Read answers to frequently asked questions about the Content Blocks removal project Unpublished Content Blocks pages removed In order to focus efforts on current published content, any unpublished web page using the Content Blocks feature that had not been updated in 12 months was deleted.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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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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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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With this update to WordPress 6.3.2, we are ready to switch all websites using Content Blocks to the new features of Gutenberg. Effective July 1, new websites will not have content blocks available as an option unless a specific need is identified. Sites that make extensive use of the older Content Blocks editor are encouraged to […]
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We have identified an issue with pages using the Content Blocks editor that can result in a page not updating as expected. If you open a block for editing, the editor window for the content of the block will have a “save” button to update the block within the overall page editor. The problem arises […]
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While we continue to adopt the newer Gutenberg Editor, we are working to ensure our older Content Blocks system continues to work for websites. A critical issue has been discovered with the Content Blocks system and the WordPress revision history feature, resulting in corrupted, uneditable pages when the error occurs. With the help of UMS […]
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A required update to our WordPress software has broken the Event List Content Block. We are working with UMS IT to remove the block from use altogether in a future update. Because of this problem, pages using the event list content block are not listing events in the correct order, and many events are missing […]
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The menu content block can be a handy page element to display a list of links in a button or list format, and is especially useful when that same set of links needs to be maintained across multiple pages. There is a known display issue with the menu content block’s “Blue horizontal buttons” display option […]
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The article list content block is a great way to feature news and updates on your website. In 2021 we added several new options to this feature, allowing for more options to feature UMaine News on your website by academic area, region, or custom feed. The two options for this block that use the featured […]
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Our UMS IT developers have been hard at work making some important updates to our website in 2021, and this month we roll out two new features: People list content block The People list content block now allows for adding more people to a single list. The limit had previously been 25 people per list, […]
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