Changelog

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2026.09.15

[CHANGED]

• RSS Feed – Updated source of RSS feed to pull from SOM News Content (SSR) [UVACMS-1209]

• SOM Nested Lab Pages – Moved nested lab pages to /{pillar}/{department}/labs/{lab} [UVACMS-1498]

[FIXED]

• Image Component – Fixed issue causing image caption box to display on image when no caption exists [UVACMS-1052]

2026.09.09

[CHANGED]

• Multi-Column List - Updated multi-column list component to be no wider than the width of RTE blocks [UVACMS-997]

• SOM Search - Incorporated Research in Motion as a 'Publication' facet value in SOM search [UVACMS-1047]
• Faculty Search - Created degree programs and research opportunities filters [UVACMS-1056]
• SOM News Content Type - Updated to allow tables and multi-column layouts [UVACMS-546]
• Faculty List Component - Re-structured component to be more clear on available category options for authors [UVACMS-1508]

[REMOVED]

• Coveo - Removed provider relevance boost from all tab that was skewing search results [UVACMS-1505]

2026.09.01

[NEW]

• Research Faculty Search Result Card - Added styling for Research Faculty Search Result Card [UVACMS-1093]

[CHANGED]

• Global Nav (SOM) - Updated Global Nav on SOM to make group title and group URL optional [UVACMS-1227]

2026.08.26

[NEW]

• Faculty List Component - New Faculty List component created for use on SOM [UVACMS-905]

[CHANGED]

• SOM Search Placeholder Text - Updated placeholder text for SOM search [UVACMS-910]

• Image Hero - Updated SOM theme to only use orange gradient bar on Image Hero [UVACMS-1085]

[FIXED]

• RTE Video, Map, and Calendar Embeds - Fixed issue causing RTE Video, Map, and Calendar embeds to not fill their column width, and not overflow or truncate [UVACMS-1460]

• Search Button (Magnifier Icon) - Fixed issue preventing search button from performing any search in uvahealth.com and childrens.uvahealth.com [UVACMS-1466]

2026.07.28

[CHANGED]

• News RSS Feed - Added all Article Body Content to News RSS Feed [UVACMS-1164]

[FIXED]

• [Migration] CTA Links - Fixed issue causing CTA links to not update when site slug changes during migration [UVACMS-1172]

2026.07.22

[NEW]

• Lab News Content Type - Lab News content type created for use on the SOM site [UVACMS-1230]
• Department News Content Type - Department News content type created for use on the SOM site [UVACMS-1204]

[CHANGED]

• [Migration] Lab News Migration Script - Updated migration script to handle Lab News [UVACMS-1231]

• [Migration] Department News Migration Script - Updated migration script to handle Department News [UVACMS-1206]

[FIXED]

• [Migration] Exported Reports Issue - Issue fixed causing exported reports to use the migrated (new) slug for "Source URL (WP)", so source URLs 404 on the live site [UVACMS-383]

• [Migration] Ophthalmology - Fixed migration script issue causing ophthalmology section headings to be missing after migration [UVACMS-1228]

• [Migration] Pathology - Fixed migration script issue causing pathology section headings and links in section landing page two-column blocks to be missing after migration [UVACMS-1219]
• [Migration] OBGYN - Fixed migration script issue causing OBGYN quality improvements & latest news sections to be missing after migration [UVACMS-1218]
• [Migration] Urology - Fixed migration script issue causing two Urology homepage areas to be missing after migration [UVACMS-1222]
• [Migration] Media Callout - Fixed issue causing media callout with video to not map to video embed [UVACMS-1220]
• [Migration] Canonical Links on SOM - Fixed migration script issue causing incorrect canonical links on SOM after migration [UVACMS-1282]

• Global Nav - Removed tab styling from all global navigation [UVACMS-1142]

2026.07.13

[NEW]

• Events List - Created Event List component [UVACMS-185]

2026.06.23

[FIXED]

• [Migration] Menu - Fixed issue causing migration script not to handle 'Page Links To' pages in Wordpress [UVACMS-1173]
• Social Media CTA - Fixed issue causing 'title is not unique' error [UVACMS-1197]

2026.06.10

[NEW]

• Research Faculty Profile Integration - Added 'Research Interest' field mappings [UVACMS-1091] and 'Selected Publications' section to profile pages [UVACMS-1092]

[CHANGED]

• Astro v6 Upgrade - Upgrade Astro framework to v6 [UVACMS-1134]

• Newsroom Content Type - Converted Newsroom content type to SSR from SSG [UVACMS-1166]

[FIXED]

• [Migration] Line Breaks Issues - Fixed issue not preserving existing line breaks <br> when migrating a <p> element [UVACMS-1051] and an issue not preserving line breaks inferred by WordPress theme [UVACMS-1076]
• [Migration] Multi-column List Schema Validation Error - Text fix to resolve issue causing schema validation error [UVACMS-1163]
• CSS Warning in Deploy Log - Fixed issue causing CSS warning [UVACMS-1170]
• Missing Hero Images - Fixed issue causing Hero images to not display [UVACMS-1178]
• Header/Footer Styling Issues - Fixed styling issues on header and footer by removing Attributify, related to Astro 6 upgrade [UVACMS-1179]
• CSS Classes Not Generating for Classes in TSX Files - Fixed issue causing CSS to not generate for classes in TSX files [UVACMS-1183]

2026.05.26

[NEW]

• Research Faculty Profile Integration - Added header section field mappings for School of Medicine site integration [UVACMS-1089].
• Community Pillar Content Type and Schema - Added a Community pillar content type and schema within Contentstack to be used by the School of Medicine [UVACMS-1160].

[CHANGED]

• Contentstack Entries - Enabled configurable canonical URLs as part of metadata for each Contentstack Entry [UVACMS-1161].

• Childrens Site Logo - Updated logo on UVA Health Children's site [UVACMS-1162].

[FIXED]

• [Migration] Social Banner pagebuilder Component - Fixed an issue causing an empty Social Media CTA upon migration [UVACMS-1115]
• Search Results/Sitemap + Last Mod Date - Fixed an issue causing "Do Not Index" setting to be respected in search results or sitemap and last mod date [UVACMS-1148].

2026.05.12

[NEW]

• Event Details Page - Created Event Details Page integration to be primarily used for School of Medicine site [UVACMS-186].

[CHANGED]

• Ratings & Reviews URLs - Changed URLs for ratings & reviews on provider profile pages in the provider search result tooltip, provider profile masthead tooltip, and provider profile reviews to /about/provider-star-rating-patient-reviews [UVACMS-1130].

• Coveo Distance Relevancy Weighting for Providers - Updated modifier to 2500 to enable larger weighting for distance in search Relevancy scoring [UVACMS-1141]
• News RSS Feed - Added image references to News RSS feed [UVACMS-1149].

[FIXED]

• [Migration] Slideshow Migrating as 1 Column - Fixed issue causing slideshow to migrate as 1 column instead of 3 [UVACMS-1062]
• [Migration] Image Gallery Migrating as 1 Column - Fixed issue causing image gallery to migrate as 1 column instead of 3 [UVACMS-1024].
• [Migration] Some Research Pages Failed to Migrate - Fixed issue causing several research pages not to migrate [UVACMS-1145].
• Trailing Slash Issue - Fixed issue causing a trailing slash '/' to append to the end of URLs. Any URL with a trailing slash now redirects to remove it [UVACMS-1067]

2026.04.28

[CHANGED]

• Search Pages – Added robots noindex tag to all search pages [UVACMS-935]

• Kyruus Provider Profile Pages – Added provider's education history on profile pages [UVACMS-1121]
• Clinical Trials Pages - Enabled CDN caching for clinical trials pages to help with performance and building [UVACMS-1132]
• Homepage Hero – Added alt text to role="img" elements as identified in ADA audit [UVACMS-1104]

[FIXED]

• Homepage Hero – Fixed nested interactive controls (vidControl button) issue identified in ADA audit [UVACMS-1103]
• Provider Detail – Fixed invalid direct div children in list elements as identified in ADA audit [UVACMS-1106]
• Tabbed Link List/Publication Slider – Fixed invalid aria-controls value (ID mismatch) issue identified in ADA audit [UVACMS-1111]
• Location Pages/Banner CTA – Fixed invalid direct section childrens in list elements as identified in ADA audit [UVACMS-1114]
• Kyruus – Fixed 400 BAD REQUEST error seen in logs [UVACMS-1131]
• Paid Campaign Pages – Fixed issue causing UTMS parameters to be stripped from paid campaign pages [UVACMS-1133]
• Footer – Fixed error seen in logs triggered by collapsible attributed being passed as multiple [UVACMS-1135]
• Clinical Trials Pages – Fixed 404 rewrite error seen in logs for Clinical Trials pages [UVACMS-1138]
• Nav Console – Fixed error seen in logs triggered on mobile [UVACMS-1139]
• SecondaryVideos Component – Fixed non-unique key error seen in server logs in SecondaryVideos component [UVACMS-1140]

[REMOVED]

• Coveo – Removed field allmetadatavalues from Prod environment [UVACMS-1129]

2026.04.15

[NEW]

• RSS Feed Functionality for Newsroom Content Type – Added ability to pull an RSS feed from Newsroom content type (/news/) [UVACMS-1120]

[CHANGED]

• Coveo Search / Usage Analytics – Refactored entire Coveo search integration in order to fix issue causing missing analytics [UVACMS-1038]

• Side Menu – Changed right-column side menu to always be the full width of its column [UVACMS-1041]
• 'Services' Search Filter – Updated 'Services' search filter to sort alphabetically (A-Z) [UVACMS-1079]
• Landing Page Hero Component – Updated to allow video to be used within component [UVACMS-1097]

[FIXED]

• News & Stories Pages – Fixed issue identified in accessibility audit causing missing discernible text in social media icon links [UVACMS-1109]

2026.03.31

[NEW]

• Jan 1, 2026 Pricing Index File – Added to root of the site for regulatory compliance [UVACMS-700]

[CHANGED]

• Homepage SOM layout – Added spacing between the introduction and main content sections of the homepage layout [UVACMS-1028]

• Accordion – Added spacing between image and bottom of accordion container [UVACMS-1058]

[FIXED]

• Find Card Link Cards – Fixed issue causing bottom left arrow and images to not resize properly within the cards and not maintain the proper min-width and scroll on tablet and mobile [UVACMS-1031]
• Side Menu – Fixed issue causing side menu to not expand to show second level items and current page when URL doesn’t have a trailing slash ('/') [UVACMS-1043]
• Global CSS Rules – Fixed issue preventing margin bottom spacing from applying successfully [UVACMS-1059]

2026.03.17

[CHANGED]

• Search
• Location search now filters suggestions to only show cities, states, and zip codes relevant to UVA Health – excluding non-UVA businesses [UVACMS-1000]
• Increased search results per page from 10 to 25 across all search tabs on UVAH, UVA Children's, and SOM sites (Locations tab remains at 10 per page) [UVACMS-976]

• SOM Side Navigation
• Updated side navigation display logic to always show all Level 1 (L1) menu items and only reveal L2/L3 children within the active page's lineage [UVACMS-963]
• Hid the section heading of the side navigation menu on SOM pages using the Homepage layout [UVACMS-988]

• SOM Research Faculty Directory
• Faculty listings now only display active faculty members who are assigned to an approved department and have a research interest title on file [UVACMS-994]

• Article Topic Badges

• Topic badges on News & Story article pages now wrap and stack on all viewport sizes (desktop, tablet, and mobile) [UVACMS-937]

• Tabbed Link List

• Updated the Tabbed Link List component to support a 3-column layout on large viewports [UVACMS-866]

[FIXED]

• Locations – Fixed deployment failures caused by Kyruus location entries with a non-standard format for missing hours of operation [UVACMS-1053]

• Location Pages – Fixed an issue where the "Find a Provider" CTA on Location pages intermittently failed to apply the location filter, resulting in unfiltered provider search results [UVACMS-1037]

• Accordion – Fixed missing bottom margin on paragraph elements within the Accordion RTE [UVACMS-1003], and fixed special characters (e.g. `&`) being incorrectly HTML-entity-encoded in migrated accordion titles [UVACMS-969]

2026.03.03

[CHANGED]

• Card Block
• Added Light, Dark, and Secondary color mode options to the multi-card block and card block components, enabling content authors to differentiate multi-card blocks by giving them distinct background color treatments [UVACMS-888]
• Added the 'Card Block' component to the SOM Content Types to enable Alt Text support for images. The Card Block component should be used in place of the 'Multi-Card Block' [UVACMS-959]
• Image Grid
• Enabled support for images in the Image Grid to open in a full screen lightbox / modal [UVACMS-897]
• Normalize image grid tile height so all images display at a consistent height [UVACMS-955]

• Forms
• Added the Social Media CTA to the optional blocks of the Landing Page layout, enabling the Social CTA bar to be used in forms [UVACMS-950]
• List of Items / Menu
• Added support for 3 levels of nesting for the side navigation [UVACMS-876]
• Multi-Column List
• Added <h3> to the formatting options for the Custom JSON RTE

[FIXED]

• Accordion – Fixed an issue where accordion caret gets smaller with longer accordion title lengths [UVACMS-979]

2026.02.17

[NEW]

• Added SOM Main Content, SOM Navigation and SOM Introduction global fields [UVACMS-832]

• Created new content types for School of Medicine, including: SOM - About, SOM - Education, SOM - Clinical, - SOM - Faculty and SOM - Research [UVACMS-832]

[CHANGED]

• Image Grid [UVACMS-834]
• Set maximum limit on images per group to 1
• Enabled content authors to flag individual images as sensitive so that visitors can opt-in to viewing them. Sensitive images are blurred by default.
• Two Column Layout and Core Service Page Layout
• Removed Table RTE global and added HTML Content non-global

[REMOVED]

• Table RTE [UVACMS-943]
• Removed Table RTE global and added HTML Content non-global

2026.02.10

[NEW]

• 'Table RTE' global created that uses the HTML Rich Text Editor, and allows for a limited subset of options:

• formatting: bold, italics, underline, text alignment;

• editor: undo, redo, remove formatting;

• insert: table, hyperlink, properties

[CHANGED]

• Two-Column Layout [UVACMS-904]

• Add “Table RTE” global field to Left Column Optional Blocks

• Removed Wordpress Feed from Right Column

• Core Service Page Layout

• Removed the Story Blocks component from the Pre-Footer Full Width Optional Blocks section of the Core Service Page Layout in Develop, Stage and Production

• Add “Table RTE” global field to Full Width Optional Blocks

• Landing Page Layout

• Removed the Multi-Column List component from the Optional Blocks section of the Landing Page Layout in Develop, Stage and Production

• Image Grid [UVACMS-894]

• Changed the images field to a group and added new fields to it

• Image Embed [UVACMS-906]

• Made Section Title and Section Description optional

• Video Embed [UVACMS-906]

• Made Section Title and Section Description optional

• Removed JSON RTE (manually from a 3 branches)

• Callout

• Removed JSON RTE (manually from a 3 branches)

2026.02.03

[NEW]

• Accordion Component created to support content migration for the School of Medicine [UVACMS-830]

[CHANGED]

• Updated Publication Slider UI [UVACMS-871]

[FIXED]

• Alerts – Resolved an issue with alerts not rendering in older browsers

2026.01.28

[NEW]

1. Custom 404 Pages [UVACMS-728]
• Added new 404 Page content type

[CHANGED]

1. Publication Slider [UVACMS-737]
• Content authors can now choose the featured articles for each publication tab (Most Recent or Manually Selected).
• A new Publication Slider global field replaced the existing Publication Slider within the Optional Blocks section of the Publication Landing Pages
• Article Selection Method is now REQUIRED, with a default value of “Publication and Category”
• A new REQUIRED 'Publication' field replaces 'Publication Type' and has been relocated to the top of each Publication Group entry for easier content authoring
• A new Articles Reference field is OPTIONAL
• Category is set to OPTIONAL
2. 'News & Video' Search Result Cards
• Added Publication Date to news & story article results [UVACMS-736]
• Update badge in 'News & Video' search result cards to display the Publication Name or 'Video' [UVACMS-769]
3. Article Page Layout
• Updated the Article Page Layout so that optional block components are aligned with the main RTE content as designed [UVACMS-796]
4. Publication Landing Page
• Reduced spacing between the H1 and content below to more closely match the designs
5. Article Card Grid
• Added “Author” as an Article Selection Method to enable curating author-specific content [UVACMS-762]
• Made the Featured Article reference field OPTIONAL [UVACMS-807]
6. Image Embed, Video Embed, Callout [UVACMS-622]
• Added an optional 'RTE Section Description' field, enabling content authors to include limited rich text formatting (bold, italics, underline, hyperlinks) within description fields for the Image & Video Embeds, and Callout.
7. Homepage Hero [UVACMS-728]
• Added an OPTIONAL Subtitle field to the homepage hero
8. Two Column Layout [UVACMS-855]
• Added the Multi-Card Block to the Two Column Layout – Left Column Optional Blocks
9. Core Service Page Layout [UVACMS-867]
• Added the Tabbed Link List component to the Pre-Footer Full Width Optional Blocks

[REMOVED]

1. Non-Service Line Page content type removed because it was redundant and not being used

2025.12.17

[CHANGED]

• Increased the maximum number of Utility Navigation Links from 3 to 4 to support the inclusion of News & Stories alongside Careers in the global navigation.

2025.12.09

2025.12.02

[NEW]

1. Subscribe Form CTA with reference-able content entry enables content authors to configure the form embed once, and reference it on the applicable pages.

[CHANGED]

1. Enabled video search results to auto-play in a video overlay, rather than navigating the user to Youtube [CHANGED UVACMS-765]
2. Added zebra striping on tables for accessibility [CHANGED UVACMS-806]
3. Updated Topic Badges on Article Card Grid, Article Pages and in Search to render special characters (ampersand '&', hyphen '-', slash '/', comma ',') and capitalize text appropriately [CHANGED UVACMS-800]
4. Enabled multiple Authors to be selected for Media Contacts on the Publication Landing Page content type (for Newsroom); 'Our Contributors' heading was updated to 'Media Contacts' [CHANGED UVACMS-809]
5. Added Subscribe Form CTA to Publication Landing Page

[REMOVED]

1. Subscribe CTA global field

2025.11.25

[NEW]

1. Scripted Tagging of News & Story Content [NEW UVACMS-802 & 766]
• Programmatically tagged ALL migrated content from News & Story sites with Clinical and Non Clinical Tags
2. Enable video overlay for embedded YouTube video in Patient Stories grid [NEW UVACMS-649]
• When clicking a video item in the Patient Story Grid it will open the video in a modal versus playing `inline`. Note: the video URL must be the embed version (eg )

[CHANGED]

1. Moved Social CTA to Optional Block for Publication Landing page Content Type [CHANGED UVACMS-808]
• Allows content editors to move the Social CTA vertically on the publication Landing Pages
2. Article Card Grid Enhancements [CHANGED UVACMS-803]
• Added default values for:
• Color Mode (Light)
• Article Selection Method (Custom)
• Number of Cards (4-up)
• Conditionally hid the Publication & Topic selection options when ‘Custom’ article selection method is chosen (which it is by default)
• Conditionally hid the ‘Select Articles’ reference field when ‘Publication & Topic’ selection method is chosen.
3. Style updates to Publication Slider [CHANGED UVACMS-553]
• Moved ‘Explore Our Publications’ text to the top of the pub slider
• Added the texture background to the slider
• Vertically centered the text on the left (with the exception of ‘Explore Our Publications’)
• Removed the rounded pill from between the ‘Publication Name’ and the ‘About Title’
4. Add iFrame embed component to Two Column Layout global [CHANGED - UVACMS-761]
• Added to Left Column Optional Block

[FIXED]

1. Make Subscribe CTA display on Publication Landing Pages [FIXED UVACMS-804]
2. Scripted fix for missing categories on migrated News & Story content [FIXED UVACMS-795]
• Categories with special characters sometimes did not get migrated and applied to entries

2025.11.19

[NEW]

1. Curated Article Selection
• Enabled Content Authors to hand select News & Story articles when configuring the Article Card Grid, allowing content curation on the Publication Landing Pages and within News & Story articles [ADDED UVACMS-755]
2. Healthy Balance Subscribe Form
• Created the Healthy Balance Subscribe CTA/Form Component for users to subscribe to Healthy Balance News & Stories updates [ADDED UVACMS-189]
3. Search on News & Stories Hub & Landing Pages
• Added Search functionality to the News & Stories Hub & Publication Landing Pages [ADDED UVACMS-287]

[CHANGED]

1. Healthy Balance, Healthy Practice, Making of Medicine, Newsroom Articles
• Added the Article Card Grid component to support displaying 'Related Articles' at the bottom of news and story articles [CHANGED UVACMS-778]
• Updated styling of blockquotes to support legacy WP editor content [CHANGED UVACMS-786]
2. Publication Landing Page
• Added 'Making of Medicine' to the 'URL' options for the Publication Landing Page content type [CHANGED UVACMS-751]
3. Article Card Grid Component
• Added fallback thumbnail image for articles with no featured image [CHANGED UVACMS-773]
• Added Making of Medicine to the 'Source Publication' options for the Article Card Grid Component [CHANGED UVACMS-751]
• Updated the Article Card Grid Component to work with Contentstack topics instead of WordPress categories [CHANGED UVACMS-740]
4. Publication Slider Component
• Added 'Newsroom' as a 'Publication Type' for the Publication Slider Component [CHANGED UVACMS-780]
5. Video Embed Component
• Updated the Video Embed Component to make 'Section Description' optional in Contentstack

2025.11.11

[NEW]

• Created the Publication Slider component for the Publication Hub/Landing pages [ADDED UVACMS-190]
• Created a net new News & Stories optional block for use in the Publication Hub/Landing page content type [ADDED UVACMS-738]
• Created News & Stories Hub/Landing Page content type/page [ADDED UVACMS-735]
• Creation of a "self serve" redirect system in Contentstack [ADDED UVACMS-723]
• Add `Associated/Related` Location component to News & Stories content types [ADDED UVACMS-743]
• Created Making of Medicine route for News & Stories launch [ADDED UVACMS-748]
• Redirect rule as a "band-aid" fix for the link to the Patient Satisfaction Survey [ADDED]

[FIXED]

• Correcting line height in Hero subtitle to make it more legible [FIXED UVACMS-727]
• Made `Header` optional for the Multi-Card Block component [FIXED UVACMS-753]
• Added correct UVAH Provider tooltip icon and fixed placement on mobile [FIXED UVACMS-746]
• Invoca script fires at the correct time on Search Result page [FIXED UVACMS-745]
• Button classes are fixed and render button styled links predictably [FIXED UVACMS-752]
• Prevent users from opening the homepage Hero video in fullscreen mode [FIXED UVACMS-717]
• Removed the NOINDEX tag from robots.txt for Search result page to allow for Search Engine indexing [FIXED UVACMS-732]
• Made "Schedule Primary Care Online" modal more responsive on mobile devices [FIXED UVACMS-731]
• UTM parameter fixes made for redirects to enable them to persist and/or to redirect properly [FIXED UVACMS-758 & 759]
• Update Multi-Card Block to make `header` optional [FIXED UVACMS-753]

[CHANGED]

• Changed the placeholder text in the Clinical Trials filter text box [CHANGED UVACMS-699]

[REMOVED]

• Removed `mandatory` status for Author field in the Article layout