In order to make it easier for website editors to produce accessible content, we recently added an "Accessible Content" plugin. This tool operates when you "preview" your draft content just prior to publishing. If there are any accessibility issues, they will be identified, and you will have the opportunity to fix them, one by one. Documentation for this plugin is available here.
You can find more information about web accessibility here.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
The default editor within WordPress has been changed from the Classic Editor to the new Block Editor. The Block Editor allows for more flexibility in the page layout, making it easy to set up columns and rows and colors. In addition, we have added the CoBlocks plugin that adds many new blocks to the Block Editor such as:
Existing sites will continue using the editor that was already in place. New sites will be configured with the Block Editor. It is possible to switch from one editor to the other by going to Settings / Writing and changing the settings for "Default Editor for All Users".
We recently added two new themes to the Dartmouth WordPress environment:
This accessible theme is provided by our hosting company CampusPress. It is built for the block editor, and provides many layout and customization options.
This is the default WordPress theme for 2020. It is designed to take full advantage of the flexibility of the block editor. More info
On January 2, the Dartmouth WordPress platform was updated to the latest 5.3.2 version. This was a maintenance release to fix some bugs.
Another addition is the new "Print My Blog" plugin. When activated, this plugin adds a new Print item under the Tools menu. The entire blog can be printed or saved in PDF format.
On April 28, the Dartmouth WordPress platform was updated to the latest 5.1.1 version. This added the option for an improved "block editor", introduced with WordPress version 5.0. By default, the familiar "classic" editor remains active. However, site administrators can choose to allow the use of the new editor, as shown with these new options available under Settings / Writing:
Another new update is that uploaded images and files no longer have a random 6-character string added to the file name. In the past, if you uploaded my-article.pdf to your website, the file name might be something like my-article-2zsikp.pdf instead. This no longer occurs, so the file name remains the same.