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, typically on the 1st or 2nd Saturday of the month.
Items last updated: January 2020
| Item | Estimated Release | Type | Teams | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility Fixes (default profile) | Ongoing | global change | UComm (color guidance) Campus Web Solutions | Fix color contrast issues, labels, aria roles, everything specific to the template |
| SEO updates | Ongoing | global change | UComm & Campus Web Solutions | Any SEO changes that need to be done on the template level |
| Change Releases | February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November | global change | Campus Web Solutions | Happens once per month typically 1st or 2nd Saturday. Includes every change, enhancement, or fix, including Drupal core update. |
| Brand Update | May | global change | UComm & Campus Web Solutions | Changes to the branding of site templates: logo, font, and colors |
| File Categorization | Winter 2020 | module | Campus Web Solutions | Module that will allow for file categorization in a particular style (initial request by Police Department) |
| Bubble Enhancement | Winter 2020 | enhancement | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Update the look and feel of the bubble with an option to not display the text on the bubble, but below. |
| Boxes | Winter 2020 | 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 |
| Additional Permissions | Winter 2020 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | Create additional roles based on permission (menus, blocks, taxonomy, flush cache, etc.) |
| Button Styles for Button Bar | Winter 2020 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | Add the button styles available in editor to the button bar |
| Automatic Backups | Spring 2020 | external | Campus Web Solutions | schedule automatic backups at different intervals; 1-7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month |
| LB: In place editing | researching | enhancement | Drupal Community | Use of "pencil" icons in view mode to edit blocks |
| LB: Inline vs Global | researching | enhancement | Drupal Community | Ability to use the Layout Builder tool to create block and select whether they are inline vs. global at the time of creation |
| Lazy Load | evaluating | module | Campus Web Solutions | Lazy Load images |
| Print to PDF | evaluating | 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. |
| Emergency Notification System Integration | evaluating | external | Campus Web Solutions, UComm, OEM | ability to automatically integrate ENS messages across all Drupal websites |
| Events Content Type re-haul | evaluating | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions, UComm | Reevaluate the Events content type to be more dynamic and have other options (such as calendar view) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bulk Redirect Import | researching | module | Campus Web Solutions | Bulk importing redirects rather than manually adding them one by one |
Past Milestones:
- featured item block
- Article Content Type overhaul
- articles sidebar block
- layout builder integration
- meganav categorization and integration with main menu navigation
- password protected pages