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: November 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, December | global change | Campus Web Solutions | Happens once per month typically the 2nd Saturday. Includes every change, enhancement, or fix, including Drupal core update. |
| Brand Update | June 2020 (released) | global change | UComm & Campus Web Solutions | Changes to the branding of site templates: logo, header, footer, main navigation |
| Brand Update (phase 2) | July-December 2020 | global change | UComm & Campus Web Solutions | Changes to the branding of site templates: all pages, views, and components as it relates to new fonts and colors |
| File Categorization | October 2020 (released) | module | Campus Web Solutions | Module that will allow for file categorization in a particular style (initial request by Police Department) |
| Boxes | Early 2021 | 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 | Early 2021 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | Create additional roles based on permission (menus, blocks, taxonomy, flush cache, etc.) |
| Automatic Backups | Early 2021 | external | Campus Web Solutions | schedule automatic backups at different intervals; 1-7 days, 2 weeks, 1 month |
| LB: In place editing | researching (no solution as of yet) | enhancement | Drupal Community | Use of "pencil" icons in view mode to edit blocks |
| LB: Inline vs Global | researching (no solution as of yet) | 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 |
| 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 | TBD | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | obtain information based on log in, record input, save input, to pull up later |
| Modals | researching (no solution as of yet) | block | UComm (design) & Campus Web Solutions | Ability to use modals for images and video within the WYSIWYG editor |
| Grouping/Restricting Access | TBD | global change | Campus Web Solutions | Way to arbitrarily group and provide individual access to specific pages of a site |
| Link Images | December 2020 | enhancement | Campus Web Solutions | A way to link images to pages or files without using source code |
| Bulk Redirect Import | researching (no solution as of yet) | 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 and feeds preview block
- layout builder integration
- meganav categorization and integration with main menu navigation
- password protected pages