2024

1. 2/1/24: 1.8.3 Release
2. 1/18/24: 1.8.2 Release
3. 1/4/24: 1.8.1 Release

2023

1. 12/28/23 1.8.0 Hotfix Release
2. 12/20/23 1.8.0 Release

1.7.1 Hotfix Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 12/14/2023

Core Items

1. BUG - Rich Text component fix: Change font size to 16px (1rem)
2. BUG - Accessibility fix- "Skip to Content" link on header should not display on page-load
   
   • New Design v1 - Heating Help | Public EdSight | HealthscoreCT
3. CHANGE - Alert Banner: Removal of the COVID message on ChooseCT Film page

CTPL Items

1.7.0 Release Notes - ACTIVE - 10/19/2023

Core Items

1. CHANGE - Component styling updates: Change hyperlink color and treatment for active/on-hover
   • Accordions Group
   • Feature Card Slider Component
   • Feature Card Grid Component
   • Location Search Component
   • Tab Component
2. BUG - Hero Banner fix: Resolves issue with a missing background image in the Salesforce header
   • Salesforce PROD
   • Salesforce STG
3. CHANGE - Governor Proclamation Form: Removal of fields
4. CHANGE - Redirect Modules update: Optimization of code
   • https://portal.ct.gov/DECD/Content/Business-Development/02_Type_of_Industry/Advanced-Manufacturing
     redirects to https://advancect.org/our-economy/key-industries/advanced-manufacturing
   • https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/ReleaseTest/Document-Files/PDF-Doc-Example.pdf
     redirects to https://portal.ct.gov.ReleaseTest/
     
     

1.6.11 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 9/28/2023

Core Items

1. NEW - Accordions Group Component: Creation of a new component that expands/collapses section items
2. BUG - Tab component fix: Incorrect font with description content styling
3. BUG - Feature Content Card fix: No spacing in-between Feature Cards on mobile
4. BUG - Accessibility fix: Language tabbing not triggering after selecting a language
   • Health
   • DOL
   • ReleaseTest
5. CHANGE - CT.gov Homepage: Background image CSS update
6. BUG - CTPL Navigation fix: Remove extra navigation spacing on-load of page

1.6.10 Release Notes - ACTIVE - 9/13/2023

Core Items

1. BUG - HHS Mobile Nav: Dead link on 'Home' in hamburger menu
   • HHS
   • DOL
   • Release Test
2. BUG - Feedback button: Announcement made before window open
3. BUG - HHS Logo: Alignment issue on smaller screens
4. BUG - Feedback button: Color contrast accessibility fail
5. BUG - Heading Tags: Multiple <H1> tags on same page
   • HHS
   • DOL
6. BUG - HHS Salesforce Navigation: Eligibility Screener doesn't highlight the “Current Tab“
   • STG
   • UAT
7. BUG - Global Footer v2: Flag masts not keyboard accessible
   • HHS
   • DOL
   • Release Test
8. BUG - Feedback button: Text width changes per language option
9. BUG - Header: Language tab issue
   • HHS
   • DOL
   • Release Test
10. BUG - Header: Navigation sub-menus not keyboard accessible
    • HHS
    • DOL
    • Release Test
11. BUG - Header: Language icon is not keyboard accessible
    • HHS
    • DOL
    • Release Test
12. BUG - Header: Language icon is not keyboard accessible here, but is visible
    • HHS
    • DOL
    • Release Test
13. BUG - HHS Authenticated Header: Language icon is not keyboard accessible here
14. BUG - HHS Header: Account icon is not keyboard accessible
15. BUG - Accessibility update: Skip to content addition
    • HHS
    • DOL
    • Release Test
16. CHANGE - Tab Component update: Border addition on drop down in mobile
17. CHANGE - Tab Component update: Font change to Karla-Medium on text
18. CHANGE - Feature Card Slider Component update: Move of CTA link title to display bottom left on mobile

1.6.9 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 8/17/2023

Core Items

1. NEW - Tile Slider Component creation: Code copy of DMV Card Carousel Component with New Design styling updates
2. NEW - Group Tile Component creation: Code copy of DMV Grouped Tile Component with New Design styling updates
3. NEW - CTA Banner Component creation: Code copy of DMV Text CTA Banner Component with New Design styling updates

Enterprise Items (PROD)

1. NEW - Press Release Results page: Creation of Press Release Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Press Release Results Page
2. NEW - Press Release Page: Creation of Press Release Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Press Release Page
3. NEW - Speeches Page Results page: Creation of Speeches Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Speeches Results Page
4. NEW - Speeches Page: Creation of Speeches Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Speeches Page
5. NEW - Bill Notifications Results Page: Creation of Bill Notifications Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Bill Notifications Results Page
6. NEW - Executive Orders Results Page: Creation of Executive Orders Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Executive Orders Page
7. NEW - Meeting/Agendas Page: Creation of Meeting/Agendas Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Meetings/Agendas Page
8. NEW - Meeting/Agendas Additional Page: Creation of Meeting Additional Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Meeting/Agendas Additional Page

Enterprise Items (STG)

1. NEW - Press Release Results page: Creation of Press Release Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Press Release Results Page
2. NEW - Press Release Page: Creation of Press Release Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Press Release Page
3. NEW - Speeches Page Results page: Creation of Speeches Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Speeches Results Page
4. NEW - Speeches Page: Creation of Speeches Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Speeches Page
5. NEW - Bill Notifications Results Page: Creation of Bill Notifications Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Bill Notifications Results Page
6. NEW - Executive Orders Results Page: Creation of Executive Orders Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Executive Orders Page
7. NEW - Meeting/Agendas Page: Creation of Meeting/Agendas Results Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Meetings/Agendas Page
8. NEW - Meeting/Agendas Additional Page: Creation of Meeting Additional Template page with New Design styling
      Old Design Meeting/Agendas Additional Page

1.6.8 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 8/03/2023

Core Items

1. NEW - Tab Component creation: Code copy of DMV Tabbed Component with New Design styling updates
2. NEW - Feature Card Slider Component creation: Code copy of DMV Card Carousel Component with New Design styling updates
3. NEW - Location Search Component creation: Code copy of DMV Card Carousel Component with New Design styling updates
4. CHANGE - Accessibility change: Remove tabindex=”0” from Agenct Banner landmark are
   • Home
   • Immunization
   • ReleaseTest

Enterprise Items

• None Scheduled

1.6.7 Release Notes - ACTIVE - 7/20/2023

Core Items

1. NEW - Feature Card Grid Component creation: Code copy of DMV Card Grid Component with New Design styling updates
   
2. CHANGE - Redirect Module feature change: Able to redirect Media Library items to content pages
3. BUG - RTE CSS: Able to see CSS styling in the RTE
4. BUG - DMV Salseforce Header: Language dropdown in multi-columns

Modernization Items

• None

1.6.6 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 7/13/2023

Core Items

1. CHANGE - Story Group/Tile Card List change: Move CTA link to top right of component w/9-3 area split
   • Story Group component
   • Tile Card List component
2. CHANGE - Accessibility change: Removal of role="Presentation"
3. CHANGE - Accessibility change: Remove tabindex=”0” from all landmark area
4. CHANGE - Link List Component change: Ability to select and sort link items
5. CHANGE - Redirect Module feature change: Able to redirect ML items to pages

Modernization Items

• TBD

1.6.5 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 6/22/2023

Core Items

1. BUG - Collapsible Component fix: Dropdown menu list not always expanding below the dropdown title on variant 1
2. BUG - Collapsible Component fix: The 'x close' link overlays the first section item in mobile
3. BUG - Story Group: Spacing required on description

Modernization Items

• None

1.6.4 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 6/8/2023

Core Items

1. BUG - Header fix: Search x appears briefly as page loads in mobile screens on v2 sites
2. CHANGE - Language dropdown update: The dropdown menu should disappear on-selection in mobile
3. CHANGE - Agency Footer: Change line spacing on Navigation links

• DOL
• Immunization
• ReleaseTest

Modernization Items

• None

1.6.3 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 5/25/2023

Core Items

1. CHANGE - Tile Card List: Move CTA title to btm of component content on desktop and tablet view
2. BUG - Tile Card List fix: Resolves a thrown error when inserting component in Exp. Editor
3. CHANGE - Story Group/List update: Move CTA title to btm of component content on desktop and tablet view
4. CHANGE - Collapse Component update: Add background color drop-down to Collapse Folder item

Modernization Items

• None

1.6.2 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 5/11/2023

1. CHANGE - Story Card update: Addition of two new variants
2. CHANGE - Collapsible Component update: Addition of the Anchor field on a Collapse List
   
   • Collapse List 1 (jumps to the first Collapse List on the page)
   • Collapse List 2 (jumps to the second Collapse List on the page)
   • Collapse List 3 (jumps to the third Collapse List on the page)
3. CHANGE - Background field option update: Additional feature on 2nd phase of components
   • Featured Content Card
   • Rich Text
   • Multistep
   • Video
4. CHANGE - Story Group update: Substories background should turn white when component or sublayout background is applied
5. CHANGE - Story Group/Story Group List update: Align all story group subitems align evenly on btm margin for all variant options
6. CHANGE - Language selector update: Display additional languages for DMV 
   • DMV

Modernization Items

None

1.6.1 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 5/11/2023

Core Items

1. BUG - Tile Card list fix: Title not spanning container width on mobile
2. BUG - Home Hero Banner change: Background images are not changing on refresh
   • ReleaseTest Homepage
   • DOL Homepage
   • Immunization Homepage
3. BUG - Tile Card/Tile Card List update: Have all tile cards align evenly on btm margin
   • Tile Cards
   • Tile Card List

Modernization Items

1. CHANGE - Mobile menu icon: Increase icon font size to 32px
   
   • ReleaseTest Homepage
   • DOL Homepage
   • Immunization Homepage

1.6.0 Hotfix Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 4/19/2023

1. CHANGE - Collapsible component update: Addition of a new variant to display new styling behavior
2. BUG - Header tabbing fix: Accessibility fix in header to present tabbing in order of display
   • DOL
   • Immunzation

1.6.0 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 4/13/2023

1. CHANGE - Featured Content Card: Rework the code of the Featured Content Card   
2. CHANGE - Right-Rail Child Page: Sublayout background to span the entire screen in the top placeholder
3. CHANGE - Left-Rail Child Page: Sublayout background to span the entire screen in the top placeholder
4. BUG - Home Hero Banner fix: An empty link is created in agencyhomeherobanner view if there is no link
   • Linked logo
   • Non-linked logo

1. CHANGE - Sublayout Accessibility fix: Remove 'Section' landmark from Sublayouts
2. CHANGE - Language Accessibility change: Make Language drop-down tab-compatible
   • DOL
   • ReleaseTest
   • BOS
   • DMV
3. CHANGE - Skip to content accessibility update: Addition of a 'Skip to content' link for screen readers
   • DOL
   • ReleaseTest
   • BOS
   • DMV

1.5.20 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 3/30/2023

Items

1. CHANGE - Background field option update: Additional feature on highly used components
2. NEW - Collapsible component: New component w/similar functionality to the Accordion component
   • Addition of a ‘x close’ feature
   • Reduction of spacing in between lists
   • Addition of margin padding around the component and background box
3. CHANGE - SM Accessibility update: Addition of ARIA tag to the Social Media icons in header & footer
4. CHANGE - Header/Footer Navigation update: Displays the anchor tag appended to the page URL

1.5.19 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 3/16/2023

1. BUG - Google Suggested search fix: Resolves issue with Google Search suggestions drop-down cutting off a part of the search bar text on v1 websites
   • Business One Stop
   • Vaccine Portal
   • Cannabis
   • Gaming
   • HealthScoreCT
   • Heating Help
   • Career Connect
   • PublicEd
   • SDE Bureau of Certification
   • Hate Crimes
   • Rehabilitation Services
2. BUG - Dynamic Grid sublayout fix: Resolves issue with 5 containers not displaying in a row
3. BUG - Multistep fix: Resolves issue with the CTA title abruptly displaying next to the description text

1.5.18 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 3/2/2023

• 1. CHANGE - Anchor Tag Feature update: Addition of the Anchor Tag field to Sublayouts
• 2. CHANGE - Tile Card List update: Addition of drop-down options for Tile Card display
• 3. CHANGE - Link Field update: Allows linking to any item in Sitecore for select components
• 4. BUG - Multistep title/CTA fix: When title spans a single line, the CTA link falls below it instead of the description

1.5.17 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 2/16/2023

Items

1. CHANGE - Anchor Tag Feature: Addition of the Anchor Tag field to six remaining components
   • Story Group
   • Story Group List
   • Link List Group
   • Link List Collection
   • Press Release List (v2 only)
   • Event Calendar List (v2 only)
2. BUG - Multistep fix: Resolves the issue with links displaying even when not selected to display
3. BUG - Dynamic Grid fix: Resolves the issue of a lack of margin spacing in-between containers
4. CHANGE - Featured Content Card update: Added feature to display a white background
5. BUG - Featured Content Card fix: Resolves issue with a multi-line CTA link title overlaying description text
6. BUG - Story Group Title fix: Resolves issue on smaller screens with the title not spanning full screen when a CTA link is displayed

1.5.15 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 1/19/2023

Items

1. BUG - Anchor Tag is hidden behind Agency Banner
   • Version 1
   • Version 2
2. CHANGE - Tile Card and Multistep icon update: Set icon size to 60x60px size
3. CHANGE - Anchor Tag function addition: Link List, Multi-step, Feature Content Card, Video, Tile Card List, Rich Text
4. CHANGE - Agency Footer update: Remove extra spacing appearing in the footer
   • DOL
   • CTBilt Internal Page
   • ReleaseTest KB
5. CHANGE - CTgov header update: Add field for Sign in tray to open in the same window

1.5.14 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 12/27/2022

Items

1. BUG - Accessibility fix: [WGAG 4.1.2 (A)] Broken ARIA menu on Header SM
2. CHANGE - Update Banner styling updates
3. CHANGE - Update banner location configuration
   • Homepage
   • Child Page
   • 2Col Right Rail Page
   • 2Col Left Rail Page
4. BUG - Accessibility fix [WCAG (A)] Search Box Banner label 
5. BUG - Agency Footer fixes: Styling corrections
   • Homepage
   • Child Page
   • 2Col Right Rail Page
   • 2Col Left Rail Page
   • KB Homepage
   • KB Category Page
   • KB SubCategory Page
   • KB Article
   • KB Search Results Page
   • Press Release Page
   • Event Calendar Page
   • Search Results Page
6. CHANGE - Publish DOL Agency Footer content

1.5.13 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 12/8/2022

Items

1. BUG - Video component: Don't have empty spacing if no title or description showing
2. CHANGE - Video update: Apply v2 styling standards
3. CHANGE - Image component: Add link field to image properties
4. BUG - Agency Banner logo fix: Target link for 'New Window' not working
5. CHANGE - Agency Footer updates: Update footer code and styling to include additional components

1.5.12 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 11/22/2022

Items

1. BUG - Accessibility fix: E898 [WCAG21 1.3.1 (A)] Empty header tag in Title Card title field when not populated
2. CHANGE - Feature Card update - Create a new variant with tile card logic for background with v2 design
3. CHANGE - Global header update: Update Site Config file to pull a local CT.gov header
4. BUG - KB Agency Search Banner fix: Font styling issues on KB Header title

1.5.11 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 11/22/2022

Items

1. CHANGE - Sublayout update: Add Section Title styling option dropdown
2. CHANGE - Anchor Tag function: Add anchor tag fields to tile card and story card
   • Link to Story anchor on another page (v2)
   • Link to Tile Card anchor on another page (v2)
   • Link to Story anchor on another page (v1)
   • Link to Tile Card anchor on another page (v1)
3. CHANGE - Search Box update: Decrease white spacing between navigation and search bar
4. BUG - Agency Banner Spacing fix: Add spacing in between Agency Banner and component on mobile
5. CHANGE - KB Folder Component update: Configure nested KB Folders to pull v2 Article template

1.5.10 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 11/1/2022

Items

1. BUG - Accessibility fix: E898 [WCAG21 1.3.1 (A)] Empty header tag in Title Card title field when not populated
2. BUG - Accessibility fix: E898 [WCAG21 1.3.1 (A)] Empty header tag in Story Card title field when not populated
3. BUG - Accessibility fix: E860 [WCAG21 1.1.1 (A)] No alt text on KB ‘Share’ icons
4. BUG - Accessibility fix: E866 [WCAG 2.1 1.1.1 (A)] Header contains a button w/no value
5. BUG - Accessibility fix: E958 [WCAG 2.1 4.1.2 (A)] aria-expanded="false" not accepted
6. BUG - Accessibility fix: E959 [WCAG21 1.3.1 (A)] aria-labelledby in Language dropdown needs ID
7. BUG - Accessibility fix: E950 [WCAG 2.1 4.1.2 (A)] - Role on Sublayouts need accessible name
8. BUG - PR Template fix: XHTML error thrown, so cannot edit page (View Authoring Mode)
9. CHANGE - KB Banner update: Reference the Page Hero Banner
10. CHANGE - Components update: Add description field on additional components (PR, Event Calendar, & Internal Feed)
11. CHANGE - Link List Group update: Do a max 3 column w/3 link lists in first row and rest following in rows below
12. BUG - Link List Collection fix: Items do not span entire width of column, but are bunched up in sublayouts
13. CHANGE - Story Card update: Change Lead Story description font size to 16pt (1rem)
14. BUG - Logout Modal fix: Agency Logout Modal getting blocked by Agency Banner

1.5.5 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 8/11/2022

• 1. CHANGE - Story Group update: New feature allowing an embedded video to display on highlighted Story Card
• 2. CHANGE - Agency Footer update: New section for notifications and feedback links
• 3. CHANGE - Page Rating Feature: A page rating feature that can be included on layout pages
• 4. BUG - Dynamic Grid Sublayout fix: Add medium class breakpoint for smaller tablet sizes
• 5. BUG - Press Release Template: Update the Press Release Template Branch to reflect New Design v2
• 6. BUG - Global Footer update: Position the copyright to appear last on mobile view
• 7. BUG - Tile Card List fix: Resolves icons skewing vertically
• 8. BUG - Tile Card List fix: Resolves 5 count displays incorrectly on page
• 9. BUG - Tile Card List fix: Resolves icon variant not displaying stacked in mobile view
• 10. BUG - Tile Card List fix: Resolves CTA link not displaying on screens smaller than 768px
• 11. BUG - Tile Card List fix: Resolves the issue of the tile variant names not matching the Tile Card Component variant names
• 12. CHANGE - Agency Alert Banner update: Styling updates to the Agency Alert Banner

1.5.4 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 7/28/2022

Items

• 1. CHANGE - Header updates: Adds the sticky header
• 2. CHANGE - Story Group update: Allows all stories to be displayed as sub-stories
• 3. CHANGE - Story Group update: Added tile variant
• 4. CHANGE - Story Group update: Allow the separator line to be an option to display or not
• 5. BUG - Link List Group: add margin spacing after each list
• 6. BUG - Press Release List fix: images variant in RightRail not showing as on Zeplin
• 7. BUG - Dynamic Grid Sublayout fix: Description text not displaying
• 8. BUG - Primary Navigation fix: background highlights
• 9. BUG - Primary Navigation fix: third level arrow not displaying
• 10. BUG - Primary Navigation fix: third-level line spacing
• 11. BUG - Primary Navigation fix: third-level background color
• 12. BUG - Primary Navigation fix: third-level link & background change on-hover
• 13. BUG - Primary Navigation fix: third-level box drop shadow
• 14. BUG - Sticky header fix: complete nav area w/drop shadow should stick
• 15. BUG - Story Group fix: CTA links missing on lead stories
• 16. BUG - Sublayout margin fix: Margin spacing issue
• 17. BUG - KB Articles fix: Articles buried 2-3 folders deep not displaying related articles list
• 18. CHANGE - KB templates update: KB templates updated to New Design v2
• 19. CHANGE - Primary Navigation update: Third-level nav items displays a transparent overlay on content when on-hover
• 20. CHANGE - Primary Navigation update Third-level nav items display in multiple columns
• 21. BUG - Global Footer fix: Flag status text and correct CTgov logo
• 22. CHANGE - Language Translation update: Google Translate changes
• 23. BUG - Left Rail and Right Rail Alignment
• 24. BUG - Agency Banner fix: Overlap issue with 300 px or 400pxAgency Banners
• 25. BUG - Agency Banner fix: Image hitting header on mobile
• 26. BUG - Sticky header fix: Screen jumping on Scroll
• 27. BUG - Global Footer fix: Flag Status Text missing on Production
• 28. BUG - Search Bar fix: Too much spacing above and below
• 29. CHANGE - RTE update: RTE to include new fonts (BitterRoman and Karla)

1.5.3 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 6/23/2022

Items

• 1. CHANGE - Primary Navigation updates (mobile): An update of the navigation component for mobile to reflect New Design
• 2. CHANGE - Story Group update: Allows all stories to be displayed as sub-stories
• 3. BUG - Event Calendar List fix: Resolves the issue of the Calendar List component displaying improperly in Right-Rail, Mobile, Tablet displays
• 4. BUG - Tile Card fix: Resolves the issue of the tile cards not displaying white background when applied
• 5. BUG - Global Footer: Flag Status Text Update - Change the The Flag Status U.S. and Connecticut text
• 6. BUG - Global Footer: Flag Status Overlap - Resolve the issue where the Flag Status text is overlapping in Desktop and Tablet views.
• 7. BUG - Agency Footer: Link List Alignment Issue - Resolve the issue where there are misaligned link lists/titles in the Agency Footer.
• 8. BUG - Story Group: Remove the "Top-right" CTA Link from Tablet and Mobile Views as it should only display in Desktop View.
• 9. CHANGE - Agency Header: New User Icon Field - An update to the user icon on the agency header.

1.5.2 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 6/23/2022

1.5.1 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 5/26/2022

Components

• 1. CHANGE - CT.gov global header updates: CT branding, search displays first, toggle sign-in
• 2. CHANGE - CT.gov global footer updates: dk blue, updated styling
• 3. CHANGE - Agency Footer updates: add sections, navigation items
• 4. CHANGE - Story Card update: add teaser field that displays in sub-stories
• 5. NEW - Left Navigation component: local navigation for LeftRail page
• 7. CHANGE - Sublayout placeholder updates: font/styling, background colors
• 9. CHANGE - Multistep updates: display without icon
• 9. CHANGE - Dynamic Grid Sublayout update: add 6 columns per row
• 10. BUG - Link List bug fixes: No errors when link not assigned
• 11. BUG - Press Release fix: styling

Templates

• 6. NEW - 2Column LeftRail template: New template composed of two independent columns with a left rail for navigation

Other

• 8. NEW - Last Update Report: New Sitecore report that identifies last updated pages by template type

1.5.0 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 5/12/2022

• 1. NEW - Press Release Page Template: Creation of the Press Release template page that contains pre-defined fields for content entry.
• 2. NEW - Event Calendar List Component: A new component that provides a listing of Calendar Events in multiple variants.
• 3. NEW - Event Calendar Page Template: Creation of the Press Release template page, an addition to the Knowledge Base that contains pre-defined fields for content entry.
• 4. CHANGE - Tile Card Component Updates: Update of the existing Tile Card component that provides multiple design variants.
• 5. NEW - Link List Component: New component that provides listing of links in various displays.
• 6. NEW - Agency Footer Component: New component that provides Agency-specific footer elements.
• 7. CHANGE - Home Hero Banner Updates: Existing component that updates the Agency banner to include social media channels and design enhancements.
• 8. CHANGE - Search Box Banner Updates: Existing component that contains a variant to view only search box.
• 9. NEW - Multistep Component: New component that allows multiple links to a component

1.4.21 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 4/13/2022

Components

• 1. CHANGE - Feature Story: Update Feature Story component to allow multiple views to select from.
• 2. NEW - Story Group: A groups of stories displayed together in a single component; one lead story and the remaining displayed as sub-stories.
• 3. NEW - Story Group List: A listing of grouped stories displayed together in a single component; one lead story and the remaining sub-stories
• 4. NEW - Press Release List: A listing of Press Releases displayed together in a single component that allows multiple views to select from.

Other

• 5. CHANGE - Orphan File Report: Update content script to not pull duplicate items and other items that attribute to false positives (i.e. folders, navigation, etc).

Accessibility

• 6. BUG - Low Contrast: Resolves the accessibility issue of low contrast on header elements, campaign monitor, and Twitter icon to be WCAG2.1 AAA compliant (WCAG 2.1 - 1.4.3 AAA)
  • Global Alert message & CT.gov Header
  • Campaign Monitor
  • SM Twitter icon
    
    
• 7. BUG - Empty Header tags: Resolves the accessibility issue of removing empty <H4> tag when the sub-title text field is not populated on PRs.
  • https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Speeches/Governor-Lamont-2022-State-of-the-State-Address
  • https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Speeches/Governor-Lamont-Fiscal-Year-2022-2023-Biennial-Budget-Address
  • https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Press-Releases/2022-Press-Releases/Secretary-Merrill-Announces-Launch-of-Multilingual-Virtual-Pollworker-System
  • https://portal.ct.gov/SOTS/Press-Releases/2022-Press-Releases/Secretary-Merrill-Statement-on-Passage-of-Absentee-Ballot-Bill

1.4.20 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 3/31/2022

Components

• 1. CHANGE - Displays New Design CSS class updates in RTE drop-down

Knowledge Base

• 2. CHANGE - Updates to the Knowledge Base search logic to not pull in Chatbot items in results
• 3. BUG - Resolves issue of Article Attachments field not able to access Media Library

1.4.18 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 3/10/2022

• 1. NEW - Agency-specific 404 Error page: Websites now have a 404 error page specific to the site
• 2. NEW - CSP values set through Sitecore: Ability to set the content security policy (CSP) through Sitecore instead of manually via the web.config file

Chatbot & Knowledge Base

• 3. BUG - KB Data source issues in Old Design: Fixes a bug in the Knowledge Base set up within old design websites to pull local Content module data
• 4. BUG - KB Search results pulling some articles from BOS in Old Design: Ensures only an Agency’s articles are being returned in Knowledge Base search results
• 5. CHANGE - Update KB search to understand new KB fields: Knowledge Base Search/Browse update for Chatbot Only Articles
• 9. BUG - Articles under an Article folder don't display in Subcategory Page Results: Resolves issue of articles not displaying in a sub-category page listing
• 10. NEW - Add Associated Content filed to Old Design Knowledge Base: New ‘Associated Content’ section that allows Authors to connect KB Articles to content pages and vise versa.
• 11. NEW - Knowledge Base Chatbot Content Section: Chatbot-related fields and functions are accessible on a Knowledge Base Article

Right Rail Template

• 6. BUG - Right Rail Template - Top Row Alignment: An update to the Right Rail Template to ensure the right rail and the left column’s top row align
• 7. BUG - New Design iPad Landscape View Spacing Updates: A spacing fix between rows seen in the iPad Landscape view
• 8. BUG - Right Rail Template - Bottom Row Alignment: Ensures the right rail aligns to the left column’s bottom row

DMV

• 12. BUG - DMV Sitecore and Salesforce update: Header and footer component displays max width of 1366px

Portal.CT.gov Web Accessibility

• 13. BUG - “Skip to Content” Link Not Showing: A fix to display the Skip to Content link for keyboard users.
• 14. BUG - Language + Settings Menu updates: A fix to allow the Language + Settings Menu close feature to be accessible for keyboard users

1.4.17 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 2/17/2022

• 1.4.17 - Facebook Component
  • 1. Creation of a new Facebook component
    
    
• 1.4.17 - Right Rail (2 Column) Template
  • 2. Ability to display long components in a right rail column that will extend the full page independently of the other components/rows
    
    
• 1.4.17 - Pages not displaying changes in authoring.ct.gov
  • 3. Agency's Configuration file not pointing to local_web when viewing preview.ct.gov

1.4.16 Release Notes - DEPLOYED - 2/3/2022

• 1.4.16 - Old Design KB Item
  • 1. Allow KB article from new design system to exist in Old design system structure
    
    
• 1.4.16 - Knowledge Base items
  • 2. Add a ‘Related content’ field under Chatbot section
  • 3. Add an Article folder insert option
  • 10. Knowledge Base title and search icon updates
    
    
• 1.4.16 - Component Items
  • 4. Twitter title background configuration
  • 5. Twitter height configuration
  • 6. Spacing issue on mobile below website banner
  • 7. Language drop-down menu hover style fix
  • 8. Search box being hidden on mobile
  • 9. Rich Text component - title margin spacing
  • 11. Rich Text Component - hyperlink updates