WebTech Monthly News - September 2021

October 8, 2021

October Drupal Training Sessions Available

Are you new to editing a Drupal site? Or are you a current Drupal user that wants to improve your editing game? There are Drupal training sessions in September still open for sign-up:

  • Wednesday, October 13; 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. 

  • Thursday, October 14; 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Learn more and reserve your spot at the Beginning Drupal training page.

NEW. We are now offering Drupal Team Training. Need a customized Drupal training for you and at least one other team member that focuses on the specific elements that apply to your department website? Email web.help@wwu.edu to schedule a time and date.

September Site Launches

  • Western has a new Employment Hub. The landing page helps connect individuals looking for employment or volunteer opportunities to the right website at Western to begin their search.

  • Counseling and Wellness Center (CWC) tied together the former Prevention and Wellness Services (PWS) website. If your department website has links to PWS please double check them to ensure they have been updated properly to the relevant CWC page.

  • Anthropology has launched an updated website continuing focus on student success.

Drupal Updates

 New Modules

There are no new modules for this month’s release—check back in for new features next month.

Drupal Theme Updates

  • Manual login button removed from Drupal login screen

  • Equal Employment Opportunity statement link added to Western Footer

  • Code base change for link styles

  • Fix implemented for breadcrumb navigation hindering the use of the revision tool within layout builder

Further detailed updates can be found in the Ashlar change log.

WordPress: Updates from CampusPress

  • WordPress Core was updated to 5.7.3 to include latest security patches.

Review the CampusPress Changelog for specific details on the plugin updates.

Site Building Tips

Updating your Department Profile

Many department websites at Western use the directory listing to showcase their faculty and staff members within a department. Each of these user profiles can be customized to fit individual and departmental needs. If your department uses a Directory on the website to list faculty and staff, you probably have a user profile. What you may not know is that you have the editing powers to update/add information to make your profile more complete.

You don’t have to ask your department manager to update quarterly office hours or to change office location. As a user, you can update all profile information yourself. Check out these easy 6-step instructions to update your Directory Profile on your department Drupal website. 

While there could be fields in the instructions that may or may not apply to you/or your department, the more information you provide, the more engaging your published profile will be. Questions? Please feel free to reach out to web.help@wwu.edu.