UNL CMS Updates

Deployed Features and Issue Fixes

  • AI Image Alt Text: All images uploaded to the CMS will now have auto-generated AI Alt texts.
  • Reusable Blocks: Components created through the block tab can now be reusable across different pages.
  • Autoplay Video: Ability to add a short autoplay video background through the Display Banner component.
  • Vertical Alignment of Components: Users can now vertically center align all components within a section. This setting is found under the advanced section configuration settings.
  • Centering Section Headings: Ability to center section headings. This can be done by navigating to the Advanced settings under the Layout settings and adding the dcf-txt-center class.
  • Webform: Enable webform_submission_export_import module
  • News Node: Unpublishing a News node imported from Nebraska Today errors out.
  • Permission Change: Ability for users to use Video media to add a video background on a Display Banner component
  • Web Audit: Fixed color contrast on the details element on webforms.


Finalized and In Review
  • unl_news Module: Multiple news feeds from Nebraska Today on a site with different tags.


In Development
  • Images in CKEditor: Images set to narrow appear large in CKEditor.
  • Person Page: Issue adding links when editing one's own person page.
  • Image Display Issues: Remove the “Enable DCF Lazy Loading” option on image displays.
  • AI Image Alt Text: Bulk update poor quality alt text with AI.
  • News Page: News item contacts after leaving the university.
  • Metatag: Add Metatag options on a per-page basis.
  • Drupal 11 Upgrade: Updating contributed and custom modules to the latest versions.
  • More WebAudit fixes
    • Remove H4s from pagination
    • Web Audit 404 errors on links on pages with pagination

  • Ongoing performance enhancements
  • Other issues can be found on Github - https://github.com/unlcms/project-herbie/issues

More details at: https://wdn.unl.edu/documentation/unl-cms-roadmap/