National Release
New + Improved
Editors now have permission to ‘New Header Menu Configuration’ for editing new nav menu content including "take action" screen: https://www.audubon.org/admin/config/system/new-header-menu
Ability to use Nodequeue to manage Take Action menu “cards” with ability to edit display title and market source on config page (See detailed instructions below)
Improved cache clearing after updating a page
Bug Fixes
Instructions for using Nodequeue for managing Take Action Cards.
- Manage nodes to be displayed:
- Go to: https://audubon.org/admin/structure/nodequeue/19/view/19
- Recommended workflow from admin page:
- Remove a node
- Add a node
- Re-order nodes
- Optional - Update Header Title (different display than engagement card) + Market Source
- Go to: https://www.audubon.org/admin/config/system/new-header-menu (Take Action Tab)
- In order for changes to take effect:
- Go to: https://www.audubon.org/admin/config/system/new-header-menu
- Click "Save configuration"
- Click "Clear menu cache"
National Release
New + Improved
- Bird nodes can be toggled to not display a card in the Bird Guide Grid, in the event that the bird node doesn't have an image
Bug Fixes
- Removed extra white padding from Inca Dove page
- Removed cards with no images from Bird Guide Grid
- Assorted code errors resolved
State/Center Release
New + Improved
- New feature that allows state sites to hide the State Label on events
- New user role available on ASC sites that allows user to see all unpublished nodes
Backlog Release
Completed
- Considerations for AMP styling reviewed and approved
- Twitter card images initially don't appear in preview if they're being created from a large hero image - no bug found
- Spacing between curtain ad text and CTA button reviewed and resolved
National Release
New + Improved
- New user role on NAS created to view all unpublished nodes
Bug Fixes
- Position of photo credit on hero images on Bird Guide pages has been corrected
- Curtain and Language Switcher repaired for logged-in users after clicking 'Customize This Page'
- New Relic issues patched and ctools module updated
National Release
New + Improved
- New/improved .csv export content for bird node export
- Consolidated 'English' and 'Neutral Language' node options to prevent duplicate content
- 'Back to Origin' button on map now only appears if the user has interacted with a map in a way that changes its orientation/zoom
Bug Fixes
- Repaired corrupted button style on ES language version of Survival by Degrees
- Repaired styling that had scientific bird name overlap content below it on Bird Guide views
- Eliminated functions that were producing duplicate bird and copy content
State/Center Release
New + Improved
- Improved styling and spacing for hero images - New Mexico site
Bug Fixes
- Repaired corrupted styles for donation forms - California site
- Repaired donate button with excessive symbols - New Mexico site
- Repaired Native Plants form styling - New Mexico site
National Release
New + Improved
- Custom field for ZIP code validation messaging now operational in admin
- Translation byline added to articles with translations
- Significant performance improvements made to AWS based on Pantheon suggestions
- Styling improvements made to Native Plants search results page
- References to the cdn.audubon.org subdomain have been cleared from the database
Bug Fixes
- Engagement cards fixed to only display photo credit, rather than credit and caption
- Issue where signed-in users are unable to see dropdowns in menu after cancelling 'Customize This Page' has been resolved
State/Center Release
Bug Fixes
- Issue where horizontal slideshow images covered over the Popular Stories block on news articles has been resolved
- Bird Feed importer patched and now shows all bird card images
- Issue where bird card images weren't centered vertically has been resolved
New + Improved
NAS
- Link to Spanish Language versions of pages with a published translation now appears under article bylines
Bug Fixes
NAS
- Pause button in BOA cards has been replaced to its correct location
- Issue with share block being partially obscured on ES language news pages has been corrected
NAS/ASC
- Feed issue causing missing bird card images on national, state and center sites has been patched
Bug Fixes
NAS
- Related Stories block fixed - is now appearing as expected
- Bird song files that hadn't been playing properly have been fixed
- Issue involving audio file upload in the editor interface has been resolved
ASC
- Pause Icon on Bird Song Audio block repaired
- Issue causing images of birds in Birds in this Story column to clip or not render has been fixed
New + Improved
NAS
- Zip Code verification and validation for Native Plants search prevents empty or incorrect results
- Climate site mini search widget added to bird guide pages
- Performance improvement when updating connected English language and Spanish language node
Bug Fixes
NAS
- Pause button placement on bird song play buttons corrected in Bird Guide
- Unsuccessful event imports affected by errors in their logs have been corrected (errors amended and imports resumed)
ASC
- A handful of problematic State/Center site event pages no longer displays a blank page (events now show up as expected).
New + Improved
NAS
- Migration to Amazon S3 is complete, offering improved image storage and performance, and improving slow-downs related to image uploading.
- Improvements to how Pages are handled throughout the site are now live, allowing them to be added to the site taxonomy and to editorial card fields
- New native Drupal CTA Curtain now available for the Homepage, for donation and action prompts
- Updates to Survival By Degrees site maps.
ASC
- Time Zone for Events is now displayed by default.
- Image captions have more space added between them and their associated images.
- Slideshows now have more space between them and any copy immediately subsequent on the page.
Works
- iCal feed for public events on national and state/center sites is available for staff use.
- We can now support Chapters as locations for events, and can sync them to State/Center or the NAS Events page
Bug Fixes
NAS
- Bird Song player no longer launches a sound file page for users - the audio file is played on the page after click without redirect or reload.
- If a Photo Gallery is empty on a Bird Page, the empty Gallery space on the page no longer displays by default.
- An issue with Spanish translations deleting English content has been resolved.
- Bird Images are now automatically updated and synced between Spanish and English versions of the same page.
ASC
- "Birds in this Story" text overlap has been corrected on mobile.
New + Improved
- "Report a Bug" bug reporting form was launched for all Audubon State and Center (ASC) Sites. This new tab will appear on all pages of your site when logged in. All issues with your website should be reported using this form. In addition to streamlining the bug reporting process, this form will provide the IT + Product teams with more details to resolve issues faster.
- For an example of a completed bug report, see example here: How to get help
Bug fixes and improvements to Online Events functionality
New + Improved
- Audubon Locations filters added to www.audubon.org/events
- Updated Role permissions so users with access to a location can edit events associated with the location, instead of just the event creator
Bug Fixes
New + Improved
Support for Online Events across Audubon Works, Audubon State & Center Sites (ASC) and Audubon.org (NAS).
For detailed information on creating/editing and syncing events to ASC sites & NAS, refer to the updated Web Knowledge base post: How to load Events for ASC & NAS Events Calendars via Audubon Works
- Ability for Editors across the Network (ASC & NAS Sites) to create or edit existing events and tag them as "Online," "In-Person," or "Both" from Audubon Works. Additional fields added to support Online Events include:
- Cancelled Event
- Hide from audubon.org
- Event Category
- Event Time Zone
- Event Platform
- A new All Events page on NAS that includes all events occurring across the network. This will be filterable by "Online" "In-Person" and "All Events." Each event will link out to an Event Detail Page on the Audubon State or Center site hosting the event, or the Audubon.org site if the event is hosted by NAS.
- All Events occurring by State on the Audubon Near You Page. This also includes some additional UX/UI improvements to the presentation of Office/Chapter & Center/Sanctuary information.
New + Improved
- Editing engagement cards on articles (Add engagement card reference field to articles on state/center) (1946) New Feature
- Port “Menu Bar Section” Feature to ASC Sites (1951) New Feature
- Users should be able to select menu to populate “Menu Bar Section” (1959) New Feature
Bug Fixes
- Increase character count for ‘run events sync on works’ machine name field (1904) Bug Fix
- Slideshow counter (X of Y) is not in correct position (1963) Bug Fix
Notes
Editing Engagement Cards on Articles (1946)
Users now have better control over Engagement Cards appearing on article pages
- From Edit > References > Engagement Card, users can select an engagement card which overrides any other matching from the engagement cards nodequeue or taxonomy.
New "Menu Bar Section" feature for landing pages (1951).
The "Menu Bar Section" panel can be added to landing pages. See example of the NAS Western Waters Landing Page, to see a nice example of how content can be structured using this feature.
A few notes:
- If the menu links do not already exist, users must first create the menu links in Structure > Menus, so they can be selected in the "Menu Bar Section" panel.
- Users can create either create a new menu, or add links to an existing menu.
- If links are intended to only appear in the "Menu Bar Section", ensure the checkboxes for "enabled" are unchecked so these links to do not appear live in other menus.
Step 1: Create a new menu or add/edit links in an existing menu. If you want the links to only appear in the Menu Bar Section, and not appear in the selected menu, make sure the checkboxes for "enabled" are unchecked.
Step 2: Add "Menu Bar Section" to a Landing Page from Customize Display > NAS > Menu Bar Section
Step 3: Choose a menu and default menu item links from the dropdown menus
Bug Fixes
- Styling issue with long caption/credits (1952)
- Caption/credits not appearing on mobile (1953)
New + Improved
- Images uploaded as slideshows can now be displayed "stacked on top of each other" (useful for adding multiple images to an article) - See screenshots below for instructions and example of this layout. New Feature (1947)
Bug Fixes
- Fix Native Plants search widget form field alignment. Bug Fix (1901)
- Slideshow images are displayed in full size, eliminated any cropping issues. Bug Fix (1909) Note: There is an outstanding known issue with credits not appearing on mobile and some spacing issues occurring with very long captions - this will be resolved next week.
- When editing or removing engagement cards ("Engagement cards. Sidebar") from an article, image caption/credit and spacing issues no longer occur. Bug Fix (1931)
- Eliminate H5P Errors on Hog island Site. Bug Fix (1939)
Notes
Images "Stacked on Top of Each Other" Feature (1947)
From Block Insert > Slideshows, users can can upload multiple images to appear "stacked on top of each other" in an article.
Step 1: Editing an existing Slideshow so images appear stacked on top of each other
Step 2. Creating a new slideshow with images stacked on top of each other
Example: Images appearing "Stacked on top of each other"
Example: Images appearing as a slideshow (feature is unchecked)
