Cynder and Block Changes

Below are a history of changes that have been applied to either the Cynder theme or a collection of block utilities developed by the Aurora team. This will feature additions, fixes, and removals as we continue to improve the Aurora block theme and editor experience.

Cynder Changes

Additions

  • Added color selector to Settings > Color Settings

Fixes

  • Addressed styling issues with UC People Block
  • Fixed an issue with breadcrumbs not being removed when the customization option was turned off
  • Fixed glyphicons not displaying properly
  • Fixed patterns that are shipped with Cynder

Removals

  • Removed the Navigation Dropdown selection in the theme customizer

Fixes

  • Added color selector to Settings > Color Settings
  • Addressed styling issues with UC People Block
  • Fixed an issue with breadcrumbs not being removed when the customization option was turned off
  • Fixed glyphicons not displaying properly
  • Fixed patterns that are shipped with Cynder

Removals

  • Removed the Navigation Dropdown selection in the theme customizer

Fixes

  • UConn banner is now the correct width
  • UC Courses table view now fits screen properly
  • Links in the Header Widget Area now underline on hover
  • Removed extra padding that got added to full width rows with backgrounds
  • Fixed Slate submit button styling

Additions

  • Custom font selector for headings and body text (Dashboard > Settings > Font Settings)
  • Sticky Nav
  • The following blocks are now supported in the block editor:
    • Recent Posts | Displays a list of posts or pages with various filters and options
    • Post Title | Displays the title of a post
    • Post Excerpt | Displays the excerpt of a post
    • Featured Image | Displays the featured image of a post
    • Post Author | Displays the author of a post with optional avatar
    • Post Date | Displays the date of a post
    • Navigation | Displays a customizable navigation menu
    • Categories/Terms List | Displays a list of categories or taxonomy terms on the site
    • Read More | Displays a “Read More” link to a full post or page

Fixes

  • UConn banner now displays correct UCONN font
  • Icons now display properly in Aurora admin bar at top of page
  • Search box in sidebar no longer disjointed
  • Search icon now displays properly instead of the word “search”
  • Fixed images spilling out of main container on imported posts

Additions

  • Accordions – You can now select heading level and font size
  • Breadcrumbs – Now available
  • Accessibility – Color contrast checker now flashes on block with issue

Removals

  • Removed the ability to select page templates in both the block editor and quick edit menus

Block Utility Changes

Fixes

  • Fixed issues with custom query pagination and styling
  • Fixed display of contact info block

Additions

  • Added a new block for display contact information
  • Added new functionality for checking alt text in the block editor. If no alt text is provided, the block will turn red, an error message will appear, and the user will not be able to submit the post until an alt text has been provided.
  • Added a custom query block that can be used to display an A-Z list of posts, posts as accordions, or a paginated view of posts. Numerous arguments can be passed to filter the results of the query.

Additions

  • Extended the default query loop to default to recent posts. Can now be added from the block editor under “Recent Posts” block

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where duplicating accordion blocks would negatively affect the accordion’s behavior
  • Fixed an issue with the contrast checker not properly disabling page submission button

Additions

  • Added the problematic block name to the color contrast notice when a block fails the contrast ratio check
  • Added flashing highlight around the problematic block when a block fails the contrast ratio check
  • Both the block name and highlight will be active for the most recently failed block but will apply for all failing blocks one at a time
  • Opacity slider for core/button block hover color selection

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where uc-decorative-images was not properly displaying decorative image toggle in block editor.
  • Color contrast only applies for blocks with a non-empty content, meaning group blocks can now have a color without failing the contrast ratio check
  • Fixed padding on full-width blocks to match padding of primary Cynder container div