The March sprint release for Drupal is scheduled for Saturday, March 7th, starting at 6am. Updates include additional button bar styles, the XML sitemap module, and CNAS theme updates.
The February sprint release for Drupal is scheduled for Saturday, February 15th, starting at 6am. Please refrain from editing sites on Saturday or check TechAlerts for updates.
The December sprint release for Drupal is scheduled for Saturday, December 7th. Please refrain from editing sites on Saturday. There are a couple new features, an update to the background color, and many CNAS Theme updates.
The November change release for Drupal will reveal slight updates to the general CSS for the footer and header in the default and hybrid themes. The CNAS theme also has quite a few fixes. Code has been cleaned up and adjustments in aria labels and landmarks were made. A new admin theme, Claro, has been...
October's sprint update takes place on October 5th starting at 5am. It is best to refrain from editing websites during this time. Most of the updates for this release are bug fix related. There are no new feature releases.
Adoption of UCR's Drupal instance has soared! Due to the increased number of sites and page views, the campus will need to be placed in a new Acquia tier. In the meantime, there will be no monthly Change Logs (updates to the Drupal system). Campus Web Solutions will continue to fix bugs and work on...
Saturday, August 3rd, an update to Drupal was made. This change release includes the new Layout Builder tool as well as bug fixes. Learn more about this change release.
Layout Builder is a new tool in Drupal that makes creating page layouts quick and easy! Layout Builder provides flexible page layouts for the Basic Page content type. Content blocks are easily searchable to place in the multitude of regions created within the primary content area.
With the July 2019 push of new releases for Acquia and Drupal, a workflow for custom blocks was introduced. Now all custom blocks can be set to "draft" and "published". Any custom block that was created before this push will already be in its published state. However, any new blocks created will be set to...
Drupal's sprint release for July 2019 includes an overhaul of the Article Content Type, allowing for various articles. It introduces a workflow for custom blocks and most content types. A no-stripe table is an option and excess padding on titles has been removed.
June's update to the Drupal content management system took place on Saturday, June 8th. This included bug fixes and enhancements. Additionally, a Search feature in the toolbar has been added to search administration nodes.
May's update to the Drupal content management system took place on Saturday, May 4th. The sprint involved a Drupal code core update. There are two new modules that are ready to be installed by a Campus Web Solutions administrator.
April's update to the Drupal content management system took place on Saturday, April 6th. This push includes several bug fixes and a change to a CAS related module. The University Communications approved CNAS Theme has also been added as a selection but should be used with caution as it is in "beta". Bug Fixes Info...
March's update to the Drupal content management system initially took place on Saturday, March 9th. This push was rolled back due to an error and the release was rescheduled for March 16th, 2019. This push includes a feature enhancement and a new custom block to the campus sites using the default profile. Additionally, Inside UCR...
February's update to the Drupal content management system includes bug fixes, WYSIWYG enhancements, a sticky navigation option, and a new content type. On Saturday, February 9th, these new features and enhancements were added to campus websites using the default profile. A workshop on February 21st will be held to present these new additions. Bug Fixes...
January's update to UCR's Drupal environment included fixes that will hopefully improve the cache issues that some editors have noticed. Acquia Varnish - Installed the Purge module to allow a site to automatically send requests to update items in the Acquia Varnish cache when a node, block, or other content item is updated. Video Component...
December's update to the Drupal content management system includes the much anticipated Webforms module and enhancements to block style settings with background, margin, and padding options. A few bug fixes have been addressed as well. Enhancements Webforms With the Webform module, it is now easier to create forms within Drupal. The Webform module enhances the...
November's update to the Drupal content management system includes new custom blocks, header images, and an RSS feed import . On Saturday, November 3rd, these new features and enhancements were added to campus websites using the default profile. A workshop on November 15th will be held to present these new additions. As they become available...
October's update to our content management system is substantial. On Saturday, October 6th, new features and enhancements were added to campus websites using the default profile. More information on each of these enhancements will be coming soon and be linked from this blog when available. What's New?! Full Width Layouts The layouts for the basic...