Summary
Version 3.0.2 of the Illinois WordPress Theme reorganizes the block files and toolkit import scripts to optimize loading. This release provides new versions of several blocks along with accessibility and visual improvements to links and buttons.
What’s Changed
New Features
- Added V3 version of Card Block
Enhancements
- Added text field to allow overriding alt text of selected media in Image Feature Block
- Implemented Block Manifest structure to optimize loading and future development of theme blocks
- Updated WordPress core Buttons block to reflect V3 styling of buttons
- Updated Feature Quote block to V3 version
- Updated Lede block to V3 version
- Replaced aria label text control in Button block with new behavior which auto appends an aria label when “Open in new tab” checkbox is selected
Bug Fixes
- Added CSS to allow YouTube Media Embed Blocks to honor the “Wide” alignment setting
- Added CSS to correct color contrast accessibility issue with File block button
- Added CSS to correct display of Social Icons block
- Added CSS to correct Featured Image display in mobile layouts
- Added CSS to correct link formatting colors and hover states
- Adjusted Image Feature block to load media URL instead of permalink (attachment page)
- Adjusted Statistic Block to allow Rich Text content to render appropriately in content fields
- Corrected page template conditional logic to remove error log bloat associated with Featured Images
- Embedded Bootstrap files to serve locally
- Implemented block deprecations for Button, Feature Quote, Image Feature, Lede, and Statistic blocks
- Optimized the Toolkit V3 import script loading
- Purged unused files
Upgrade Notes
Card block
The new Card block is separate from existing Clickable Card and Card Deck blocks (both will remain unchanged in this release).
Feature Quote Block
Existing Feature Quote blocks will be updated to the new markup automatically once the page is edited and saved.
Image Feature Block
The Image Feature block was rebuilt in v3.0.0 and will remain visually unchanged in this release. However, the media library selection tool has been updated to pull the direct URL of the selected file instead of the permalink. This is intended to resolve issues for users who are seeing attachment page URLs in the block. Additionally, a text field has been added in the Settings menu to allow users to override the alt text of images passed in from the media library.
Lede Block
Existing Lede blocks will be updated to the new markup automatically once the page is edited and saved. The new version of the Lede Block brings many new options. Please note there is currently a color contrast accessibility issue if you enable “Decoration” on a Lede block with the “Orange” theme. The WIGG components team is working on correcting this in a future update to the V3 toolkit.
Toolkit Loading
This version of the theme implements fixes to the loading of the V3 toolkit. This corrects an issue with native WordPress image and media selection affecting users on v3.0.0 of the WordPress theme and v3.7 of the toolkit as well as conflicts with third-party scripts such as Slate form embeds.
Get v3.0.2
View/Download the Release on GitHub
The theme is available on GitHub: https://github.com/web-illinois/wptheme_university_of_illinois_2020/releases/tag/v3.0.2