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Template version 2018.11.0 released

December 3, 2018 by

Added

  • Dynamically generated changelog to documentation section
  • New patterns:
    • Degree plan
    • Job description
    • Religious lives of women profile
    • Homepage alert

Changed

  • Location of image and script assets from deprecated external folders to currently-managed msuwds folder
  • Blog and calendar feeds to use new loader animation
  • File structure of course and degree patterns

Fixed

  • Visible search button artifact on global masthead

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Template version 2018.10.0 released

November 5, 2018 by

Added

  • Default styles for description lists
  • Task for testing accessibility of patterns with Axe
  • Terminal messages to clarify task initiating at during build
  • Consistent element state (link, visited, hover, active) styles to links and buttons

Changed

  • All list styles to have greater consistency among each other
  • Catalog degree pattern to use notice pattern include instead of static HTML
  • Gulp task structure to reduce redundancies and further streamline the various build processes

Fixed

  • Legend series labels showing in reverse order on stacked bar charts
  • Spacing inconsistencies within:
    • feed items
    • overall grid structure
  • Invalid div nested within button on accordion pattern
  • Inconsistent heading structure within scholarship pattern
  • Hanging Gulp processes
  • Error when copying out UI theme
  • Styling issues regarding links with .Button class

Removed

  • Styles that caused double underline on hyperlinked acronyms

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Template version 2018.9.0 released

October 2, 2018 by

Added

  • Linting tasks for Sass and Javascript files
  • Minification tasks for Javascript and image files

Changed

  • Combined YouTube video and YouTube playlist into one pattern
  • Missouri State and Make Your Missouri Statement marks in global masthead and footer from TM to circle-R designation
  • West Plains wordmark/sprite from PNG to SVG
  • Styles for course tooltip hover; incorporated into global stylesheet

Deprecated

  • tooltips.css (marked for removal on Feb. 4, 2019)

Removed

  • Hidden navigation pattern (it is essentially the same pattern, but a special use case within Web Press)
  • Deprecated tab pattern and related styles
    • missouristate.info/webpress/tabbed.css
    • missouristate.info/webpress/tabbed-old.css
  • Deprecated global masthead pattern

Fixed

  • Photo slider transition bug in Firefox
  • Style linting errors and warnings
  • Line charts unnecessarily filling in area underneath line

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Template version 2018.8.0 released

September 4, 2018 by

Added

  • Color palette documentation for Springfield and West Plains
  • Calendar feed patterns (static version)
  • Grid documentation
  • Custom styles for scholarship chart

Changed

  • Call to action pattern link and page variants to be the same pattern
  • Campus map pattern to have responsive width
  • Contact information pattern to use the campus map pattern instead of a hardcoded embed
  • Status declarations on the pattern library to accurately follow our workflow and help users know of new and updated patterns
  • Folder structure to streamline organization of patterns
  • Reference names of many patterns — especially those ending with block — to shorten overall length of names
  • Accordion (formerly dropdown) markup to use button structure and various ARIA attributes to aid in accessibility

Deprecated

  • Old accordion (originally named dropdown) pattern (marked for removal on Dec. 3, 2018)

Removed

  • Unnecessary preview files:
    • _msuwds-masthead.hbs
    • _msuwds-wp-footer.hbs
    • _msuwds-wp-masthead.hbs

Fixed

  • Focus styling issues:
    • Focus ring no longer arbitrarily crops within certain content columns
    • IE 11 no longer treats everything as focusable (custom focus styling is now strictly limited to interactive elements)
  • Hardcoded prefix on chart data labels; format is now the same for both data labels and the tooltip

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Template version 2018.7.0 released

August 7, 2018 by

Added

  • New patterns:
    • Comprehensive Facebook pattern that includes page feed, posts, and video
    • Chart patterns for data visualization; chart types include:
      • Line
      • Bar
      • Stacked bar
      • Column
      • Stacked column
      • Pie
    • Loading graphic
  • Existing patterns:
    • Catalog course block (with new CORE42 designation option)
    • Catalog degree block
    • Catalog rich text block

Changed

  • Form patterns to be more consistent in markup and meet accessibility best practices

Removed

  • Footer patterns:
    • FYP-Springfield
    • FYP-West Plains
    • Springfield (old markup)
    • West Plains (old markup)

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