On the Horizon
The Campus Web Solutions team is continuously working on improvements to the Drupal offering. The following list is a guide to what is "On the Horizon". Please note that release dates are tentative as new projects and other issues arise. The team has to fully test new modules and changes to make sure everything works as intended. This can be an extensive, lengthy process. Drupal sprint releases are scheduled once per month, on typically the 1st or 2nd Saturday of the month.
Items last updated: August 2019
| Item | Estimated Release | Type | Teams | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articles sidebar block | Delivered - July 2019 | block | Campus Web Solutions | Create a block for articles, news, blog, press-release, and events than can stack vertically for columns and sidebars |
| Articles Extras | Fall 2019 | block/view | Campus Web Solutions | Allow for tags and categories to be placed on the articles listing page for easy search |
| Table Style addition | Delivered - July 2019 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | New table style with no stripes (odd/even) |
| Layout Builder | Delivered - August 2019 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | Core feature of Drupal just released to allow for placement of blocks (replacing Panelizer) |
| Boxes | Fall 2019 | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Div box styles (similar to notabene, box a, box b, etc. in OU sites) that affect specific text in the WYSIWYG editor |
| Article Content Type Overhaul | Delivered - July 2019 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | Allow for a vocabulary in taxonomy for builders to create their own article types (not limited to blog, press, and news) |
| Google Tag Manager | Delivered! | module | Campus Web Solutions | Introduce Google Tag Manager module when UComm begins to utilize GTM |
| Additional Permissions | Fall 2019 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | Create additional roles based on permission (menus, blocks, taxonomy, flush cache, etc.) |
| Automatic Backups | Fall 2019 | external | Campus Web Solutions | schedule automatic backups at different intervals; 1-7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month |
| Meganav Categorization | Fall 2019 | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Have non-clickable headers in the meganav to server to categorize columns |
| Print to PDF | Fall 2019 | module | Campus Web Solutions | Pages (nodes) to contain a button to allow users to print/save page to pdf. May need to update print.css. |
| Password protected pages | Delivered! | block | Campus Web Solutions | set own password to protect certain pages |
| Statistic Grid | Fall 2019 | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | need options to display statistic grid vertically |
| Emergency Notification System Integration | 2019 | external | Campus Web Solutions, UComm, OEM | ability to automatically integrate ENS messages across all Drupal websites |
| Events Content Type Rehaul | 2020 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions, UComm | Reevaluate the Events content type to be more dynamic and have other options (such as calendar view) |
| Expanding Card Grid Improvements | TBD | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | change text color and improve performance |
| Drop-quotes | TBD | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | create additional styled drop-quote/pull-quotes |
| Video Upload | evaluating | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | allow popular video and audio extensions with file size limitations |
| Webform & IDM | researching | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | obtain information based on log in, record input, save input, to pull up later |
| CSV Import/Export | evaluating | module | Campus Web Solutions | Add csv data and extrapolate that data to display on site |
| "Featured" item block | Delivered | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Allow for articles and events to be "featured" and displayed in a featured block |
| Tooltips | researching | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Ability to create a tooltip popup without using source code |
| Modals | researching | block | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Ability to use modals for images and video within the WYSIWYG editor |
| Grouping/Restricting Access | researching | global change | Campus Web Solutions | Way to arbitrarily group and provide individual access to specific pages of a site |
| Link Images | researching | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | A way to link images to pages or files without using source code |
| Language Translator | evaluating | module | Campus Web Solutions | Ability to translate website into multiple languages |
| Pull list from HR | evaluating | external | Campus Web Solutions | List of positions taken from HR and Academic Affairs databases |
| Accessibility Fixes (Umbrella) | Ongoing | global change | UComm (color guidance) Campus Web Solutions | Fix color contrast issues, labels, aria roles, everything specific to the core |
| Accessibility Fixes (default profile) | Ongoing | global change | UComm (color guidance) Campus Web Solutions | Fix color contrast issues, labels, aria roles, everything specific to the core |