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Maryland Digital Playbook

Drupal Platform Updates

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The Maryland Drupal platform is constantly evolving. Below is a snapshot of our current priorities and recent improvements. We also maintain a broader backlog of agency requests and technical enhancements that are prioritized by reach, impact, usability, accessibility, security, and team capacity.

Have a suggestion? Share your ideas in our Drupal Community of Practice to help shape our future releases.

Upcoming priorities

Now (active development)

  • Reducing white space (vertical spacing): We are decreasing the vertical spacing across the platform to improve scanability.
  • Access controls: We are adding controls that let agencies decide what pages and content groups can edit.
  • Highlight component: We are adding the ability to include images at the top of each column.
  • Content review and approval workflows: We are adding the ability for editors to submit content for review and approval prior to publication. Email notifications will be sent to reviewers when a page is pending their review.

Next (near-term updates)

  • Listing page tables: We are adding the ability to view listing page content in tables.
  • Listing page flexibility: We are adding more flexibility to listing pages with customizable metadata/tagging controls and simple show/hide options, allowing agencies to tailor what information appears.
  • Editor experience improvements: We are making it easier for you to edit your pages and content.
  • Customized taxonomy vocabulary names: We are adding the ability for content managers to customize their taxonomy "Vocabulary names."
  • Text size: We are decreasing the size of headers and body text across the platform to improve scanability.

Later (longer-term updates)

  • Interactive maps: We are exploring interactive maps to visually display locations.
  • Calendar View: We are exploring a grid-based calendar view to make it easier for residents to see upcoming events at a glance.
  • Hero search integration: We are exploring an optional search bar directly into landing page heroes.
  • Enhanced search (autocomplete): We are exploring upgrading the search experience with real-time suggestions that appear as users type, helping residents find relevant services.
  • Switchable color palettes: We are exploring preset color schemes that allow agencies to update their site’s look and feel while ensuring all color combinations remain accessible and compliant with state branding.
  • Photo gallery: We are exploring a dedicated gallery component to showcase images, featuring responsive layouts  to improve visual storytelling across agency sites.

Release history

New features and improvements

Enhanced search on Listing Pages: Extended site search to automatically index text within new PDF uploads, allowing users to find specific keywords inside documents.

Agency social media: Added Bluesky and Threads as options for agency social media links.

Bulk file uploads: Added ability to bulk upload files to Media.

WYSIWYG editor: Added superscript and subscript formatting across all WYSIWYG filters.

Bug fixes

Navigation: Fixed the inability to add child pages to utility navigation items through the page editor.

Basic pages: Restored Related Contacts and Related Files headings in the table of contents.

Contacts and locations: Fixed email text being overridden on the front end.

PDFa11y: Fixed a memory spike during PDF parsing that could prevent documents from loading.

Locations: Fixed related links not displaying.