WebCMS Enhancements

Below are the "WebCMS Enhancements" (aka Release Notes or changelog) for the WebCMS code updates.

Production

November 11, 2024

Bug Fixes

  • Query-based facets for Perspectives no longer break the author link
  • Query parameters are no longer added infinitely for feeds
  • Breadcrumbs now appear for all Web Areas

October 20, 2024

New Features

  • Design Updates
    • Web Area Menu Updates, including mobile view
      • Update hook to disable the first link in Web Area menus
    • Increase Page Width
    • Breadcrumbs
      • Limited number of breadcrumbs to 3 levels, after "US EPA" and the web area home page
    • Sidebar Contact Link
    • Remove Hublinks and their styles from Page Templates
    • Implement "Related Links" into sidebar for News Releases, Perspectives, and Speeches
    • Perspectives, Speeches and Remarks, Events, FAQs, Webforms Should use "Narrow" Template
    • Update Listing Pages to Match new Page Template Style
    • Disable "Navigation Style" field from Web Area group type
  • Review and clean up print styles
  • Bulk group change - both media and nodes
  • Limited internal alerts (System announcements)
  • Disable "Link List" paragraph type from the site
  • Help text/Admin updates
    • Add help text to "Add New Content" page (/group/gid/node/create)
    • Add help status message to group dashboard page (/group/{gid})
    • Help text in the Paragraphs Embed modal

Bug Fixes

  • CKEditor 4 link field now displaying link in dialog
  • /user now works
  • Ckeditor5 Anchor Link - re-editing content no longer moves links to end of line
  • Nginx 404 routes for search pages
  • Unstyled modal vertical tabs now fixed
  • Users with no roles or Web Areas can no longer view webform submissions

Accessibility

  • Search box label now has proper contrast
  • Perspective search input is missing label

Security

  • Update Seckit module

September 01, 2024

New Features

  • Drupal v10! All users will see the new Claro administrative theme.
  • Admin UI Tweaks to Content Dashboards to make it easier to filter for your pages and files
  • Bulk group change: now you can bulk change nodes (pages) from one web area to another, provided you belong to both
    • We're working on bulk change of files/media
  • Reduced font-size of heading 2 in boxes
  • Relabel Locations of Proposed Actions' "State or Territory" field to "Location"
  • Removed Compliance Report Badge from Pattern Lab
  • Added "Language Bar" in the footer, above seal and other footer links

Accessibility

  • Hidden elements in the hero banner should not have focusable content

Bug Fixes

  • Cloudfront Cache Path Invalidate Caller reference was not unique per request, leading to ugly red warning after publishing - those are now gone
  • Carousel buttons for banners displayed incorrectly when viewing on a mobile device
  • [Infrastructure] Modified user creating images to be non-root users
  • Disabled the Coffee module
  • Fixed Public Notices empty location field ajax bug

May 19, 2024

New Features

  • Added Webform Validation module for extra validation
  • Tweaks to Public Notices search listing, including proper capitalization for locations
  • Audited and updated the Standalone Template to make it easier for app developers to use
  • Updated Banner Slide title and body requirements and added new Banner Slide link/button field

Bug Fixes

  • Listing pages: Free text search no longer clears facet selections
  • Cloned nodes no longer retain sunset & publish date from original node
  • Main menu styling in standalone template is now fixed

April 1, 2024

New Features

  • Use USWDS Megamenu for global navigation
  • New Event List Display: "Date/location"
  • Public Notices content type expiration date + 5
  • Implement access_unpublished module to allow anonymous users to view draft pages - no password required
  • Update the Twitter icon to be the new "X" icon
  • Allow multiple facet accordion blocks to be open simultaneously
  • Update Media "Replace file" help text
  • Remove New Relic browser monitoring agent
  • Share Button/Link for Latest Revisions
  • Upgrade Groups modules to support D10
  • Hide RD layout from Pattern Lab
  • Remove the redirect_301.map from nginx

Bug Fixes

  • Workaround for WSOD error for some particular nodes
  • Now able to clone forms as Web Area admin
  • Flag card alignment not adhering to conditional rules if loaded by ajax
  • EPA logo showing up black on integration 404 page
  • Unable to load specific node 72261
  • Unable to click "Edit media" button in CKEditor with private file and caption

Security & Infrastructure

  • Remove web.config from the site image
  • Address Critical/High vulnerability issues with base EPA image
  • Content Moderation Notifications - SA-CONTRIB-2023-047
  • Implement AWS scheduled scaling and scaling by request count per target

December 10, 2023

New Features

  • Notify users when they have a private file on a page
  • Output one decimal place for file size
  • Set max-width for Pagination of Dynamic Lists
  • Add "Web area" filter for Dynamic Lists
  • Add Owning Office taxonomy filter to content dashboards
  • Global Header & Menu Updates

Security Updates

  • Hide nginx and PHP Version from HTTP Headers
  • Drupal core - Critical - Cache poisoning - SA-CORE-2023-006
  • Drupal update to 9.5.11

Bug Fixes

  • Front page now has the same metadata as the rest of the site
  • Dynamic Lists for FQ/PNs, collection mode, are no longer cut-off
  • Show/Hide card and card group options now respect default settings

September 24, 2023

New Features

Security and infrastructure updates

  • Add HSTS header to nginx configuration
  • Update New Relic browser monitoring agent
  • Updating modules to conform to PHP 8.1 and Drupal 10 requirements
  • Update to PHP 8.1
  • Update Drupal to 9.5.x
  • Drupal core - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CORE-2023-005
  • S3 File System - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2023-014

Bug Fixes

  • Cloning a section in Layout Paragraphs now works
  • Ability to clone forms restored
  • Back to Top button is no longer visible when user is at the top of the page
  • Fix iCal/MS Outlook invites off by one hour while in DST
  • Card Layout Options now persist
  • Dynamic List component no longer shows filters when pagination is enabled and on pages greater than 1
  • Viewing a specific revision no longer displays duplicate title and actions

July 09, 2023

New Features

  • New content type: Speeches and Remarks
  • New layout option for web area home pages: Sections
  • Updated look and feel: blue global header
  • Restricted images are harder to download anonymously
  • New timezone (Phoenix MST) and countries (Canada and Mexico) for events
  • Users can now change who owns specific media files as well as which web area a file belongs to
  • Cards now have additional options, including inset/exdent, media or title first, and different image alignment

Accessibility

  • Updated Section 508 link for Publication certification box

Bug Fixes

  • Layout Editor block titles now respect display title setting
  • Public notices search now uses comments extension due date, if present (otherwise, the comments due date) for search filtering and sorting on comments due date
  • "On this page" for Regulation content type is now output with correct heading level
  • Files uploaded via the Add Paragraph option are now correctly associated with the web area
  • Before/after image swipe paragraph is now responsive to touch
  • Caches are now cleared for each deploy; no more "expanded menu" bugs

April 12, 2023

New Features

Security Updates

  • Drupal core - Information Disclosure - SA-CORE-2023-001
  • Entity Browser - Information Disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2023-002

Bug Fixes

  • New operation to bulk "republish" (publish current revision, not latest)
  • Removed "delete" bulk operation
  • Add Definitions (glossary) items now rendered correctly
  • The standalone template now has absolute URLs
  • Claro: fixed overlapping buttons on all node edit forms
  • Remove double '/' in the URLs in content review email notifications
  • Cloning pages no longer retain scheduled transition from the cloned/original page

February 26, 2023

New Features

Accessibility

Bug Fixes

  • Can now search for file names that contain -_.
  • Public Notices with multiple geographic locations listed now have spacing in-between locations
  • Modify revision author notification logic: that is, notify person who last edited the page (rather than the person who pushed the page through workflow)
  • Change title attribute for Exit to Intranet Icons
  • Long URLs in Summary boxes are no longer chopped off with "..."
  • Media library image checkboxes are no longer cut off in layout editor modal
  • Event calendar description cut off when it contains a newline
  • Author image is not displaying on Perspective pages
  • Bug with editing forward revisions of unpublished nodes
  • Rename Blog Box to Perspectives Box

December 11, 2022

  • Feature: Auto-save! Ensuring that content edits don't get lost
  • Feature: Before/After Images Swipe Component
  • Feature: PHP version upgrade to 8
  • Feature: Make CSV Export Button More Visible
  • Feature: Add Revision author to Content Dashboards
  • Feature: Update Admin Info Block
  • Feature: Move Registration Deadline for Events up higher on published page
  • Feature: Filter Media dashboard by "My Web Areas"
  • Feature: Show deployed code version
  • Feature: Moved Related Info WYSIWYG button to embedded Paragraphs WYSIWYG button
  • Feature: Add Fast404 module and update its display
  • Feature: Changes to Email Notifications for Sunset Date
  • Feature: Add Coffee Module
  • Feature: Better Media search, including tips for finding your files
  • Feature/bug fix: New plain text field for adding description/content for event invites
  • Accessibility: Pause hero banner rotation on keyboard focus
  • Accessibility: Pull quotes on dark backgrounds now have sufficient contrast
  • Accessibility: Animations now respect the 'prefers-reduced-motion' browser setting
  • Bug fix: Active alerts should always display on the /alerts page
  • Bug fix: Workflow rejection email is triggered on new revision
  • Bug fix: Cloning should not retain the original author
  • Bug fix: Media modal search doesn't update page numbers
  • Bug fix: Remove linked headings from Pattern Lab
  • Bug fix: Incorrect workflow behavior around Review Deadlines, particularly bulk published items
  • Bug fix: Home page sliders when JS is off now centers correctly on first slide
  • Bug fix: Events and Frequent Questions dynamic lists now have sort options

October 09, 2022

  • Increased auto-logout time from 30 minutes to eight hours

September 29, 2022

  • Feature: Exit disclaimer has changed back to an icon (no more "EXIT")
  • Feature: Increased height of "Page JavaScript" textarea on edit screen
  • Feature: Updated the Web Area user view to include a "Status" (blocked or active) column, better role names, and remove the "Updated" column
  • Feature: Added "Last logged in" and "Status" data to User profile screens
  • Feature: Add image thumbnails to the Media dashboards
  • Feature: Allow CSV exports from the Bulk Operations Content Dashboard
  • Feature: Hide the "Aside" box from web area home page edit screen
  • Feature: Show more than ten results for typeahead for web area menu add link field
  • Feature: Add revision author to the page Admin Info block
  • Feature: Upgrade USWDS design to latest version (2.13.3)
    • USWDS update to 3.x is in the works
  • Bug fix: RSS feeds for Perspectives now filtered

July 26, 2022

  • Feature: Clear Page Path/URL from CloudFront
  • Feature: Adding Additional Languages
  • Feature: Add to group from user profile: use autocomplete widget
  • Feature: Grant ability to change group home page from group edit screen
  • Feature: [Accessibility] Webforms needs role="alert"
  • Feature: Update Input Format on Card "body" field
  • Feature: Add file size to document view modes
  • Bug fix: Publication of Event content type Failing from Group Dashboard
  • Bug fix: CSV Export should include links
  • Bug fix: Update environmental switcher links
  • Bug fix: Slow CSV export performance
  • Bug fix: Public Alert is not visible to anonymous users
  • Bug fix: Update "Computed Comments Due Date" label
  • Bug fix: Web Areas not displaying correctly in dynamic lists
  • Bug fix: Alternative cron Implementation

June 09, 2022

  • Feature: Search body content of pages
  • Feature: Whitelist of URLs that should not get the EXIT disclaimer
  • Feature: Telephone matcher in LinkIt
  • Feature: USWDS Flag cards
  • Feature: Easier environment switching
  • Feature: Link YouTube thumbnails to YouTube
  • Feature: New languages: Bengali and German
  • Bugfix: Video now outputs title to title attribute
  • Bugfix: Noto-sans font optimizations
  • Bugfix: Repair server redirects
  • Security: Drupal Core update to 9.3.12

April 28, 2022

  • Feature: News Release Export: Strip HTML
  • Update content of Standalone Template page template
  • Feature: Disable X-FRAME-ORIGIN header for specific directory (widgets)
  • Feature: SVGs are no longer filtered out in WYSIWYG
  • Feature: Add review deadline information to Admin Info block
  • Feature: Pattern Lab Icons can now be copy-pasted and will work inside the editor
  • Feature: Accessing files in AWS S3 at /archive
  • Feature: Allow editors to set timezone for events
  • Feature: Create vertical and different size options for Image Gallery (aka Slideshow)
  • Feature: Update Paragraphs Library Permissions
  • Feature: Add more USWDS Table Styles in CKEditor
  • Accessibility: Indicate the Current Page
  • Bugfix: Group Admin unable to remove users from group
  • Bugfix: Figured out cause of Deleted/Missing Forms Webforms
  • Bugfix: Default Twitter and OG share images now showing
  • Bugfix: "View All" button on My Web Areas page has bad link
  • Bugfix: Geographic Location metadata no longer shows on front-end for Perspectives
  • Bugfix: Wrong reusable paragraphs in Edit screen
  • Security: Drupal core updated to 9.3.7
  • Performance: Minimize Cumulative Layout Shift: JavaScript Related

March 18, 2022

  • Switch from Akamai to AWS CloudFront
  • Feature: WYSIWYG buttons have moved around and now align with work.EPA.gov
    • New "full screen" button
    • New "grabber" to expand size of WYSIWYG textarea
  • Feature: User profile pages now include roles, full name, web areas that you are a member of
  • Feature: When searching user profiles, can now search using first and/or last name in addition to LAN ID
  • Feature: Content review emails will come from no_reply@epa.gov instead of drupal_admin@epa.gov
  • Feature: Add to Cal button for Event pages
  • Feature: New metadata tag for web area type (MS vs. RD) - we can see stats in Siteimprove and Google Analytics
  • Feature: EXIT icon update: all non-*.epa.gov sites now tagged. Will include a whitelist in future work
  • Feature: Environmental Indicator: Production sites have black bar at top; all dev sites have red bar at top
  • Feature/performance: lazy load images
  • Feature: Bulk assignment of node authorship. Accounts will be disabled when people leave, not deleted. No more "Anonymous"!
  • Feature: Remote post issue with sub-sub-domain self-signed certificates
  • Feature/security: 403 page will be the same as 404 page with same status code
  • Feature: EPA main navigation menu now supports three columns
  • Bugfix: Cards added to Layout Builder
  • Bugfix: Fix alerts after webform submissions
  • Bugfix: New reusable paragraph entity permissions
  • Bugfix: when adding images to a summary box, the text will wrap under it

February 18, 2022

January 19, 2022

  • Feature: USWDS Cards are now available. How to create cards.
  • Feature: Search for files by file name OR title.
  • Feature: Access the Group Dashboard view from every page, not just the Group home page
  • Feature: The page Edit button is now only available on revisions that can actually be edited
  • Feature: Add in all USWDS components
  • Feature: Bulk Operations now possible
  • Feature: The new pending actions list now shows all pages in your groups that need action
  • Feature: Improve the revisions pages with language to highlight what is current and what is not
  • Feature: Export News Releases for archiving at archive.gov
  • Feature & bug fix: Group members can now manage group web area sidebar links
  • Bug fix: Pages with sunset date are not really staying unpublished!
  • Bug fix: Remove default background image on .usa-hero
  • Bug fix: Permissions for Perspectives
  • Security update: Module and core security updates

November 24, 2021

  • Feature: Creating and refining the Perspectives content type (for blogs), including dynamic lists, view modes, detail pages, back-end functionality
  • Feature: Changing the external exit link icon, based on the page language. Example on Korean homepage
  • Feature: Updating all listing pages to use the USWDS Collections component
  • Feature: Adding more foreign language capabilities to News Releases
  • Feature: Adding a mass mail plugin for communicating with WebCMS users
  • Feature: Ability to remove all users who have not signed into the system in more than two years
  • Feature: Warning on edit pages if you're editing the Latest Revision
    • More work around revisions planned!
  • Feature: Remove archive button from WYSIWYG editor
  • Bugfix: Linkit gets its scrollbar back
  • Bugfix: Adding review date to published pages that were missing it
  • Bugfix: Properly pushing published pages through the standard workflow
  • Bugfix: Improve accessibility of "back to top" link
  • Bugfix: Update Pattern Lab documentation
  • Bugfix: Pages with Sunset Date stay unpublished
  • Security: Updated PHP to v7.4.25

13 Oct 2021

  • Security: Updating Drupal core to 9.2.6, as well as security updates for two modules
  • Feature: Changing the external exit link icon back to "Exit"
  • Feature: Increasing the default slideshow size
  • Feature: Linkit now filters between all content and your content
  • Feature: All logged in users can now see email addresses of other users
  • Feature: Now using the USWDS Sortable tables!
  • Feature: Now using the USWDS Collections component
  • Feature: Webforms can now use the details element to show/hide additional/optional fields
  • Feature/bugfix: Providing accessible headings for box titles (box titles will be h2 by default)
  • Feature/bugfix: "Required" fields for forms now indicated with "*"
  • Bugfix: Ensuring that pages are processed through the workflow correctly and on time
  • Bugfix: Microsite home page banner no longer overlaps the text immediately following
  • Bugfix: Update site-email from noreply to drupal_admin
  • Performance: Faster media modal, preloading font files, deferring the alert script, setting webpack minchunk to 2

16 Sep 2021

  • Security: Drupal core update to 9.1.12
  • Performance: processing many links on page
  • Bugfix: Editing Remote Video in WYSIWYG
  • Bugfix: Site rendering blank pages
  • Bugfix: Deleting Files From System
  • Bugfix: Public Notices showing past the "Comments Due" date
  • Redirects: /epafiles fixed
  • Feature: Decrease server task update threshold to 40%
  • Feature: Update OG and Twitter images when sharing
  • Feature: Add Scroll Margin Top to give a little bit of padding when using anchor links
  • Feature: Changes to Listing Page Facets: Filter by languages and sort facets by ABC order

24 Aug 2021

  • Bugfix: Created role to edit web area sidebar menus. If you need to update your web area menu, please contact the Web CMS Support helpdesk team. 
  • Bugfix: Give all authenticated users ability to view submissions
  • Feature: Export views to CSV
  • Bugfix: Remove 'none' cache override for the news release feed
  • Bugfixes: To improve processing speed, update Akamai module to avoid enormous objects being stored and increase the rate at which cron is being called for Akamai queue processing.
  • Bugfix: Catch exceptions on certain Layout Builder pages that were previously resulting in blank (white) pages.
  • Bugfix: Move JSON and XML files into the "Other" media type (bundle)

15 Jul 2021

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