All Updates

Replacing Featured Content Block

The “Featured Content” Content Block has been used for headings and features, and displays an image to the left or right of heading style text. Featured Content as a selection in the Content Blocks page editor: The dialog box for Featured Content: If your Featured Content block is used as the heading of your page, […]

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Replacing Image Content Block

The “Image” Content Block is one of our most popular blocks, and allows for superimposing text over an image to use it as a link to more content. Image as a selection in the Content Blocks page editor: The dialog box for Image: There are multiple new blocks available for images: If your image content […]

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Replacing Slider content block

The slider content block has been used in several ways, and there are multiple improved options to choose from. Slider as a selection in the Content Blocks page editor: The dialog box for Slider: How are you using the slider block? The slider block has several common uses: Replacing a slider used as a full-page […]

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Replacing Quote Content Block

The Quote content block allowed for adding pull quotes in a page in a style that displayed the UMaine crest alongside the quote in a grey background box. Quote as a selection in the Content Blocks editor: The dialog box for Quote: Replace this block with the Info Box block Once added, the text area […]

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Replacing Separator Content Block

The “Separator” Content Block is one of our simplest blocks, and offers a boundary between other content blocks. Separator as a selection in the Content Blocks page editor: The dialog box for Separator: Replace this block with the “Spacer/divider” block Spacer/Divider block options By default the spacer will span the full width of the content […]

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Replacing People List Content Block

While there is an automated directory to list the People content on your website, the “People List” Content Block offered the ability to put people in a specific order. To replace this functionality, we have created a People pattern. People List as a selection in the Content Blocks page editor: The dialog box for People […]

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Replacing Explore Links Content Block

Many websites use the “Explore Links” Content Block. This is the block that creates circles from images or icons, and displays text underneath that you then link to other destinations. Explore Links as a selection in the Content Blocks page editor: The dialog box for Explore Links: Replace this block with the Icons pattern “UM […]

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Accessibility and inclusion: The importance of captions for everyone

Web accessibility has always been a requirement for UMaine websites, and ensuring your content is accessible is part of an inclusive communication strategy. In this month’s newsletter we focus on captions for video content and how it is useful for all visitors. Captions are required for videos with dialog The University of Maine System (UMS) […]

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New users: Accessibility training returning in August

UMS Human Resources will be launching a newly envisioned UMS Academy for compliance and other employee training needs later this summer. As of June 12, 2024 the existing UMS Academy resoruce is no longer available. The videos for this training are available in a playlist for reference. 2024–25 compliance training is expected to launch in […]

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Gutenberg corner: August patterns

Our Digital teams are working with UMS:IT to publish several new patterns for our Aug. 19 website update. New pattern category: News and Calendar To replace our old Article List and Event List content blocks we have a new “Post Picker” feature that works using the Shortcode block. Shortcodes are text commands surrounded by [square […]

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