October 2021 Web News & Announcements
September 29, 2021
New Search Platform Improves Functionality and Security
Searching across all OHIO subsites has been enhanced with the implementation of a platform called Funnelback for Higher Education, which replaced the Swiftype engine that had been in place.
Funnelback utilizes machine learning to adjust search results over time, and its enhanced security features have eliminated the need for users to engage the CAPTCHA widget before conducting "People" searches on ohio.edu.
Funnelback searches can also be filtered to focus on specific content, such as news stories, faculty and staff names, and embedded videos.
While the platform has already been adjusted to include key OHIO search terms and will update over time based on a search algorithm, in instances where a term fails to list the expected results, users can email webcontent@ohio.edu so further adjustments can be considered through the search optimization process.
Collapsible Sections Are Now Available on All Sites
On modular pages, the field labeled Row Classes have been made available to all publishers.
This field, which had previously been available to publishers in a limited number of groups, now enables all publishers to set up collapsible sections on pages that merit this display treatment. The collapsible feature only functions on modular pages, however.
Best practices and how-to guide for using collapsible sections
Button Link Options Updated for Clarity
In the Styles menu of the text editor toolbar, dropdown options for links have been updated to make the styling options more clear. When a link is selected for styling, users can select a green or white button, or the all-caps Action Link.
Improvements Made to Featured Media Element
Several user-friendly changes have been made to the Featured Media element used in modular pages.
- Fields are now ordered with priority and similar to how they output on the page
- Video is no longer added by default
Private and Unlisted YouTube Videos Are Causing OHIO Web Pages to Crash
Some web pages with embedded YouTube videos are failing to display due to an issue in the YouTube settings. The problem stems from one of the following:
- YouTube video setting is "unlisted"
- YouTube video setting is "private"
- Video has been removed from YouTube altogether
Problem Pages Display This Error
How You Can Fix It
- Log in to YouTube
- Select Manage Videos
- In the Visibility column, select the Public option
- If the video has been removed from YouTube altogether, remove the video embed from the Drupal Web CMS page