Releases

Enhancements

• Updated Minerva to 1.1.1

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New Features

• Added a skip to content link (#377)

Enhancements

• Updated the search labels on the archive and posts pages to clarify that the search is for the entire site (#386)
• Added vertical alignment options to minerva grid items (#385)
• Updated Minerva to 1.1.0 (#388)

Bug Fixes

• Corrected a typo in the label for the LeadText block (#381)
• Fixed an issue where the cover block min-height control did not work as expected (#382)
• Added gutter spacing for the header and sidebars of the posts and archive pages, so that content won't hit the edge of the screen on smaller viewports (#383)
• Fixed the A-Z index link on the 404 page (#386)
• Removed empty heading from card blocks (#368)

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Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where title was no longer appearing in the page tab (#364)
• Tags and Categories are no longer hard coded to be upper case (#362)
• Fixed contrast issue for social icons that default to a dark text color (#363)

Misc

• Disabled the theme and plugins file editors (#358)

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New Features

• Added typographical controls to the Gutenberg editor (#340)

Enhancements

• Changed the name of the Group block styles from subtle, elevated, and prominent to more contrast and most contrast (#335). Note that no class names were changed, this is just a UI update.
• Removed the forced "is-layout-constrained" from Cover blocks (#334)
• Updated to Minerva version 1.0.0 (#354)

Bug Fixes

• Updated the links to the web policy and the web hub (#332)
• Fixed incorrectly styled tables (#333)
• Improved caching behavior so that users will always get the new assets after an update, this should fix temporary styling issues (#339)

Potentially breaking changes

You need to make sure "Inner blocks use content width" is set to "true" in Cover blocks to maintain behavior prior to this update. See the Web Hub for more context.

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Bug Fixes

• Addresses an issue where mobile devices display the website at desktop scale (#326)

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New Features

• The theme now supports the wordpress posts system and access to Posts has been reinstated. (#274)
• Added Spacing options under the Styles tab of the block settings sidebar (#294)
• Enabled the Customizer to adjust page template settings (#304)
• Added widget areas for after-post, post sidebar, posts index sidebar, and site footer (#310, #306)

Enhancements

• Updated Minerva to 1.0.0-beta.2
• Added additional page metadata for rich link embed support (#298)
• The web hub link should now open in a new tab (#316)
• Buttons can now adopt the subtle style (#312)

Bug Fixes

• Removed "About this site" from the brand footer (#302)

Deprecations

• The Full Site Editor (FSE) will be removed in 3.2.0. Please go into the FSE and revert any and all changes you've made to page templates, styles, or anything else, as access to this area will be lost after 3.2.0. If you have questions or need help, please reach out to Matt McAdams on Microsoft Teams or via email at matthew.mcadams@ua.edu

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Enhancements

• Added Icon List Link to LinkBox and LinkList https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/284
• Enabled the event feed to have wide alignment https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/265
• Isolated all minerva-specific markup to PHP to make updates more seamless https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/265
• Imported searchbar changes from Minerva https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/283
• Updated fontawesome https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/285

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug where shortcodes were not being applied within the page settings block https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/271
• Fixed deprecated code in the theme update class https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/265

Deprecations

• Horizontal Cards no longer support aspect ratio https://github.com/UA-Stratcom/ua-theme_v3/pull/283

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Initial Production Release

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Enhancements

• Incorporated layout refactor from Minerva (#253)
• Added support for custom class names to all custom blocks (#253)
• Updated ReadMe and FAQ (#246, #252)
• Added styles for Gravity Forms support (#250)

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Features

• Adds LeadText block (#232)
• Adds [shy] shortcode (#237)
• Adds support for the theme update service (#240)

Enhancements

• Adds link to the Web Hub in the WordPress Admin sidebar (#234)
• Set default value for tagline, improving social media previews (#242)
• Adjust the media break point on media/text block (#244)

Bug Fixes

• Fixes an issue where headling level would not be respected in the Steps block (#238)
• Removes Caching from event feed block (#241)

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New Features

• Added better support for the core details block (#220)
• Added the newly redesigned Steps block (218)
• Adds a bunch of patterns to replicate v2 block features (#223)
• Adds an event feed block to pull events from the campus calendar (#221)

Enhancements

• Adjusts the meta description to match the site description (#217)
• The Page Settings block will now direct you to the menus tab if no menus are available to be selected for the sidebar (#211)
• Updates the UX of a user adding an event block by expanding the date/time picker (#215)
• Newly redesigned Event block (#215)
• Adds a horizontal Card option (#229)

Bug fixes

• Deleting the Page Settings block will now clear meta values (#211)
• Removed the site-tagline block from the allowed blocks list. This fixes a rare bug where adding this block can cause the site to crash (#219)

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Enhancements

• Added style options for the Group, Media & Text, and Columns blocks to allow the users to select "context" (#191)
• Improved contrast in some editor views (#190)
• Moved Card control for heading level to the sidebar (#194)
• Added Subtle context for the Card component (#193)
• Moved Card control for aspect ratio to the sidebar (#193)
• Updated LinkList markup to use CSS Grid for layout (#199)
• Added a text alignment option to the DataHighlight block (#202)
• Improved the default 404 page (#203)
• Added an alert when trying to add a sidebar via the site settings where no menus exist to select from (#205)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where presence variable shifts were not being applied (#190)
• Fixed bug where user wasn't able to edit links after applying them on various components using Gutenberg's LinkControl component. We're continuing to monitor this issue. (#198)

Deprecated

• Removed controls for text color and backgrounds (#190)

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New Features

• Added the ability to clone pages (#174)
• Added the link list block (#182)
• Added a pattern for Steps (#183)

Enhancements

• Removed the full site editor from non-admins (#173)
• Updated the favicon code (#173)
• Adjusted the LinkBox markup to match changes made in Minerva alpha 7 (#185)

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where max columns were set to 2 by default on the Minerva Grid (#177)
• Fixed a bug that prevented the Minerva Grid from being aligned properly when alignment was set to "wide" (#179)
• Fixed several accessibility bugs with the titlebar, updating it to match the latest changes from minerva (#184)
• Fixed a bug that allowed space to appear below the brand footer if the page content was not long enough (#185)

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New Features

• Adds Site Settings page (#152)
• Added cookie banner (#157)
• Added a new Minerva Grid block (#147)

Enhancements

• Grouped all UA blocks together (#152)
• Renamed "Data" block to "Page Settings" (#152)

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Important Note

If upgrading to this release from an alpha release, the ua-blocks plugin should be deactivated and deleted, as those blocks have been moved into the theme itself.

New Features

• Adds ua-blocks plugin blocks to the theme (#129)
• Editors can now manage menus (#134)
• Adds fav icon (#132)

Enhancements

• Updates the Card Block to match the Minerva component (#135)
• Deletes extraneous notices and dashboard metaboxes (#131
• Hides "Posts" link in admin until posts are fully supported (#134)

Bug Fixes

• Fixes an issue where links didn't inherit text color from overrides (#106)
• Fixes padding issue in hero (#127)
• Fixes styles for social links, columns, tables, and cards (#114)
• Changes default aria-hidden and aria-expanded labels in Titlebar block (#119)
• Table cell borders now visible in Editor (#122)

Dev updates

• Refactors functions.php into various files in the inc/ directory (#115)
• Cleans up unused files and code (#116)
• Handles styles with SCSS for portability and compatibility with Minerva (#117)
• Adds Minerva as submodule and updates build commands accordingly (#122)
• Adds additional make file commands and changes .wp-env config file (#125)
• Dependencies section added to Readme.md (#116)

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New features

• Added primary navigation (#86)
• Added secondary navigation (#97)

Enhancements

• Added CSS overrides to fix Button styles (#83)
• Improved the page Data block UI (#97)
• Updated minerva.css to match Minerva 1.0.0-alpha.5 (#104)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed TitleBar search (#84)
• Fixed an issue where the wp-block-cover class wasn't being applied to cover blocks (#85)
• Fixed an issue where button alignment was disabled (#90)
• Fixed an issue where heading color couldn't be changed (#98)
• Provided a workaround for a known issue (#102) in Gutenberg where inner blocks of the Cover block don't provide a width alignment option. (#103)

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New features:

• Newly designed UI, matching the Minerva design system
• Block based full site editor
• Support for Gutenberg Core blocks
• Pattern support for pre-built sections (we'll be adding more in the future)
• Fully customizable, optional Hero section
• Flexible page building with Group blocks and block layout widths

Known issues:

• wp-block-cover class is not applied to cover parent (#76)
• The spacer block does not follow the design system sepcs (#46)
• The core Columns and Row blocks are fragile, avoid using them for production

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