September 2026

Content

Shared Governance Board update

  • Discussion of PDF and document remediation tools for ADA Title II compliance.
  • Subdomain requests.

Gov Board meetings are first and third Thursdays at 2 p.m. on go.unl.edu/wdn-zoom. Non-members may join as nonvoting attendees.

Slacktivity

Email Signature Accessibility

Does the Email Signature Generator produce accessible/compliant content?

https://clipboardinspector.com/ shows you the two items the Email Signature Generator puts on your clipboard. 

UNL CMS Workshops

  • Self-guided review of documentation and introductory training video required for attendance.
  • Request sandbox site access at https://cms.unl.edu/sandbox-site-access-request/
  • Monthly workshops on Zoom offered on the 2nd Thursday of each month @ 2 p.m. and are open to anyone who has a question about UNL CMS or just wants guidance on best practices for building pages. 
  • RSVP for a UNL CMS Workshop

WebAudit Metrics

  • https://webaudit.unl.edu/groups/unl/
  • WATCH YOUR LINKS! CMS sites have a built-in page (ReportsTop 'page not found' errors) that shows a list of URLs that users are visiting that result in Not Found being shown.

CMS updates

  • Updates deploying this week
    • Improved visibility on Webform validation messages when the user clicks Submit and they have things to correct
    • Bulk alt text: we’re in the process of running an update on sites to improve bad image alt text. Images with missing or poor alt text (such as “photo”) are being automatically improved with AI.

       

Pending review and deployment

Framework updates

Version 6.1.6 is scheduled for deployment this afternoon, Tuesday, September 8

  • Update plugin-auto-loader-opt-out.js (Thanks, Isaac!)
  • Additional updates to hidden regions and terminal styles
  • Fix for <select> :focus bug in Firefox

UNL Web Framework Roadmap

Video

Recording on Mediahub