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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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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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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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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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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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 worked to identify suitable Gutenberg features to replace the capabilities of our aging Content Blocks system. Article lists, event lists, images, quotes, and other features can all be accommodated with Gutenberg blocks and our “post picker” shortcode. But what about the People List content block? We have found a simple solution for this, […]
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In January the UMaine home page was refreshed to take advantage of modern web design features. The most noticeable change you will see is a full-motion video at the top of the home page instead of a static image. As you scroll deeper into the home page, you will find elements that help section off different […]
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