – Pre-filtered page links implemented
• Events – Pre-filtered page links implemented
• Testimonials – Pre-filtered page links implemented
• Footer – Social Media Icons/Accounts – Discord added

Bug Fixes

• Mobile – Left nav now says “Section Menu” instead of empty select box

Plugins

• Remove external Nav Menu plugin

Documentation

• No updates

Other

• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.1.1

AODA/Accessibility

• AODA/MPS Footer is now available as English Only, Bilingual or French Only
• Element – Page Carousel – Now pulling alt text
• Fixed missing skip link error on all archive pages

New Features

• Element – Alert Banner – Banners can now be set on individual pages.
• AODA/MPS Footer is now available as English Only, Bilingual or French Only

Bug Fixes

• Resource Search – Resource search now works on un-tagged resources.
• Resources – Modified links on resources are now updating
• News Posts – Non-functional button for Content Block & Brighter World API elements removed

Plugins

• ACF Nav Menu – Added code to line 11 to prevent future conflicts
• Plugin Update – W3 Total Cache (Now 2.2.12)
• Plugin Update – Events Manager (Now 6.3)
• Plugin Update – Enable Media Replace  (Now 4.0.2)

Documentation

• No updates

Other

• Tested up to: WordPress Version 6.1.1
• WPForms no longer allows ‘File Upload’ as a field option (Security Improvement)

AODA/Accessibility

• Resolve Missing Skip Link Errors – Archive Pages now have anchor tags.
• Waterfall Element – Auto-generated empty headings removed.

Improvements

• New Feature – New field on ‘People’ cards for Google Scholar link.

Bug Fixes

• Remove ‘Tabbed Resources’ option from the landing page element population.
• Waterfall Element – Resolve missing WYSIWYG.
• Resources reverse-alpha default sort issue resolved (Note: This item was missing from email release notes.) 

Plugin Changes

• Remove wp-fullcalendar plugin.
• Move ACF Nav Menu Field Plugin to internal plugin.
• Resources plugin update.

Documentation

• Baseline documentation launched and complete. Ongoing updates will be reported in release notes going forward. Documentation can be found here:
  https://macsites.mcmaster.ca/documentation-learning/

Tested up to: WordPress Version 5.9.3

AODA/Accessibility

• Back-end helper text for alt text modified. Asking users to use “” for decorative images.
• Global Header/Footer updates for keyboard navigation improvements
• Contrast colour issue with breadcrumbs in global search results modified (global css file)

Improvements

• Update to WPForms plugin
• Update to ACF plugin
• File upload restriction settings added to site settings

Fixes

• [object Object] appearing in link areas resolved
• Fix image issues on people cards

AODA/Accessibility

• Duplicate content skip link removed
• Font size increased for skip links
• Contrast colours corrected for skip links
• Code level – extra nav menu ul removed. Corrects several navbar errors across all sites in PopeTech (ex. Empty Link, Redundant Link, ARIA)
• Hero Banner default alt text changed from “Banner Background Image” to alt=”” role=”presentation”. (Not final fix, further updates planned)
• Fix contrast errors on banner text. Were throwing a false positive in PopeTech.
• Testimonials – Broken ARIA reference.

Improvements

• Table formatting added to WYSIWYG.
• Formatting label changes in WYSIWYG drop down.
• Resource sorting improvements.
• When Mac Experts photo missing, match ‘People’ card behaviour with icon.

Fixes

• Bug Fix – Empty buttons at the bottom of dynamically generated tabs
• Resources Search