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WebTech Monthly News – June 2021 

 

NEW: Drupal Training for Beginners 

Whether you have taken on new responsibilities editing your department website, or you’ve made minor edits, but desire a greater understanding of what Drupal can do - .  

This Drupal course for beginners will help you navigate layout builder to create webpages that are accessible, responsive and help your audience find what they need. Class size is limited and will be very hands on. Expect to make live changes to your site during this 2-hour course. . 

Date/Time: Tuesday, July 13 at 2-4 p.m.  
Learn more at Western’s . 

New Sites

Two new websites launched in June. The  website is a new place to find out how to request information following the public records process. The  website provides an umbrella of services that are administered and provided via each department that together make up Information Technology Services.  

Drupal Updates 

Two core security updates were applied, the redirect 403 status pages to login pages, block type templates, and the SEO checklist were updated as well.  

New Modules 

  •  - will facilitate a way to help site editors write inclusive content 

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  • Layout Builder Iframe Modal 

  •  - adds a handy direct link to the layout editor when viewing a list of content 

 

Drupal Theme Updates 

Version 3.9.27 

  • Bug fixes 

Version 3.9.26 

  • New styles for  added 

  • Skip links fixed 

  • Improvements to dark mode for card blocks 

Version 3.9.25 

  • Increase size of menu buttons to  sizes  

 

Review the  for current theme updates. 

 

WordPress 

WordPress is  

 

New Plugins Available 

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 Updates from CampusPress 

These updates are to the WordPress hosting environment. Not all changes are available to all users. 

  • JetPack updated to the latest version 

  • HubSpot updated to the latest version 

 

Review the  for specific details on the plugin updates.