Stanford Sites Roadmap
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The product roadmap is a high-level look at what is in development, as well as goals, planned features, and long-term direction for the Stanford Sites Drupal CMS. We update this roadmap regularly with our progress and add new feature requests and ideas as they are prioritized in partnership with the Stanford Sites Advisory Group.
See the release notes to see what we have achieved to date. Join our Slack channel at #stanfordsites_updates to monitor the latest on future releases, security updates, and maintenance announcements.
2020-24 Roadmap
Last updated: July 17, 2024
Major Features: Completed, In Progress, and Under Review
| Feature | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Google Tag Manager Google Tag Manager was added to the stack to support users who wish to use analytics and social sharing tools via a GTM container. | v1.4.0 | Done |
| Global Message Site owners can set a site-wide alert at the top of each page with options for color and link. | v1.4.0 | Done |
| Super footer Site owners can add a site-wide section above the local footer that allows for text and links. | v1.4.0 | Done |
| Enhanced footer options Site owners have new options for adding text and setting a link from the department branding (lockup) in the local footer. Site owners also have the same options for customizing the lockup that exist in the masthead. | v1.4.0 | Done |
| Embeds Site owners can now add embeds for supported services to their media library for use in text areas. Stanford Sites owners can also request custom embeds be added upon request. | v1.4.0 | Done |
| Gallery Content editors can now embed image galleries. | v2.0.0 | Done |
| Main navigation drop-down Site owners now have the option to enable drop-down menus for the main navigation. | v2.0.0 | Done |
| Drupal 9 All websites built on Stanford Sites Drupal 8 were upgraded to Drupal 9 in February 2021. | v2.0.0 | Done |
| Intranet Intranets provide the ability for organizations to limit content for viewing by specific SUNetIDs or members of specific workgroups or types of users. This is a fee-based service. | v2.1.2 | Done |
| Editoria11y Accessibility Checker The Editoria11y module provides a simple quality assurance tool for content editors; the module scans a single page of content upon saving to highlight new errors. | v2.1.4 | Done |
| Page cloning and bulk editing Content creators now have the ability to replicate page layouts for faster site-building and to take action on a group of pages at one time. | v2.2.0 | Done |
| Publications importer Content editors can import a CSV for batch uploading of publications data. | v2.2.0 | Done |
| Localist Content editors can now import content from Localist, the new campus events calendar service behind the Stanford Events website. | v2.3.0 | Done |
| Minimally-branded Subtheme for People and Groups This subtheme provides a unique design for those individuals and organizations who require less prominent Stanford branding on their website. | v2.4.0 | Done |
| Scheduled publishing This module will give content editors the ability to schedule nodes to be published and unpublished at specified dates and times in the future. | v2.4.0 | Done |
| ExploreCourses This feature will allow academic department websites to import course and class data from ExploreCourses and build a listing page. | v2.5.0 | Done |
| Basic Page+ and Shared Tags These features will give content editors the ability to dynamically generate a list of related pages. | v2.5.0 | Done |
| PHP 8 Update Stanford Profile and SOE Profile to use PHP 8 prior to the deadline for upgrade on the Acquia Cloud Site Factory environment. | v3.0.0 | Done |
| Policy Content editors can create a simple policy page with authority field and "last updated" date field and add it to a section with related policies. V1 will support breadcrumb navigation and a basic print stylesheet for a policy page. | v3.1.0 | Done |
| Subtheming service SWS-created custom subthemes on Stanford Sites. Sub-themes allow sites to have distinctive styling on top of the default Stanford Basic theme. To request a consultation about a custom subtheme for your site, please fill out a new service request. | v3.1.0 | Done |
| Custom layouts This feature would support flexible and easy-to-use layout building, using Layout Paragraphs. | v4.0.0 | Done |
| Drupal 9.5 This release includes a minor version upgrade to Drupal 9.5 and a new administrative user interface, Claro. It will be supported until November 2023. | v4.0.0 | Done |
| Drupal 10 This major release includes an upgrade to Drupal 10. | v5.0.0 | Done |
| Site Ownership Fields for tracking site ownership, to be used for reporting and lifecycle management. | v5.0.0 | Done |
| Integration with 3rd-Party search tools Ability to use a 3rd-party search tool on your site or sites. | v5.1.1 | Done |
| Heading hierarchy improvements Additional controls over heading hierarchy for the Banners, Lists, Card, and Teaser Paragraphs for improved accessibility. | v5.2.0 | Done |
| Faculty theme Design options for faculty sites. | v5.2.0 | Done |
| Opportunities Content type for publishing funding or learning opportunities with flexible taxonomy and a multi-filtered view. | TBD | In progress |
| Resources Content type for external resources with a multi-filtered view. | TBD | Discovery |
| Class importer Class importer for use with the new version of ExploreCourses. | TBD | Discovery |
| Paragraph and section variants Support for flexible theming, including variants for paragraphs and rows of paragraphs (e.g., background color on a row.) | TBD | Discovery |
Requested Features
See the Requested Features page to see a list of features that are under consideration and not yet approved and prioritized. Decisions on priorities are made in partnership with the Stanford Sites Advisory Group and are dependent on budget and resource availability.
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