This is a reminder that the redesigned WFU WordPress header and footer will launch tomorrow, August 20. All WFU WordPress sites will be unavailable from 7-7:30 a.m. while we install these updates. The update introduces the new Wake Forest logo branding, a modernized look and […]
Categories: Deployment, Functionality Change
Today’s update includes a new layer of email protection to help reduce phishing risks, along with new file size limits to keep sites fast and easy to use. To help combat the rise in AI-powered phishing attacks targeting WFU, we’ve deployed a new email protection […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature
During our recent web audit, we discovered that some users were not adding Page Titles to their WordPress pages and posts because they wanted to use a banner image, hero area, or another graphical element in place of the page title. This created accessibility […]
Categories: Deployment, Functionality Change
In this weeks deployment we are releasing a major update to our Staff List Block. After listening to your feedback, this 2.0 version contains numerous features and enhancements designed to make the Staff List Block more useful and attractive. What’s New in Version 2.0? […]
Categories: Deployment, Functionality Change, New Feature
Most of our recent work has been focused on accessibility, improving code quality and maintenance, but we do have a few exciting new features that we’d like to share with you: QR Code Generator: We’ve gotten requests for guidance around creating QR Codes for promoting […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature
Our final deployment of 2023 happened today, and we have two important updates that we’d like to share: Button Card Block: We have another new block to help enhance your websites. The Button Card Block allows you to add a row of attractive “cards,” […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature
We have more exciting updates to share with you. We have released two new custom blocks and a recent WordPress update has added two more: Heading + Image Hover Block: If you have visited the new WFU homepage recently, you may have noticed the […]
Categories: Functionality Change, New Feature, Update
Recently we made improvements to the Accordion block, focused on making the block more accessible for users with screen readers. However, these changes necessitated giving all accordions unique identifiers. Previously, if you copied an accordion, it would retain the same identifier. As a result […]
Categories: Functionality Change
As you may have heard, Twitter has been experiencing some instability and that instability has affected most of the world’s external integrations with Twitter. This includes our WordPress sites in relation to a third-party plugin that we use, SmashBalloon Social Feeds, which allows users […]
Categories: Functionality Change, Outage
We have added a new feature to our Gutenberg-based WordPress theme. If you have a blog on your website, you now can display or hide the blog post author, publish date and category on both the blog archive page and also set these […]
Categories: Functionality Change