March 24 Open Lab Notes

March 24 Open Lab Notes: Bug Sprint, Carousel, & Open into a New Tab

What We Are Working on

Web Design System

  • Carousel: Matt continues working with additional options to add other blocks to the carousel.

Projects

  • Bug Sprint: The last week of the month will be a dedicated sprint to our bug list, aka glitch list.

Glitch List

  • Quote Block: Is this a glitch or a new feature not entirely implemented? The Quote Block shows a black bar on the list, similar to the Note block on the editing side of the page and not on the published side.
    Glitch Status: We are asking Danial about it.
  • Overlay, Containers, & Images: A frame on an image when the image is smaller than the container will not show the full frame because the frame is attached to the container and not the image.
    Glitch Status: We are looking into it.

Submit a web support ticket to Report a Bug/Issue if you find a glitch.

Byte Size Tutorial

  • Open into a new tab: There are accessibility, usability, and security reasons not to open links into a new tab. (A new resource coming soon-ish about when and how to use open into a new tab.)

Week of March 20, 2023

Open Lab

Open Lab (Zoom link)
9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
March 24, 2023


New Posts

  • March 24 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and glitches from March 24, 2023 Open Lab, including carousel, bug sprint and open in a new tab.
  • March 17, 2023 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and resources from March 17, 2023 Open Lab, including WDS updates (Cards and Carousels), Glitches (Accessibility plugin and Embed block), and mini TablePress tutorial.
  • March 10 Open Lab Notes March 10 Open Lab Notes: Accessibility Plugin, GA4 Updates, and some People Block updates What We Are Working on Web Design System WSUWP Gutenberg Accessibility: Clarifying information about errors, alerts, […]
  • March 3 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and resources from March 3, 2023 Open Lab, including Carousels, Spotlights, and Cards. Oh My! Plus OKTA and GA4 updates.
  • GA4 Update By March 1 all websites with Google Universal Analytics (UA) started tracking with Google Analytics 4 (GA4).

March 17, 2023 Open Lab Notes

March 17 Open Lab Notes:

What We Are Working on

Web Design System

  • Overlap Spotlight: More options added to the spotlight block.
  • News Cards (Still in testing): Separate categories and tags can be used to filter the feed. The category selected will not interferr with or add the tag selected.
  • Cards: Are now using the alt field instead of the caption field.
  • Carousel: Matt is making progress on the carousel. It should be in production soon.
  • New theme: A new WordPress theme for the WDS will be ready for beta testing soon (possibly next week). The theme will have an updated site header, search, & quick links options.

Glitch List

  • Accessibility Plugin: It is displaying ghost icon on All Pages. It is showing alerts when there isn’t an alert on the page.
  • Embed Block with YouTube video: Settings for the embed block with a youtube video are removed when the page is edited again. (Temporary solution: Add the embed block code with the YouTube video to the Embed Code plugin. (Tools > Embed Code)
  • Caption covers image using a frame: A quick styling fix will solve this issue. Look for it soon.

Submit a web support ticket to Report a Bug/Issue if you find a glitch.

Byte Size Tutorial

  • TablePress: Select the checkbox for Enable Visitor Features to ensure the table is styled with the WDS theme and not the default TablePress style

Week of March 13, 2023

Open Lab

Open Lab (Zoom link)
9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
March 17, 2023


New Posts

  • March 24 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and glitches from March 24, 2023 Open Lab, including carousel, bug sprint and open in a new tab.
  • March 17, 2023 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and resources from March 17, 2023 Open Lab, including WDS updates (Cards and Carousels), Glitches (Accessibility plugin and Embed block), and mini TablePress tutorial.
  • March 10 Open Lab Notes March 10 Open Lab Notes: Accessibility Plugin, GA4 Updates, and some People Block updates What We Are Working on Web Design System WSUWP Gutenberg Accessibility: Clarifying information about errors, alerts, […]
  • March 3 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and resources from March 3, 2023 Open Lab, including Carousels, Spotlights, and Cards. Oh My! Plus OKTA and GA4 updates.
  • GA4 Update By March 1 all websites with Google Universal Analytics (UA) started tracking with Google Analytics 4 (GA4).

March 10 Open Lab Notes

March 10 Open Lab Notes: Accessibility Plugin, GA4 Updates, and some People Block updates

What We Are Working on

Web Design System

  • WSUWP Gutenberg Accessibility: Clarifying information about errors, alerts, and warnings to the plugin information webpage and the Accessibility and Usability panel. The image of the panel will be updated soon when a few more updates are complete. Accessibility notations on All Pages now have an initial.

Projects

Glitch List

Fixed

  • People Block: Adding 1 category or tag filter does not filter the display of people.
    Glitch StatusAll Hail Dan! (Fixed 3/8/2023)
  • People Block: If a category or tag is without people using the category or tag it does not display.
    Glitch StatusWhoop! Whoop! (Fixed 3/8/2023)

Submit a web support ticket to Report a Bug/Issue if you find a glitch.