SiteBuilder release notes

We released SiteBuilder 2.492 on Wednesday 26^th January 2022. This release marks the end of the Components Editor beta phase.

It is now possible for you to convert most existing pages to the Components Editor. To do this, select Edit > More, then select Convert to Components Editor. You'll be able to preview what your page will look like for users once it's been converted, and can make any adjustments to your page before converting it. This process is permanent and cannot be undone, but you will see an option to Cancel if you wish to make any further changes or wait until later to convert your page. Once your page is converted, you can go to the page history to view and compare previous versions published using the old visual editor or raw editor, but cannot restore these. Subsequent versions of the page, published using the Components Editor, can be restored.

In this version we also made bug fixes and improvements, including:

• Users with contributor permissions can now preview Components Editor pages, as expected.
• We fixed a bug which meant it was possible to add a carousel component inside another carousel.
• We fixed a bug where some options were not displayed in the toolbar, for users browsing in Firefox.
• We added a further option to the box styles available in your site. This box has no background or border, but has padding. This is useful if you wish to enter text on an unstyled background, but would like to maintain alignment with other blocks in the same row. You can view the box styles available to you by selecting Add text & formatting from the left-hand menu, then selecting Block style.
• We fixed a bug which meant that it wasn't possible to exit the toolbar when navigating using only a keyboard.
• We fixed a bug so that text inside Box style 5 now has appropriate contrast to make it accessible. It was previously inaccessible in the component preview screen.
• We fixed a bug causing the Undo and Redo buttons to behave inconsistently in the Components Editor, including in Safari.

We released SiteBuilder 2.491 on Monday 17^th January 2022. In this version:

• We fixed a bug which prevented users from adding links to field labels and comment fields in forms.
• We also fixed a bug where blockquote styling was being removed after publishing a page in the visual editor or the raw editor.
• We fixed a bug which prevented calendar filter pages from handling tags which included space characters at the start/end of the tag name.

We also made the following bug fixes and improvements to the Components Editor:

• We fixed a bug affecting Firefox users which meant the Select and Cancel buttons were not visible when adding links to your content.
• We fixed a bug which meant that the Manage blocks dialog was not always visible when adding a block layout at the bottom of your page.
• We removed references to right hand content from Components Editor pages. You will see an option to edit the centre content of your page. When editing pages created from templates such as forms, forums and quizzes, you will see an option to edit the page's surrounding content.

We released SiteBuilder 2.490 on Monday 10^th January 2022. In this version we made bug fixes and improvements to the Components Editor, including:

• It's now possible to hide your page's heading, for example if you wish to have an image or carousel flush to the top of the page. You can select this option when creating a new page or editing the properties of an existing page. The page heading is still accessible to users who are using assistive technologies, such as screen readers.
• You can now insert a carousel which spans, for example, two-thirds of the width of the page, rather than the full width. To do this, add a block layout to your Components Editor page, with a block which spans e.g. 8 columns, and then insert your carousel in this block by selecting Add images/media > Carousel from the left-hand menu.
• It's now possible to select an icon to add to a newly-created button.
• We fixed a bug which caused a warning to display when editing an existing link.
• We fixed a bug where duplicating an empty block resulted in non-matching column widths.

We released SiteBuilder 2.489 on Tuesday 14^th December 2021. In this version:

• We fixed a bug so that single-choice rating sets display correctly when viewing forms on small screens, such as mobile devices.
• We fixed a bug which prevented importing iCal files to SiteBuilder calendars which already have events.

We also made the following bug fixes and improvements to the Components Editor:

• It's now possible to copy the contents of a Components Editor page to replace an existing page. This includes replacing the contents of pages originally created using the old visual editor. You can also copy the page's files as part of this process.
• We added more flexible options for laying out your page, so you can add your own columns and rows instead of adding pre-built layout blocks.
• We no longer re-format HTML when you publish your page. Previously, when publishing your page SiteBuilder would remove whitespace characters and indent HTML.
• We continued ongoing work to enable converting existing pages to the Components Editor.

We released SiteBuilder 2.488 on Wednesday 1^st December 2021. In this version we made bug fixes and improvements to the Components Editor:

• We continued ongoing work to enable converting existing pages to the Components Editor.
• We improved the edit toolbar to ensure it is keyboard accessible.
• We improved the accessibility report so it's clearer whether items need fixing or are displayed for your awareness.
• We fixed a bug preventing users from adding links to images.
• We added more flexibility when managing column widths in layout blocks.