2023 Releases
Releases made in 2023
December 13, 2023 (0.384.0)
Changed field on Location pages from “Primary location” to “Primary contact” (DP-17399)
Made style corrections to topic pages (DP-24587)
Started ongoing process to permanently delete items that have been in the trash for 180 days. (DP-14520)
December 5, 2023 (0.383.0)
Added a CSV download to Advanced Search (DP-30874)
Added scoped search to allow visitors to easily search within an organization from the main search interface (DP-30897, DP-29928)
Made accessibility improvements (DP-24290)
Changed info details header character limit from 100 to 130 (DP-30787)
Made style improvements for images within rich text fields (DP-29819)
Style fix to not show line below iframe, image section, Tableau visualization if caption is empty. (DP-31045)
November 7, 2023 (0.381.0)
Upgraded to Drupal 10; no noticeable changes to CMS users (DP-27208)
Fixed several filters in Feedback Manager, additional fixes will come soon. (DP-30688)
Removed parent organization from the mg_organization metadata field. Previously, SiteImprove groups for parent organizations have included content in child organizations. Future SiteImprove scans will allow parent organizations to see scan results for the parent organization only. This also affects Foresee. Future Foresee customer satisfaction survey responses will not be tagged with the organization’s parent organization. This will allow more granular reporting and performance tracking. (DP-29261)
Oct. 31, 2023 (0.380.0)
Fixed the missing darkened overlay on Info Details page when the main sidebar menu is opened (DP-26422)
Cleaned up analytics tab to reduce scrolling. (DP-30517)
Oct. 24, 2023 (0.379.0)
Changed How to pages so that the first method will always be expanded on page load. Since visitors are coming to a How to specifically to learn a method for completing a task, it makes sense for this information to be visible. (DP 28648)
Changed How to pages so that when there are multiple contacts, they are all visible in the right column. (Contacts will still be at the bottom of the page, too.) (DP 8417)
Fixed an issue with filters and CSV exports for Feedback Manager. (DP 29938)
Fixed an issue with CSV export for Content Performance report. (DP 30352)
Fixed an issue with missing filters on the All Content view. (DP 30360)
Fixed an issue with CSV export for All Content. (DP 30436)
Oct. 17, 2023 (0.378.0)
Changed border colors to look consistent in tables (headers and rows) in rich text fields. (DP 25894)
Made accessibility fix related to organization navigation component. (DP 29849)
Deployed code that will allow us to fix a Service Details migration issue that resulted in some URLs appearing like this: www.mass.gov/node/##### and affecting Pages Linking Here. A job to fix these URLs will be run soon during an evening. (DP 29882)
Removed the old Analytics dashboard tab from the CMS as it has been replaced by the “Analytics New” dashboard. In a few weeks, we’ll remove “New” from the navigation tab of the dashboard. (DP 30076)
Added Farsi as an available language for content in the CMS. (DP 30228)
Oct. 10, 2023 (0.377.0)
Increased font weights slightly across Mass.gov to improve legibility and accessibility, especially with smaller fonts. (DP 29104)
Created a report of Information Details pages to help identify pages that could use a table of contents. (DP 29554)
Updated help text for login fields on Organization and Service page types. (DP 29554)
Added monthly pageviews, sessions, and no’s per thousand pageviews to the Analytics New tab. (DP-30033)
October 3, 2023 (0.376.0)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP-28514)
Authors will receive an error message if they provide a header but no content in an Organization section. (DP-28724)
Added functionality to Contact content type so authors can customize directions for an address, overriding the ones generated automatically by Google maps. (DP-29648)
Fixed an issue on Guide pages so the edit and remove buttons are not hidden off the screen to the right in some cases. (DP-29830)
September 26, 2023 (0.375.0)
Renamed the “alert” feature on Information Details and Guide page types to “highlight.” (DP 28587)
Disabled the ability of authors to clone or create new Location Details pages. We recommend using Information Details instead. (Existing Location Details pages will not be changed.) (DP 29804)
September 19, 2023 (0.374.0)
Removed non-English pages and documents from the Orphan Report. (DP 28586)
Changed the Organization page navigation bar to use jump links to sections. This change will improve accessibility and user experience on mobile devices. (DP 28815)
Migrated all “What would you like to do” sections on Organization pages to “Flexible Link Groups.” (DP-29020)
Replaced elements on the “Content that needs attention” section of the Welcome screen of the CMS with “Page views,” “Nos per 1000” and “Broken Links” for the last 30 days. (DP-29614)
Added an automated section at the bottom of Organization pages called “_________ [org] Information” with links to information that was formerly in the navigation bar dropdown menu (such as, Get updates, Jobs, Public Records Requests, About, etc.). We recommend that you add these links elsewhere on your organization pages and remove the links from the “Navigation menu” tab which will remove them from the automated section. When all links are removed from the “Navigation menu” tab, the automated section will no longer appear. (DP-29014)
Promotional pages now have metadata related to their organizations and will now appear in SiteImprove and analytics reports that are filtered by organization. (DP-29613)
September 12, 2023 (0.373.0)
Replaced Twitter logo with new X logo and added Threads logo. (DP 29416)
Fixed most URLS with “default” in them as part of Service Details migration. A few URLs remain broken, and we will fix them manually. (DP 29493)
Fixed an issue on Location pages that was occurring on mobile and tablet views. (DP 29600)
Fixed a spelling mistake that was appearing in an error message on locations search. (DP 29649)
September 5, 2023 (0.372.0)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP 28733)
Fixed export of Orphan Report to remove duplicates. (DP 28622)
August 8, 2023 (0.370.0)
Fixed an image width issue in rich text fields where images were sometimes stretched to be too wide or not displayed at the correct width. Images will no longer be stretched to fit in either a half or full width area. (DP-20609)
Made preliminary steps to enable service details migration happening the evening of August 11, 2023. (DP-20609)
Fixed “More contact info” link missing from the Contact component on Information Details pages. (DP-28963)
Added 5 languages (Twi, German, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch, Armenian) to the CMS: Google translate options, the page language bar, and the document language bar. (DP-29018)
Added “lazy loading” for all iFrames to speed page load issues for pages with multiple iFrames. IFrames should now load progressively as the user scrolls down the page which will be a better user experience. (DP-29018)
Fixed an issue with Analytics tracking that existed from July 28 – August 9. Pageviews for this time are correct, but clicks on external links, the translate widget, and count of times a video was displayed within the chatbot were not consistently tracked.
July 25, 2023 (0.368.0)
Removed icons from Topic pages. (DP-28600)
Fixed a bug where an additional plus sign was appearing on accordion sections of Information Details pages in mobile view. (DP-28600)
Fixed an issue on Organization pages where Alert and search text were appearing in blue instead of black on certain browsers in mobile. (DP-28762)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP-28783)
July 11, 2023 (0.367.0)
Added option for authors to hide the “Did you find...?” Feedback Component on Form content type. (DP-26725)
Added functionality to periodically correct links on the site that are to trashed pages that have been redirected. This functionality will soon run nightly to try to correct these links and replace them with the redirect target. This will increase the accuracy of “Pages linking here”. (DP-28507)
Added Siteimprove data to the Analytics New dashboard. Please continue to provide any feedback. (DP-28604)
June 27, 2023 (0.366.0)
Fixed an issue with redirects. (DP-28572)
Fixed an issue with New Analytics not appearing on certain content types. (DP-28606)
June 20, 2023 (0.365.0)
Changed Information Details pages so Contact Information and Related links display to the right of the overview when there is no table of contents. On desktop, Related links will no longer be visible at the bottom of the page on desktop. (DP 28302)
Fixed a filtering issue on Collections. (DP 28373)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP 28478, DP 28497)
Added some Guide components to Information Details content type, such as time callouts and alerts. (DP 28432)
June 13, 2023 (0.364.0)
Added functionality on page feedback and feedback manager to filter out low quality feedback. Feedback is filtered by default, and users can click a box if they want to see the low quality feedback. (DP 26782)
Changed the Feedback Component so that the Visitor Help Page linked there must be an appropriate content type. (DP 28410)
June 6, 2023 (0.363.0)
Added metadata to the optional banner image on Information Details pages so that the same image will appear on social media. (DP-27941)
Modified the “Report of pages with no published parent” to omit Executive Orders. (DP-28133)
Fixed an issue with titles getting cut off in the Table of Contents on Binder type. (DP-28411)
Added a column to the Children and Parents report to show whether there is a link on the parent page to the child page. (DP-28139)
Added a CSV export option for Orphan Reports. (DP-28300)
Added a language field to Service page content type with the same features as the language field on Information Details. It appears under the Offered By field. (DP-28370)
May 23, 2023 (0.362.0)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP 26364, DP 28265)
Changed feedback review interface for authors to remove fields related to feedback needing a response which is no longer supported. Also, visitor comments will display in full, without the “show more” accordion. (DP 28136)
Added Hmong to languages available for documents, pages, language bar, and Google translate. (DP 28202)
May 16, 2023 (0.361.0)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP 28159, DP 28149, DP 28020)
Fixed an issue with signees and media contacts populating on News items. (DP 28275)
May 9, 2023 (0.360.0)
Made several accessibility improvements. (DP 25180, DP 28037, DP 28078)
Made Drupal 10 preliminary updates. (DP 27204)
Adjusted the Related content field on Mass.gov home page to allow external links. (DP 28134)
Updated Site Policies link in Mass.gov footer. (DP 28145)
Improved help text on form pages and added directions about creating a separate success page if more than 1000 characters of text will be collected. (DP 28226)
Enabled Ask MA chatbot to show up on Collections. (DP 28044)
Made card groups and callout links available to authors on Information Details pages. (DP 28155)
May 2, 2023 (0.359.0)
Made various accessibility improvements. (DP 25705, DP 27859, DP 27895, DP 27934, DP 28038)
April 25, 2023 (0.358.0)
Made several accessibility improvements. (DP 26219, DP 26226, DP 26261, DP 27921, DP 27930, DP 27968, DP 28013, DP 26232, DP 27853, DP 27858, DP 27916, DP 26232)
Fixed Feedback Manager so visitor comments get pulled into the CMS. (DP 27693)
Made various updates to prepare for Drupal 10. (DP 27209, DP 27212, DP 27872)
April 11, 2023 (0.357.0)
Changed the links on Mass.gov home page below the search bar to stand out more. (DP 26625)
Made several accessibility improvements. (DP-26220, DP-26259, DP-26302, DP-26314, DP-27694, DP-27696, DP-27697)
Fixed 500 errors. (DP-27679)
March 28, 2023 (0.355.0)
Fixed an issue with Content Performance view on unpublished pages. (DP 25653)
Made accessibility improvements. (DP 26304, DP 26258)
Fixed an issue with document orphan report so that pages in automatic curated lists don’t appear as orphaned. (DP 27487)
March 21, 2023 (0.354.0)
Fixed focal point issue with banner images on Information Details content type. (DP-26574)
Fixed an issue with Pages Linking Here where it was including some pages that were not actually linked. (DP-27438)
Fixed an issue with document language bar not displaying on a curated list when a description is present. (DP-27447)
March 7, 2023 (0.353.0)
Changed the feedback manager report to automatically filter with “watched content” box unchecked. (DP 27022)
Adjusted the feedback report to display 20 items instead of 10. (DP 27225)
Fixed “More Locations” component to ensure only published listing items display. (DP 27435)
Removed autocomplete from search on the public site. These suggestions were low quality and often not helpful. (DP 27426)
February 28, 2023 (0.352.0)
Various accessibility improvements. (DP 26079) (DP 26251) (DP 26709)
Changed page icons to single carat, rather than double, on Collections to clarify their purpose. (DP 26763)
February 14, 2023 (0.351.0)
Added functionality so users can toggle the document language bar to display the native language or the English name of the language. (DP 24435)
Fixed an iframe issue with the visual story template on Information Details page. (DP 26967)
February 7, 2023 (0.350.0)
Made various accessibility improvements. (DP 26237)
Moved “Associated pages” field on Events content type to “Overview” tab. (DP 26696)
Improved caching so edits to language bar for document translations display faster. (DP 27088)
Removed legacy CMS login method. All users sign in with Azure AD now. (DP 27097)
Added more fields to CSV exports of content. (DP 27176)
Improved the process of tagging External Links for Collections. (DP 27002)
Removed background image from Form content type in the “You will need” field to improve accessibility. (DP-27157)
January 31, 2023 (0.349.0)
Removed the unused field to show survey results for visitors that appeared after they filled out the “Did you find..?” feedback field. The survey was removed previously. (DP 25783)
Fixed size of radio buttons on Collections. (DP 27000)
January 24, 2023 (0.348.0)
Improved accessibility on Guide content type. (DP-263090)
Adjusted Collection functionality so added or changed items should appear faster. (DP-26328)
Added validation related to Feedback Component. (DP-26999)
Fixed display of language bar so all published document translations appear for all languages. (DP-27003)
January 17, 2023 (0.347.0)
Added functionality so that links to documents in English and all translated versions associated with them appear grouped together on pages if the non-English document has the English document defined as the English version. (DP 24550)
Changed feedback component to block submission of personal information, limit number of characters entered, and offer a link to a visitor help page for users seeking assistance. (DP 26327)
Changed views in CMS (for all documents, advanced search, trash, and trash documents) to load without showing results in order to cut lag time. Users must apply filters to load these. If you want to see all results without filtering, you can simply click the filter button without adding a filter. (DP 26864)
Fixed News content type so Related links will render even if no Contact is defined. (DP 26965)
Fixed Organization page so links at bottom of the page are more accessible on mobile view. (DP 26649)
January 10, 2023 (0.346.0)
Improved help text for the “Organization” field on Organization and Service content types to clarify the purpose of this field. The new help text also addresses how Organization alerts will render on every Organization listed in this field. (DP-25967)
Added help text to the “Content” tab on Service pages to clarify authoring options. (DP-26097)
Under “Add Content,” added help text to the Guide content type to encourage users to opt for Information Details or Service page instead. (DP-26305)
Added help text on page based feedback with clickable links to “Pages with High Negative Feedback” and “Feedback Manager.” (DP-26612)
Improved logic behind “Pages linking here” tab to show more complete results. (DP-26766)
Fixed an issue with making bulk additions to Collections. (DP-26715)
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