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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Read answers to frequently asked questions about the Content Blocks removal project Unpublished Content Blocks pages removed In order to focus efforts on current published content, any unpublished web page using the Content Blocks feature that had not been updated in 12 months was deleted.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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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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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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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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