Release Notes v1.4.0

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

What’s changed?

We are excited to announce the release of version 1.4.0, featuring six new blocks and numerous fixes and enhancements designed to elevate your admin experience!

Tile Cards

Easily showcase short content in a captivating grid of Tile cards with branded background colors and images. Customize your content with various text layouts, colors, and tile configurations to create visually appealing and informative displays. Tiles can be linked or unlinked. 

Screenshot of the tiles display variations, colors, text placement and linking are all adjustable.

Facts and Figures

Perfect for highlighting stats and concise content. Customize with background colors or photos to enhance the overall impact to make your content stand out beautifully and effectively!

Screenshot of facts and figures block showing the variation of content layout

Link Grid

Display columns of important links, such as resources and related content, in a clean and organized layout. This feature is perfect for directing users to valuable information and enhancing their navigation experience. 

screen shot of the link grid block with four columns of links

Quote Callout

Draw attention to quotes with a visually appealing design, including the option to feature an image of the person associated with the quote. Elevate your content and make your quotes stand out beautifully!

Screen shot of the quote callout display with a dark background and image

Fixes and Improvements 

User Feedback Based Work   

  • Addition of two new Embeds, JWPlayer and Microsoft Forms
  • Portrait option for Profile banner
    • Vertical portrait is the new default option for profiles
  • Code option for WYSIWYG, includes syntax highlighter for different languages
  • Alignment fix for Reusable Blocks
  • Increase the Grand Hero video size to 25MB
  • Media Library image selection is now consistent 

Content Spotlight

  • Allow ordered and unordered lists
  • Now can use as a top banner

Utility Navigation

  • Added a Call-to-action Button that displays to the right of the Search

Authoring Experience   

  • Menu link error bug fix
  • Hide ‘Revert’ button in Layout Builder

DevOps

  • Tech Debt: removed uninstalled modules

Office Hours

Join our Office Hours to learn more about the new features and fixes in this release. Bring your questions to the session and work with a YaleSites expert to learn about the platform.  

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