2022 Releases
Releases made in 2022.
December 13, 2022 (0.345.0)
Improved accessibility of the Guide content type. (DP 25839)
Removed the display of the “Offered by…” field on Executive Order content type. (DP 26300)
Added single sign on with Azure AD credentials, so CMS users can log in with one click. (DP 26013)
Fixed issue with errors when choosing very long URLs as redirect targets. (DP 26312)
December 6, 2022 (0.344.0)
Added a report to help authors find non-English documents in the CMS and see related English versions. (DP 26467)
Improved accessibility of Collection list items. (DP 25587)
Converted the Collection Search component on Organization, Service and Promotional page types so authors can choose a Collection or an external URL for their custom search. (DP 25901)
Added parent and organization fields to the “Advanced search” report, including the ability to filter for pages “excluded from search.” (DP 26593)
Added ability to filter for documents excluded from search on the “All documents” pages.
Added a link from the “Pages with high negative feedback” report to Feedback Manager (and vice versa). (DP 26593)
Changed Trash to allow pages and documents there to be transitioned directly to published. (DP 26593)
Added fields to the "All Documents" CSV export, including translations, search status, created date, file size, etc. (DP 26593)
Fixed problem with location listings on unpublished Service and Organization pages. (DP 26492)
November 29, 2022 (0.343.0)
Fixed an issue with adding documents in bulk to Collections. (DP 26556)
Added a new report for editors that allows bulk unpublishing or trashing of Events or News items. You can find a link on the reports page. (DP 26408)
November 15, 2022 (0.342.0)
Reduced extra vertical space found below and above certain components on Org pages. (DP 25549)
Changed required fields on Info Details page, so authors can choose to fill in either at least one content section or the overview field. This change will assist with the migration of Service Details pages to Info Details pages which will happen in the next 4 to 8 weeks. (DP 26343)
Added a new field to Info Details to allow hiding section heading on published page. This also will help us prepare for the migration of Service Details pages. (DP 26344)
Added more filters to Advanced Search so you can search by Parent page or number of Organizations associated with the page. This will help organizations that will have leadership transitions. (DP 26356)
November 8, 2022 (0.341.0)
Improved accessibility of accordion lists. (DP 25745)
Improved accessibility of arrow keys on home page navigation so screen readers don’t skip first item in a dropdown. (DP 26115)
Improved accessibility of brand banner. (DP 26229)
Fixed content wrapping issue so text that won’t normally break to wrap to the next line will be forced to wrap and prevent an overlap. (DP 26315)
Page/org Alerts now display the word “Updated” prior to the date/time to clarify when information in the Alert was changed. (DP 26299)
November 1, 2022 (0.340.)
Added ability of users to set up their own redirects on trashed pages. (DP-25782)
Improved accessibility of autocomplete fields in the CMS for authors using screen readers. (DP 25848)
Various accessibility improvements to public pages were also included in this release.
October 26, 2022 (0.339.0)
Accessibility improvement to data visualizations. (DP 25181)
Changed the social media field on Organization pages to allow for Mass.gov URLs that are used for blog collections. (DP 26208)
Added a method for users to complete an action (i.e., pay or register for services) “by text” in the dropdown list on How-to pages. (DP 26126)
Fixed the “Browse Collections” field so when authors and editors are tagging pages or documents for a Collection, they can push a button to see a checklist from which they can select the desired Collection. Previously, authors and editors were seeing a blank search box. (DP 26192)
October 19, 2022 (0.338.0)
Added a report that shows pages that get a high level of negative feedback. (See the reports page) (DP 25407)
Added a prototype report that shows pages that have a high number of ejects - people who click on a header or footer link or use site search rather than engage with the page. (See the reports page) (DP 25407)
Removed SiteImprove groups from right rail (in edit view) on all content types as this was no longer used. (DP 25693)
Removed extraneous Living, Working, Learning links from top level topics in Mass.gov main navigation. These pages are not helpful to visitors. We are only using these topics to add links to the main site navigation. We now exclude those topic pages from search. (DP 26114)
Added a warning to alert authors in case they associate an event on an Org or Service page that does not have an events component. (DP 25704)
Added Swahili, Pashto, and Dari to the available languages in Mass.gov. (DP 26127)
Fixed cache clearing issue so that updates to individual Location pages are reflected on location listing pages. (DP 25830)
Fixed the horizontal menu for authors when editing pages so it does not cut off when screen is reduced. (DP 259899)
Fixed page rendering for languages that read right to left. (DP 25952)
Fixed filtering on Collections so users can sort by date for documents and pages. (DP 26151)
October 5, 2022 (0.337.0)
Removed metadata field options from pages and documents as the meaningful fields are automatically populated using fields on the page. Most fields shown were not actually useful. (DP-25216)
Added a “Search Status” section in the right rail of the CMS when editing a page. Users can publish content but hide it from search engines by checking “Exclude from search.” This was previously accessed in the metadata field options that have been removed. Authors can also choose to “Omit snippet in search results” which will prevent search engines from showing a description or excerpt of the page. (DP-25216)
Removed unused fields from the documents create/ edit interface to simplify the process of managing documents in the CMS. (DP-25636)
Restructured the Welcome page of the CMS to highlight and consolidate resources for authors–especially new users–in the right rail. (DP-25831)
Changed the unpublished preview link to default to www.mass.gov. Users do not need to manually change it from “edit.mass.gov” when sharing temporary links for review. (DP-25897)
Fixed a bug with organization menus on mobile devices that prevented them from expanding properly. (DP-25957)
Fixed a bug that caused the feedback component to appear twice on event agenda and minutes pages (DP-25914)
September 21, 2022 (0.336.0)
Added filters in the Content Performance report to pull total “nos” and “yeses.” (DP 25559)
Removed the survey from Mass.gov pages that follows the “Did you find…?” questionnaire at the footer. Instead, after replying yes or no and sharing feedback, visitors are invited to join a user panel. (DP 25808)
September 14, 2022 (0.335.0)
Added a warning before authors take a bulk action with documents. Before a bulk action can be completed, authors will see: “You are transitioning [x] documents to [STATUS]. Please confirm.” This warning has been implemented as a safeguard to ensure authors only make changes to their own content. (DP 25204)
Fixed accordion menus so they do not default to closed when users scroll through Mass.gov pages on Android/iOS devices. (DP 25805)
Fixed an error related to some decision tree pages not loading (DP-25828)
September 7, 2022 (0.334.0)
Added a rich text field component that can be added on Service Page sections. (DP 25551)
Updated and improved help text throughout the CMS and added training video links where relevant. (DP 25339)
Fixed occasional occurrence of duplicates on location listing pages. Authors will see an error message if they enter a duplicate or if a duplicate exists. They will need to remove a duplicate before saving a page. (DP 25642)
Fixed a bug where the “Updated” field on public meeting events pages would be shown to visitors with the current date and time if the field wasn’t populated. Now the field won’t be shown if there is no date/time entered by the author. (DP 25762)
August 30, 2022 (0.333.0)
Improved page navigation and table of contents components to work better for visitors using screen readers. (DP-24286, DP-25175)
Fixed error related to breadcrumb display on some events pages. (DP-25638)
August 10, 2022 (0.332.0)
Fixed Collections search function to solve some search logic bugs when searching by keyword.(DP-25519)
Fixed breadcrumb issue on event landing pages so that the breadcrumb returns visitors to the parent (org) page. Additional related issues will be resolved soon. (DP-25137)
Resolved error message that appeared when attempting to watch/unwatch content in bulk. (DP-25597)
Added a warning message for authors that appears when they begin to edit a page that has pending edits already. (DP-25285)
Improved design of Collections header to reduce extra space in the heading area. (DP-25173)
Added a rich text field for lists on the Curated List page type. Now authors can add a brief description of what is in each list on the page.(DP-25408)
July 26, 2022 (0.331.0)
Added ability to assign Topic pages as parents for Form pages (DP-25406)
Added ability to assign Rules of Court pages as parents for other Rules of Court pages (DP-25468)
July 20 2022 (0.330.0)
Added a constraint to the Form page to accept only Formstack as a source. (DP-25351)
Fixed broken link on Locations pages. (DP-25400)
Fixed events section of Flexible Service and Organization pages to reflect the correct number of events. (DP-25404)
July 12, 2022 (0.329.0)
Changed view of Collections field so authors see “Browse Collections and Topics” button. Button opens to expanded options for selection and search. This change improves performance and decreases page load time for authors. (DP 25055)
Adjusted the banner image on Organization pages to improve appearance on various screen types. We recommend you review any important organization page and adjust your image as needed. (DP25157)
Updated help text to Events to remind authors to ensure that associated Service and Organization pages have events added to a section. (DP 25373)
Added a new aspect ratio option for Iframe embeds on various page types. For more information, see help text in the CMS or this Knowledge Base article. (DP25198)
Removed “traffic to children” from Content Performance view as this metric is no longer relevant on flexible Service and Organization pages. (DP 25347)
Added a report to allow authors to view all collections. See reports page.
July 5, 2022 (0.328.0)
Fixed broken links in the “revisions” menu so that older revisions are clickable. (DP 25326)
June 29, 2022 (0.327.0)
Added flexible service page. See details in the Knowledge Base. (DP 23815)
Added start date column to “All Documents” view in Drupal, so authors can see when a document was first added to the system. (DP 25225)
June 29, 2022 (0.327.0)
Modified the service page to have flexible sections with more component options. Some layout changes were made to accommodate the new design. See details in the Knowledge Base. (DP 23815)
Added start date column to “All Documents” view in Drupal, so authors can see when a document was first added to the system. (DP 25225)
July 13, 2022 (0.329.0)
Changed view of Collections field so authors see “Browse Collections and Topics” button. Button opens to expanded options for selection and search. This change improves performance and decreases page load time for authors. (DP 25055)
Adjusted the banner image on Organization pages to improve appearance on various screen types. We recommend you review any important organization page and adjust your image as needed. (DP25157)
Updated help text to Events to remind authors to ensure that associated Service and Organization pages have events added to a section. (DP 25373)
Added a new aspect ratio option for iFrame embeds on various page types. For more information, see help text in the CMS or Knowledge Base article. (DP25198)
Removed “traffic to children” from Content Performance view as this metric is no longer relevant on flexible Service and Organization pages. (DP 25347)
Added a report to allow authors to view all collections. See our reports page.
June 22, 2022 (0.326.0)
Changed the way contextu949826oal “log in to” links are determined for each page on the site. The new logic to determine contextual login links is based on the breadcrumb and will look for log-in links defined on Service and Organization pages. For more details on the logic used, see our updated Knowledge Base article. The contextual log-in links appear above the top three most common “log in to” links. (DP 24810)
Added “Guest post” as an announcement type on news pages. (DP 25130)
Added ability to track revisions/transitions that authors make to documents (revision tracking for pages already exists). (DP 25155)
June 15, 2022 (0.325.0)
Condensed the global footer at the bottom of Mass.gov pages by moving statewide social media links to the Mass.gov home page so that they are not confused as being related to a specific state organization. We reduced Topic page links to limit less useful links on the page. (DP-22592).
Added a prototype Content Performance Report under the Reports tab on the CMS’s main navigation bar (DP-24414).
Expanded Children and Parents report to include a parent organization filter (DP-25041).
Added a language field to the How-to content type to support professional translations (DP-24920).
Introduced ability to hide the table of contents on Information Details pages. (DP-25052).
Added Greek as a language option for pages and documents (DP-25132).
Enhanced the External link for collections content type to include a way to list an external organization that owns a link, which would then be shown in the collection (DP-25112).
Header design change on decision tree pages to correct existing problems. Decision trees no longer use a header image. If an image is desired, it can be added in the rich text field on the start page (DP-24907).
Within a CSV table on an info detail page, a title is no longer required. If a CSV table is the first item in a section, having both a section title and a CSV table title may be duplicative and you may want to remove the CSV table title (DP-24976).
Fixed an issue where the organization of a blog author was repeated twice on the news content page (DP-25081).
May 31, 2022 (0.324.0)
Fixed Topic pages so that changes to link text display correctly and the order of subtopic page links are reflected on higher-level Topic pages (DP-24692).
Clarified help text on News content type regarding Blog posts (DP-24955).
Changed help text on Collections and External Link for Collections, and added permission for CMS editors to edit External Link for Collections content (DP-24948).
May 25, 2022 (0.323.0)
Up to 12 of “Related Services” will now display on a Service page and a “show more” page will no longer be used. We recommend using as few related services as possible, ideally 3 or fewer. (DP-24794).
Fixed the “Blog Post” News subtype so blog posts won’t display in Org page news sections. (DP-24946).
Made style, breadcrumb, and other fixes to Collection feature (DP-24909). Fixed permissions issue on Promotional pages (DP-24939).
Added a “collections” filter to the All Documents view (DP-24950)
May 17, 2022 (0.322.0)
Added “Blog Post” as a News subtype; expanded Collections capabilities to support blogs (DP-24108).
Added an “External link for Collections” content type to support the new Collections feature, which is moving into a Beta state (DP-24890, DP-24928).
Removed mandatory “unpublished date” and KPI requirements on Promotional pages. Promotional pages may now be created by all authors and editors and published by all editors, no special permissions are needed (DP-24326).
Fixed issue with News, events, and content information not updating on Org pages (DP-24808).
Corrected spacing bug at the bottom of some Promotional pages near the feedback component (DP-24860).
May 10, 2022 (0.321.0)
Added the “Did you find…” feedback form to Promotional pages (DP-24432).
Expanded availability of focal point feature for banner images to more content types (DP-24477).
April 26, 2022 (0.320.0)
Added a 6-week option for temporary unpublished access links (DP-24545).
April 5, 2022 (0.319.0)
Moved Service page login links from the sidebar into the page banner (DP-23805).
Fixed image sizes on Info Details pages when using Visual Story option (DP-24263).
March 30, 2022 (0.318.0)
Fixed a bug in the location listing filter. Location filters will now be validated using Google’s location validation tool, and an error message will advise the visitor if they fail to submit their filter request. (DP-23425)
Removed minimum height rule for the page header on Guides and Binder pages. There are minor height changes to organization page headers. (DP-23603)
Changed the short description on the org page to use an HTML paragraph tag instead of a heading to improve the experience for people using screen readers. No visible change on pages. (DP-24267)
March 22, 2022 (0.317.0)
Added a full URL field to the CSV download file, per a request submitted via ServiceNow. (DP-23372)
Removed the ability to put page-based alerts on a topic page as this is no longer part of the page template. (DP-24322)
Minor security upgrade for Drupal core to 9.3.8. (DP-24348)
March 15, 2022 (0.316.0)
Implemented breadcrumbs for the public and removed “Part of”. “Offered by” now has a full line and an icon. These changes include features that allow authors and editors to easily review, create, modify, and maintain parent-child relationships, and functionality to display the breadcrumb on Mass.gov pages. (DP-22908, DP-23089)
Minor fix to rendering of topic groupings (DP-24285)
March 8, 2022 (0.315.0)
Updated the Topic page design to make it more streamlined and easier to use. Topics pages are now navigation pages rather than destination pages. We also changed permissions so authors and editors can manage links on most topics pages. Any other changes to topic pages should be requested through ServiceNow. See Knowledge Base for details. (DP-22639, DP-22640, DP-23300)
Minor changes to header font size and weight on some page types as a result of code cleanup related to topic pages changes above.
Fixed a bug in which the breadcrumbs in the header of pages on edit were not truncated and not complete. (DP-24225)
Fixed a bug in which alerts did not display on Internet Explorer 11. (DP-24238)
Moved the more/less contact info button before hidden extra contact info, allowing keyboard and Assistive Technology users to navigate to the revealed content after they hit the button. (DP-9216)
March 1, 2022 (0.314.0)
Changes to improve the loading speed of alerts. (DP-23222)
Fixed a bug that prevented error messages from appearing when required fields were not populated on some content types. (DP-24122)
Allowed the parent field for service content types to accept a range of content types as a parent. (DP-24144)
Updated Drupal Core security. (DP-24135)
Fixed a bug that made the immediate parent page unclickable in the breadcrumb. (DP-24137)
February 15, 2022 (0.313.0)
For Service pages, made the header image optional and hid the image background on mobile. When there is no background image, the banner height becomes fluid to accommodate any size page title. The desktop banner is a little shorter in height. (DP-23065)
For Organization pages, eliminated the partially transparent section behind the main header. Hid the image background on mobile except for on elected official organization pages. The banner height becomes fluid on mobile to accommodate the size of the text. (DP-23065)
Made the immediate parent page clickable in the breadcrumb. (DP-24041)
Fixed a bug that prevented adding some signees on news items. (DP-24115)
February 8, 2022 (0.312.0)
Upgraded to Drupal 9.3. This release contains fixes and underlying technology updates. There should be no noticeable changes for authors or visitors. (DP-23608)
Fixed an issue in which key messages in the header of Promotional pages would partially overlap a key message below it. (DP-24018)
February 1, 2022 (0.311.0)
Added an option to center-align the contents of columns in CSV tables. (DP-23663)
Added "language bar" links for pages that have professional translations and are correctly tagged in Drupal. This will clearly show visitors that content exists if they land on a page that is not in their language. (DP-23669)
Removed the option to merge cells in rich text tables as this functionality didn’t work correctly and merged cells cause accessibility problems. (DP-23936)
January 26, 2022 (0.310.0)
Added Collections search, a component for Promotional and Organization pages that is an incremental step toward offering a collection feature that will be announced soon. (DP-23355, DP-23716)
Authors can filter by collection in All content and My content. This is also supporting functionality for the soon-to-be-released collection feature. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks. (DP-23849)
The report of pages with long breadcrumbs now has an option to view in .csv. (DP-23909)
To help prevent inadvertently linking to unpublished materials, we modified the autocomplete feature used in linking to add “(unpublished)” to any unpublished pages. (DP-23840)
Fixed the character counter in the Move children feature in which the character counter for the parent field included the characters in the content type and node information in addition to the parent name, resulting in inaccurate counts. (DP-23824)
Fixed address type conditional field validation on events that prevented publishing or unpublishing certain event content. (DP-23943)
January 18, 2022 (0.309.0)
Created an action in the Trash view to allow users to restore content from trash. (DP-14784)
Made changes to help the CMS All content view load faster. The view will now load with no results. You can filter before searching. (DP-23677)
Fixed a bug on location listing pages that prevented the lists and maps from updating after a user chose a valid location using a keyboard rather than a mouse. (DP-23780)
January 11, 2022 (0.308.0)
Fixed issues that prevented authors from editing or saving certain pages. (DP-23681, DP-23836)
To help authors unpublish pages without having to move unpublished or trashed child pages, these children are now ignored when unpublishing a parent. (DP-23763)
Improved validation to ensure that a page cannot be published if its parent is not published. (DP-23763)
Changed the field order for service and form content types. (DP-23821)
Implemented a 145-character maximum title length for the Alerts content type and added a character countdown. (DP-23811)
Authors can now select 8 additional content types as parents of service details pages. (DP-23818)
Created a report listing all active Mass.gov redirects. (DP-23382)
Changed zoom levels on maps to allow mobile users to zoom out to the state level. (DP-22028)
Fixed problems with the display of stats and Featured Topics on Organization pages. (DP-23215)
Fixed various minor bugs.
January 4, 2022 (0.307.0)*
Users can now add up to 10 custom link groups on service pages. This had previously been capped at 6. (DP-23377)
The events landing page from an Organization page now shows both future events and any events slated for the current day, even if the latter have concluded. (DP-23591)
Location details pages are able to have parent content types similar to Information details pages. (DP-23674)
Updated the help text on Parent page fields in all applicable content types. These now link to the CMS Knowledge Base article on the Parent page field. (DP-23687)
Added a message box in the Hierarchy tab to notify authors when parent-child relationships are not set correctly, and changed the message from a warning to an error. (DP-23630)
Added languages to the Google Translate widget to match those that we support in Drupal. Newly added languages include Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole, Nepali, Somali, and Traditional Chinese. (DP-23695)
Fixed an error that would not allow unpublished preview links or preview of pages without parents. (DP-23654)
Fixed a rendering issue with promotional pages that use a half image for the key message header. (DP-23651)
Fixed a mismatch between stated dimension requirements for image uploads and actual display size for the featured image in a mosaic. This change allows for better image quality while continuing to support existing images. If you have a featured image in a mosaic that appears to be low quality, you can upload a replacement at a larger size. (DP-9880)
*This release was originally numbered here as 0.306.0, however the release on January 4, 2022 was actually 0.307.0. There was no release numbered 0.306.0.
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