Read answers to frequently asked questions about the Content Blocks removal project Unpublished Content Blocks pages removed In order to focus efforts on current published content, any unpublished web page using the Content Blocks feature that had not been updated in 12 months was deleted. While recently created draft pages using Content Blocks were retained, […]
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We are excited to announce a reorganization of teams within the Division of Marketing & Communications! Amanda Lozier has accepted a new role, Director of Digital Experience, which has creative and brand oversight of the website. Together with Rosemary Lausier, this team will drive front-end design and user experience for the UMaine and UMaine Machias […]
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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 decisions that will inevitably come up as websites are reviewed to remove Content Blocks: what to do about old content that is not adequately accessible? […]
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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. 2024–25 compliance training is expected to launch on Aug. 1, 2024. New users added before August 1 will be expected […]
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Effective July 1, 2024, the “Classic editor” in WordPress will be shut down for pages and posts, and the Gutenberg editor will become the default for new content creation. If you have not yet taken our training in the Gutenberg editor, please refer to the schedule below and sign up for an upcoming class. Cooperative […]
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Frequently Asked Questions about Content Blocks removal project We have heard from many readers of this newsletter asking clarification on the Content Blocks removal project, and in order to keep everyone on the same page a Frequently Asked Questions page has been created for our user guide. Read answers to frequently asked questions about the […]
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Some features of our website have changed with the introduction of the Gutenberg editor, and how you create links to Resources is among them. What are “Resources”? Resources are files and web addresses (URLs) intended for reuse across the site. When creating a Resource, you can attach a document to it or indicate a URL […]
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Changing a page from using Content Blocks to Gutenberg can be as simple as clicking the “Disable content blocks” button in the page editor. However, this change is immediate and affects the published page. In most situations, content managers will want to create a new page using the Gutenberg editor, as working with a draft […]
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We began training users in the Gutenberg editor in June 2023, and earlier this year ended our recurring trainings for the older “Classic” editor and Content Blocks. Effective July 2024, the “Classic editor” in WordPress will be shut down for pages and posts, and the Gutenberg editor will become the default for new content creation. If […]
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As mentioned in our April newsletter, we plan to shut down the Content Blocks editor on all UMaine and UMaine Machias websites by June 30, 2025. Moratorium on new Content Blocks pages effective June 17, 2024 In order to focus on revising existing pages using the Content Blocks editor, we will be removing the “Enable […]
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