CMS Release Notes

Added help text throughout templates to indicate when text is automatically being formatted as a predefined heading level (h1, h2, etc.)

Added option to use Headline as Link text to callout content module to parallel the same option in news with images.

Added navy overlay option for text block custom image. Added new color and transparency options for callout content callout boxes.

Added dark blue gradient overlay option and removed indent on headline break for the intro banner on Article Template.

Added an additional button color (dark blue) to Homepage template.

New module: Tiles with Links

Updated left navigation style. Updated default drawer template styling.

Updated profile templates, including a default image if none is chosen. New social media icons including three size options. Updated design of div class messages and alerts.

New Hero option to add a shaded box or gradient on uploaded images so text stands out better.

Added new options for the background of the Text Block Module, including the ability to upload an image.

New font and default images for hero images and modules, bringing CMS sites in line with the campus brand. New features and design elements that have now been rolled out to all standard V5 CMS websites, including Blink and TritonLink.

New option for News with Images module. Select 'Automated News Feed' to display 3 most recent articles depending on the News Feed Categories selected.

Google Analytics (GA4) has replaced Universal Analytics as Google's default program for digital analytics.

Universal Analytics (UA) will stop collecting new data on July 1, 2023.

Main changes: Edit preview, section preview, publish later, file chooser improvements and starred assets.

Standardized image size across profile templates. Added option for a grid layout to the profile listing template.

Advanced Options section added. Contains Alternate Logo and Navigation options and any template-specific advanced options.

Article template now has Intro Banner under Advanced Options.

Profile listing page template, lighter gray background to match other module backgrounds.

Descriptive tags have been added to links and pre-canned trident images on the back end so that users will have a clearer idea of where they are on the page.

Previously, rotator items and images were listed as links without any context and locked the user into the list of links.

Descriptive tags have been added to breadcrumbs links on the back end so that users will have a clearer idea of where they are on the page, e.g. the final breadcrumb tells user 'Current Page.'

Previously, breadcrumbs were listed as links floating between head and body without any context.

Top of left-hand navigation box now links to the homepage for that section or folder.

Previously, we needed to use the breadcrumb links to go up a level.

All links will display underlined text even when cursors are not hovering over them.

Previously, links displayed only as blue text.

Use 'id="datatable-ns"' to create a table that doesn't sort automatically.

Drawer template now announces if a particular drawer is expanded or collapsed. 

Expand and Collapse All, updates all drawers according to the selected state.

Links are now underlined by default for CMS template main content area.

Homepage Hero has better play/pause control and dynamic aria labels.

The left navigation parent container title is now linked to its container index page. 

Parent folder is clickable (previously user had to click on breadcrumbs to navigate out of the folder).

Previous and Next month buttons used to read as "button" using a screen reader. 

They now have an aria-label that describes them.

Module and content buttons have been modified so they can wrap in to a second line when viewing pages in smaller screens.

Element highlight/outline on keyboard focus is restored to browser default.

Asset Naming Rules were enabled for folders and pages

This enforces the standard asset naming convention, all lowercase, hyphens instead of spaces.

The option to select WYSIWYG or Shared Block is a radio button and will display one selected option. 

Previously, if unselected WYSIWYG content did not appear.

Drawer Style Options, option to select Dark or Light for drawer styling.

Options are either narrower navy blue with triangle to open or wider light gray drawers with plus/minus to open.