All Release Notes
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