October 2025 development updates

Publication date

The following updates were completed on the Berkeley Web Builder project in October 2025.


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Process and communications

  • Held training sessions with Beta group.
  • Signed starter site proposals for new Beta sites.
  • Created starter sites for Beta group.

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Features and code updates

Two biweekly beta releases, including:

  • Site name, header, and list style updates
  • Admin style updates
  • Print stylesheet
  • Prevent image hotlinking in WYSIWYG
  • 5-column layout
  • Dashboard help page
  • User interface text and help link updates
  • Reusable widget fixes
  • More data on user and media dashboards
  • Icon display for links to external sites
  • Fixes for caching of page edit local task menu
  • Support and styles for typography tags in WYSIWYG
  • Admin access to media bulk upload
  • Preview image updates
  • Site status check implementation
  • Fixes for media embedded in WYSIWYG
  • Fixes for widget previews
  • Unpublished pages as menu parents
  • Pin to previous PHP runtime
  • Minor code updates:
    • Bug fixes
    • Accessibility improvements
    • Package updates
    • Brand style adjustments
       

5-column custom layout options for page sections