2019 Releases
Releases made in 2019.
0.225.0 - 0.220.0
Dec. 18, 2019 (0.225.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Dec. 11, 2019 (0.224.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Dec. 4, 2019 (0.223.0)
Made the Promotional page Content Type available for authors and editors. Book an Office Hours appointment to get publishing privileges, or visit the Knowledge Base for more information on Promotional pages. (DP-16470).
Updated field labels and help text in several areas of the CMS (DP-16563, DP-1659).
Nov. 20, 3019 (0.222.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Nov. 13, 2019 (0.220.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
0.219.0 - 0.210.0
Nov. 6, 2019 (0.219.0)
Resolved an issue with saving documents (DP-16450).
Updated links to the image library (DP-15827).
Improved document links to display the most accurate and useful URL in the browser (DP-15482).
Oct. 30, 2019 (0.218.0)
Released the Decision Tree (Beta) content type to all users (DP-16376). Read more about the Decision Tree (Beta) in the Mass.gov Knowledge Base.
Oct. 23, 2019 (0.217.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Oct. 16, 2019 (0.216.0)
Improved accessibility of Feedback Form (DP-16115).
Fixed “View transcript” link to display on 1 line under videos embedded on Service pages and other content types (DP-16028).
Updated links to Knowledge Base articles in CMS help text (DP-16046).
Sept. 26, 2019 (0.213.0)
Added an apple touch icon (DP-12549).
Fixed maps on Mass.gov so that Massachusetts locations appear first (DP-15856).
Updated the info details page so that an iframe can fill the width of the first section if there is no sidebar content. (DP-15262).
Sept. 24, 2019 (0.212.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Sept. 19, 2019 (0.211.0)
Added an Overview field to Information Details pages (DP-14105).
Fixed issue with duplicated News items appearing on Organization pages (DP-15805).
Updated the Table of Contents feature for better accessibility (DP-15605).
Fixed page-level Alerts to display on one line if possible (DP-15896).
Sept. 12, 2019 (0.210.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
0.209.0 - 0.200.0
Sept. 10, 2019 (0.209.0)
Added a new Restricted publishing state for documents (DP-14111).
Fixed an issue so Google Maps display properly on Internet Explorer version 11 (DP-15828).
Sept. 5, 2019 (0.208.0)
Changed the format of PDF file links to make them easier for assistive technologies like screen readers to scan or display (DP-9194).
Sept. 3, 2019 (0.207.0)
Updated the alert content type to require an unpublish date (DP-15457).
Added the ability to filter “All content” and “Needs review” by author (DP-14932).
Updated the module that manages Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (DP-15081). Read more on this update.
Aug. 29, 2019 (0.206.0)
Added logic to link the blue location button next to maps to go directly to a location page if only 1 location is listed (DP-10258).
Added the ability to show when a file is linked in an Info Details page in "Pages linking here" (DP-14486).
Fixed the ability to filter content to show all content that has a published revision in the “All content” tab (DP-15462).
Aug. 22, 2019 (0.205.0)
Updated the display of the addresses to use standard address format (DP-9085).
Aug. 20, 2019 (0.204.0)
Improved relationship indicators to service pages from child pages (more details will be posted in the Knowledge Base soon) (DP-15353).
Fixed the option to sort contact lists alphabetically by last name, which wasn't sorting correctly (DP-14942).
Fixed issue with embedding images in the text editor not appearing (DP-15607).
Aug. 15, 2019 (0.203.0)
Updated how contact information appears in accordions at the bottom of a page (DP-8937).
Added the ability for the Mass.gov team to change the “authored by” information of content in bulk when a user changes organizations. This can be initiated by submitting a ServiceNow request (DP-11179).
Improved printability of pages with a table of contents (DP-15523).
Fixed an issue where a large “x” would appear in the homepage search bar while using Internet Explorer 11 (DP-6174).
Aug. 13, 2019 (0.202.0)
Added the option to display more than 2 events on Organization and Service pages. Choose to display 2, 4, 6, or 8 upcoming events (DP-15083).
Updated the default moderation state of newly-created content to better manage moderation state transitions. Learn more about content moderation when editing content in the CMS (DP-15284).
Fixed an issue preventing custom links added to the “Log in to…” menu weren’t displaying on the public-facing pages. Learn more about adding custom links to the “Log in to…” menu (DP-15417).
Updated the Key information links field on Service pages to allow links to Decision Tree and News pages (DP-15352).
Updated help text on the CMS login page (DP-11588).
Updated URLs on the Public Alerts and Emergency Information page (DP-9870).
Updated the title of the All content page since it was previously titled just “Content” (DP-12246).
Aug. 8, 2019 (0.201.0)
Added help text to the Overview field on Service pages (DP-15348).
Aug. 7, 2019 (0.200.1)
Fixed an issue causing slowness in the CMS (DP-15397).
Aug. 6, 2019 (0.200.0)
Added relationship indicators to Forms when added to the All Tasks section of a Service page (DP-15080).
Updated help text on the Decision Tree (Beta) (DP-15236).
Updated how links to files work in the “Additional Resources” section on Service, Location Detail, and News pages to ensure that visitors always get the current, up-to-date file (DP-15246).
Added a horizontal line to separate different sections on a Guide (DP-12345).
Fixed an issue where CSV exports of All content displayed duplicate content (DP-15088).
Removed unnecessary fields when creating a Fee within a How-to page (DP-15194).
0.199.0 - 0.190.0
Aug. 1, 2019 (0.199.0)
Made 2 updates to the process of moving already published content to Needs Review: 1.) You can move content directly from Published to Needs Review. 2.) All Needs Review content should display on the Needs Review page. Learn more about content moderation when editing content in the CMS (DP-14449).
Fixed an issue on the My recent content block on the author landing page that affected viewing drafts of previously published content (DP-15200).
Fixed an issue where adding a new section to a page would cause the screen to jump to the bottom of the new section instead of the top (DP-14893).
Updates made to the Analytics Dashboards (Beta)
Pageviews chart in Findability now shows traffic by month from the beginning of the year
Sessions chart in Overall now shows sessions by week from the beginning of the year
July 30, 2019 (0.198.)
Made changes that improve site health.
July 25, 2019 (0.197.0)
Fixed an issue on the All content and My content pages where the “publication status” column showed incorrect information (DP-14926).
Released an Analytics Dashboard (Beta) for Location pages. This dashboard features similar scoring categories to the Service Detail dashboard (DP-14637).
Improved the way Contact Information is displayed on Organization pages, reducing the length of the “Contact us” section (DP-11107).
Added a new alert feature for notifying CMS users of service disruptions or other important messages. When there’s an alert, you’ll see a blue banner displayed on all pages while logged into the CMS. This will only feature internal-facing messages and won’t be displayed to the public (DP-14447).
July 23, 2019 (0.196.0)
Fixed an issue causing some users to experience an error when performing a CSV export on the All Content page by updating the moderation state of some content. Learn more about exporting data from the All content page (DP-14834).
July 18, 2019 (0.195.0)
Fixed the State Organizations link in the top right corner of all Mass.gov pages (DP-14948).
Fixed an issue on pages displaying alert banners where part of the main navigation drop-downs were being covered by the banner (DP-14741).
Updated the title of News listing pages so they display more clearly in search results. This also improved the accessibility of these pages for visitors using screen readers (DP-14191, DP-13965).
July 16, 2019 (0.194.0)
Updated Contact Information to require either an address, phone or fax number, links, or hours. This ensures there will be information displayed when a contact accordion is clicked open on various content types (DP-11181).
Updated various help text throughout edit.mass.gov (DP-11992, DP-12885).
Fixed an issue on the My content and All content pages that affected viewing drafts of previously published content (DP-14815).
Fixed an issue on Decision Tree Conclusions where the quick action buttons weren’t properly displaying the title of the page it is linked to (DP-10137).
July 11, 2019 (0.193.0)
Added a new field to Service pages in preparation of an upcoming release that will allow custom login links to display in the global “Log In to…” menu across Service family content (DP-13944).
Updated document entities to allow users to change the author of the document from the “Authoring information” field in the right-hand edit menu (DP-14305).
Removed indent from list titles on Curated Lists (DP-13168).
July 9, 2019 (0.192.0)
Added the Trash moderation state to documents. Users with editor permissions can now move a document to the Trash (note: if you need to totally delete a document from the CMS, please submit a ServiceNow request) (DP-10397).
Added a “watched pages only” filter to the Feedback Manager. By default, you only see feedback for content you’re actively watching. Unchecking this box will allow you to view all feedback (DP-12834).
Updated the help text for title fields on most content types to include suggested best practices (DP-14594).
Fixed an issue on the All content and My content pages where the “last revision status,” last revised by,” and “last revised” (date) columns showed incorrect information. (DP-14163).
June 27, 2019 (0.191.0)
Added a “More locations” (or “More parks”) section to Location pages. This section will display a link to 1 or more Location Listing pages that includes that particular Location page. (Note: Location Listing pages are automatically generated when you add 1 or more Location pages to an Organization or Service page. You can choose the section heading to display as “nearby” instead of “related” by checking the “Nearby” box on the Map tab of these content types) (DP-13072).
Fixed issues on Service pages where 1.) text added in the link text field wasn’t displaying on the “See all” page, and 2.) when a page contained a link to another Mass.gov that had been deleted, the page displayed an error (Note: We recommend removing all links pointing to a page you plan to unpublish or delete before unpublishing or deleting the page to avoid creating any broken links) (DP-10645).
Fixed multiple issues when exporting content as a CSV file from the My Content view. Previously, the “last revised by,” “organization,” or “content type” filters didn’t apply to the exported file. Also, the file didn’t indicate the published status of content or note which organization it belonged to. Both of these issues are fixed (DP-14390).
Fixed an issue where some users received an error message after deleting the first of multiple organizations from the Organization(s) field (DP-13971).
Fixed an issue where clicking on a deleted file led to a 500 error instead of a 404 error. The 404 error displays a more helpful “not found” message instead of the uninformative 500 error (DP-13332).
Fixed an issue on Events where adding an agenda section automatically created a minutes section, even if no minutes were entered. Now a minutes section will only display if minutes are entered (DP-10495).
Updated the help text on Events for the complex event date and time field to note that when using this field you’re still required to complete the date and time field so the CMS knows when the event will happen (DP-13808).
June 25, 2019 (0.190.0)
Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented you from linking one page to another via the autocomplete field (DP-14435).
Added an orange “CSV” button to the bottom left of the All documents page. Use this button to export a list of files (after you’ve filtered by title, organization, author, etc.) as a spreadsheet (DP-10800).
Updated access to the clone tool so all users can now copy a page (DP-14568).
Improved how Google indexes URLs when crawling Mass.gov pages, which may improve SEO performance (DP-14375).
Added 2 new file types, .rte and .rfa (used by Revit), to the list of allowed file types (DP-12597).
0.189.0 - 0.180.0
June 20, 2019 (0.189.0)
Added a filter to the Feedback Manager to allow sorting by custom date ranges (DP-13873).
Added a “Clone” feature that allows you to copy an existing page. This should help speed up the process of creating recurring Events (DP-13566).
Fixed an issue with the tool that allows you to contact authors within the CMS. When you click the “Contact this author” button on the Revisions page, the subject line will now automatically include the title and node ID of the page you’re referencing by default (DP-12965).
Fixed an issue that happened when someone visited a document or page URL before that item existed. Now, it’s possible to visit the URL and see the item as soon as it exists instead of getting an outdated “Not Found” message (DP-14370).
June 18, 2019 (0.188.0)
Added new relationship indicators to Topic pages. Now, Topics will include links to related Topic and Organization pages (DP-13009).
Updated the help text found on the Decision Tree content types (DP-13966).
June 13, 2019 (0.187.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
June 11, 2019 (0.186.0)
Added a “Manage your account” section to How-to pages. This section will let visitors check the status of their application or download additional paperwork needed to complete the next step of their transaction (DP-10836).
Fixed an issue where Events would sometimes linger on Organization or Service pages past their end date (DP-12313).
Fixed an issue where users would see an error message when trying to export All content data from the CMS (DP-14087).
June 6, 2019 (0.185.0)
Fixed an issue where authors and editors weren’t able to access unpublished content created by another user (DP-14256).
Restored the ability for users to delete temporary access links. (We recommend deleting these links once you’re finished with them) (DP-14258).
Added the Billing organization field to Organization pages. This required field is located on the “More” tab and is used to make sure all of your content is associated with the correct billing customer group (DP-13079).
June 4, 2019 (0.184.0)
Fixed an issue that caused a “score” of 0.0 to display for content that doesn’t have an Analytics Dashboard (Beta) or has been created during the same month. (Since the dashboard data updates monthly, there should be no scores displayed until a month after the page was created) (DP-14108).
Restored the My Content view and the My Content and Needs Review blocks on the author landing page (DP-14195).
May 30, 2019 (0.183.0)
Released an Analytics Dashboard (Beta) for Guides. This dashboard features similar scoring categories to the How-to dashboard (DP-11619).
Corrected how Service page images are displayed when posting and sharing on Facebook (DP-7810).
Added Information Detail pages and Binders to the Pages Linking Here tool so you can better see how your content is connected (DP-13996, DP-12558).
Added restrictions to the list of content types that can be added to the “Top Tasks” section of a Service page. The following content types cannot be added to this section: Organization page, Topic page, Service page, Contact Information, and Fees (DP-10720).
Improved performance of content views by removing unnecessary hidden fields (DP-14099).
Changed the behavior of the sticky Table of Contents (TOC) on Information Detail pages, Guides, and Curated Lists. Now, the TOC will only appear on pages that feature 2 or more sections, not including Related Links (DP-13088).
Restored the default sort to the My Content view. This view will now display the most recently edited content at the top and descend in reverse chronological order (DP-14098).
Fixed an issue where clicking on content in the Trash and Needs Review led to a 500 error if you had filtered the results by a specific author (DP-14180).
Updated how the “Intended audience” field displays on Organization and News pages. Instead of floating outside the edit tabs, it’s now displayed on the Overview tab and features radio buttons instead of a dropdown menu (DP-13887).
Downgraded the font weight of Event teasers (the 1-2 Event cards that are displayed on Service and Org pages) for more consistency across the Mayflower design system (DP-11737).
May 28, 2019 (0.182.0)
Added a new heading, “More Information,” to Service pages above Related Services and Additional Resources located at the bottom of the page. We made these changes based on feedback received during user experience testing. Visitors were confused about the relationships between these 2 fields, Related Services and Additional Resources, and the preceding Contact information above. This new header adds clarity to the distinction of these sections (DP-11371).
Restored the option to hide pages from search engines. This is useful for Forms and the “successful submission” confirmation pages that sometimes follow them. This function was unintentionally removed during a previous security update (DP-13394).
Changed the default values for the date and time section on Events pages. Before, this information was pre-populated in individual dropdowns based on the date and time of when the page was created, sometimes leading to the Event to be published with the wrong date and time information. Now, you are required to choose a specific date for events from the calendar widget before saving your Event (DP-13875).
May 24, 2019 (0.181.0)
Updated the content moderation tool that’s used to set the status of a page to “published,” “draft,” “unpublished,” or “trash.” The former blue dropdown button has been replaced with 2 items: an indicator of the page's current status, and a dropdown to change its status. Important: choosing "Draft" from that dropdown does not unpublish a page: it creates a new draft on top of the existing published page. To unpublish the page, you must choose the "Unpublished" state from the dropdown (DP-10117).
May 23, 2019 (0.180.1)
Fixed an issue where some revisions weren’t being displayed in the Revision Log or were not displayed in the correct order, making it seem like they disappeared (DP-13912).
May 21, 2019 (0.180.0)
Released an Analytics Dashboard (Beta) for Curated Lists. This dashboard features similar scoring categories to the How-to dashboard (DP-11622).
Updated web analytics data to fix multiple bugs and speed up how quickly some charts and tables load (DP-13994).
Added ability to link to additional content types within certain fields on Contact Information, Organization, Regulation, and Service pages (DP-13384).
0.179.0 - 170.0
May 14, 2019 (0.179.0)
Added the ability to download feedback from individual pages. Now, there is an orange icon and a “Download CSV Export” button in the bottom left corner of the in-page Feedback view (DP-13166).
Fixed an issue that allowed authors to save Events without filling out the Associated pages field. Publishing an Event without anything in this field would prevent the Event page from displaying anywhere, meaning it couldn’t be found unless the visitor had the direct link (DP-10576).
May 9, 2019 (0.178.0)
Added an Intended Audience field to most content types. This field allows you to specify the audience your content is meant to address: “Personal,” “Professional (For my job),” or “Both equally.” This information can help begin measuring how well we’re serving those groups (DP-12515).
May 2, 2019 (0.177.0)
Improved how Topic card headings are displayed. Now it’s easier to recognize that these headings are clickable links that will take you to the full Topic page (DP-13100).
Fixed an issue on Service pages where tasks on the “see all” page weren’t displaying properly. Previously, pages in the “All other tasks” section weren’t displaying on the “see all” page when the Service didn’t feature any links in the “Top tasks” section (DP-13189).
April 30, 2019 (0.176.0)
Fixed an issue of missing alt text for images added to the Featured Mosaic section of an Organization page. Now, visitors using screen readers can understand what images make up a mosaic (DP-11862).
April 25, 2019 (0.175.0)
Fixed an issue on Guides where the headings of 3 column sections weren’t displaying properly. Instead of displaying the heading entered by an author, columns would display “Column 1 heading,” “Column 2 heading,” and “Column 3 heading” (DP-13579).
Fixed an issue on Service Detail pages where adding a Person Item to the Contact field would cause a grey box to appear in the middle of the page plus unnecessary information on the right side of the page. Now, Person Items can’t be added to the Contact field of a Service Detail page. You can still add Contact Information to this field (DP-13559).
April 23, 2019 (0.174.0)
You can now filter content by author, whether they’re inactive or active, on all content views available in the admin bar (All content, Needs review, All documents) (DP-13335).
April 18, 2019 (0.173.0)
Added relationship indicators (the blue link(s) in the upper right following “RELATED TO:”) to pages in the Key Action fields of a Guide. Previously, these relationship indicators only appeared if the page was listed on a Service Page (DP-11386).
April 9, 2019 (0.172.0)
Fixed an issue preventing authors from saving or publishing content while using Safari (DP-13314).
April 4, 2019 (0.171.0)
Made changes that improve site health
April 2, 2019 (0.170.0)
Fixed an issue preventing some users from editing Service Pages featuring a large number of child pages (DP-13178).
Made changes that improve site security (DP-13080).
0.169.0 - 0.160.0
March 28, 2019 (0.169.0)
Added a custom Analytics Dashboard (Beta) to the Information Details content type (DP-13018).
March 28, 2019 (0.168.0)
Added the Needs Attention Dashboard to the author landing page. This dashboard is located on the author landing page and displays your organization’s 10 most-trafficked pages with an overall score of 2.9 or below. (DP-12218).
Updated Curated Lists to include Contact Information and Related Links. Now you can add Contact Information and Related Links to the right side of Curated Lists (DP-10025).
March 21, 2019 (0.167.0)
Added Curated Lists as a content type that can be added to a Binder. A Curated List added to a Binder will feature the Binder navigation at the top and bottom of the page (DP-10485).
March 19, 2019 (0.166.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
March 14, 2019 (0.165.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
March 12, 2019 (0.164.0)
Updated the Mass.gov sitemap so search engines and other tools (like Siteimprove) continue indexing all of the site’s content accurately and efficiently (DP-12863).
Added iframe support for 2 new domains (DP-12949).
March 5, 2019 (0.163.0)
Updated metatags for documents to use its title instead of the filename, making it easier to find documents through search (DP-12256).
Feb. 28, 2019 (0.162.0)
Fixed an issue with Watch Report emails where extra characters were being added at the end of every line, producing illegible emails and preventing links from working (DP-12857).
Fixed a bug causing performance issues when editing content in the CMS (DP-12860).
Feb. 26, 2019 (0.161.0)
Fixed a bug on Information Detail pages, that are part of a single Binder, preventing the Binder’s table of contents from displaying on each page. Now, you’ll see “THIS IS PART OF: [Binder title]” at the top and bottom of each Info Detail page which will open the Binder’s table of contents (DP-10723).
Fixed a bug on Information Detail pages, that are part of a Binder, preventing the “previous” and “next” tabs at the bottom of the page to not appear. Now you can navigate to the previous or next Info Detail page within the same binder (DP-10507).
Fixed an issue causing 500 errors when trying to visit a page when its associated Organization page had been deleted (DP-12731).
Fixed an issue in Watch Report emails where the link to view revisions led to an error that prevented the page comparing the revisions from loading. (DP-11506).
Feb. 19, 2019 (0.160.0)
Made changes that improve site security.
0.159.0 - 0.150.0
Feb. 14, 2019 (0.159.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Feb. 12, 2019 (0.158.0)
Added new features to the Feedback Manager, including exporting feedback and filtering by 1 or more organizations and authors. Learn more about these updates and more from the Mass.gov Knowledge Base (DP-10921).
Made layout improvements to the Boards subtype on Organization pages (DP-9146).
Improved screen reader accessibility of the transcript page that can be added when uploading a video to content (DP-9204).
Fixed how document links behave when added to the Next Steps and Downloads sections of How-to pages. These links will now direct you to the media entity rather than directly to the document. This ensures greater stability when updating documents (DP-9464).
Fixed how document links behave when added to the Next Steps and Downloads sections of How-to pages and the Downloads section of Advisory, Decision, Event, Executive Order, Regulation, and Rules of Court pages. These links now use the "permanent link" to download a document file instead of a link to a specific version of a file. This way the link will always point visitors to the correct file even if that file has been replaced with an updated version (DP-9464, DP-12405).
Feb. 5, 2019 (0.157.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Jan. 30, 2019 (0.156.0)
Made improvements to screen reader accessibility on the Decision Tree content type. This content type is currently in beta and is being used for the RMV’s Real ID campaign. If you’re interested in testing out this tool yourself, please let us know via ServiceNow (DP-9162).
Jan. 24, 2019 (0.155.0)
Made changes that improve site health.
Jan. 22, 2019 (0.154.0)
Changed the map on Location Pages to now display as a static image. The map is no longer interactive, meaning you can’t zoom in or out. Clicking the image or the green “Get Directions” bar at the bottom will take you to the full Google Maps application (DP-10265).
Jan. 17, 2019 (0.153.0)
Fixed an issue on Location Listing pages where, in certain rare circumstances, searching by city or ZIP code would not display any results (DP-11437).
Jan. 15, 2019 (0.152.0)
Made changes to improve site health.
Jan. 10, 2019 (0.151.0)
Improved the layout on Organization pages when using the Elected Official subtype. We’ve added more spacing between the headshot and “More about [name]” link (DP-11400).
Improved page layouts when printing, including reduced whitespace and removing the “Feedback” button (DP-9775, DP-5230, DP-5232).
Improved accessibility across the site, including how screen readers interact with Alerts and section headings (DP-9183, DP-9185, DP-9186).
Dec. 20, 2018 (0.150.0)
Fixed a bug causing poor navigation when viewing Location Listing pages on mobile devices. Before, clicking the “next” button would take you to the next page but the results would disappear (DP-10231).
Changed the print layout of How-To pages. Now, when you print a How-To page with a “What you need” section, the bullets will change to checkboxes so constituents can use it as a physical checklist (DP-5859).
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