This log records significant changes to the user documentation from August 2023. It does not record minor typographical, style, or similar corrections.
August – December 2023August 2023
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
13/08/2023
Inserting and Formatting Text
Adding a border to a text block
13/08/2023
Additional Blocks
Use of Custom HTML to insert symbols etc.
12/08/2023
Various
To reflect changes following the upgrade to WordPress 6.3, a guide to the Site Editor has been added, and the Block Editor and Workflow guides have been split into two: Block Editor and Publishing a u3a Website for ease of use.
09/08/2023
Various
The section on padding and margins was added.
09/08/2023
Block Editor and Publishing Overview
The section on padding and margins was added
06/08/2023
Inserting Images
Additional information was added regarding Lightbox and the Gutenslider block
06/08/2023
Additional Blocks
Additional information regarding post tags and their use in filtering posts.
06/08/2023
Block Editor and Publishing Overview
Accessibility Information added
04/08/2023
User Management
Information was added regarding setting the user profile, particularly regarding the profile picture and Gravatar.
September 2023
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
22/09/2023
Publishing a u3a website
Information regarding colour blindness
29/09/2023
Plugins
Added additional information regarding plugins in the current release
30/09/2023
Migration
Addition information on the parent-child concept and editor options
30/09/2023
Block Editor
Additional information on the parent-child concept and editor options
October 2023
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
02/10/2023
u3a Specific Dashboard Module
New guide added
02/10/2023
Password Management
All password information consolidated in this guide
04/10/2023
Publishing a u3a Website
Information regarding the design of the Home Page moved to this guide
16/10/2022
Publishing a u3a Website
Additional comments regarding search engines and site configuration have been provided.
18/10/2023
Various
All “Docs” occurrences in OpenProject have been reviewed as part of regression testing. All conformed passed, after minor text changes as required.
18/10/2023
Publishing a u3a Website
Information regarding Website Terms of Use added.
23/10/23
Publishing a u3a Website
Note added re Virus Scans
November 2023
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
05/11/2023
Media Management & Inserting Media
Additional clarity regarding using and organising media, including the use of Openverse
06/11/2023
Terminology
Update to reflect additional terms
07/11/2023
Various
Changes made regarding new features in WordPress 6.4
13/11/2023
Standard Operating Procedures
Added as a user guide for reference.
23/11/2023
Headers and Footers
Renamed from Navigation, additional information regarding adding a link to Terms and Conditions in the Footer
December 2023
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
03/12/2023
Widgets and Query Loops
Note added regarding the updating of unsupported plugins.
08/12/2023
Event Webpages
Information regarding shortcodes to configure the listing of events.
10/12/2023
Group Webpages
Information regarding shortcodes to configure the listing of groups.
10/12/2023
Media Management Inserting Images
Renamed Widgets, Shortcode and Query Loops for clarity, and the full list of Shortcodes added.
14/12/2023
Various
Changes to links, etc, following the update to the latest version of Betterdocs
Added a summary of the functions available in WordPress settings, including the Meta Field Box
12/01/2024
Group Webpages
Information regarding a new template to show the group list at the base of all group pages.
February 2024
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
03/02/2024
Important Information
Added a new guide to place all important operational information in one place
12/02/2024
Revision History
A guide was added to present an overview of how revisions can be tracked.
March 2024
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
09/03/2024
User Management
Added information regarding deleting a user and ensuring content is transferred to a new user.
11/02/2024
Group Webpages
Added a query loop approach to displaying the list of u3a groups in different formats.
18/03/2024
Shortcodes. Widgets and Query loop
Adding information regarding the use of the MFB to present group and event metadata within a query loop.
31/03/2024
Home Page
Consolidated all information regarding the Home Page design into this guide, and added additional comments regarding Site Builder legacy issues.
May 2024
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
02/05/2024
Various
Group Webpages: Configuration of the u3a Group List Widget and change to group status text from Suspended to Dormant. Event Webpages: Configuration of the u3a Event List widget, and the ability to edit a contact directly from an event page. Contact Form: The operation and constraints of the provided logging tool are discussed Inserting and Formatting Text: Information on adding dropped shadows (added in WordPress 6.5)
21/05/2024
Event Webpages
Added information detailing the ability to suppress the title of the event listing and adding a custom header.
27/05/2024
CSV Input Output
Updated to reflect changes in the core plugin detailed above (02/05/2024)
June 2024
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
03/06/2024
Users
Renamed Website Security, Backups etc. Additional information was added regarding security and unsupported plugins.
26/06/2024
email
Added additional information regarding the change log and its configuration.
20/06/2024
General Information
Renamed Website Security, Backups etc. Addition information was added regarding security and unsupported plugins.
Clarification that the Author filter option in the Query Loop has been disabled.
March 2025
Date
User Guide
Reason
28/03/2025
CSV Input Output
Correction to the CSV file headers and removal of references to Site Builder
28/03/2025
Various
Removal of references to Site Builder
July 2025
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
12/07/2025
Various
Add a warning regarding the inclusion of links or the contact form shortcode in the Notice or Events excerpts. This will lead to security issues if a global search is undertaken.
September 2025
Date
Guide
Reason for Change
29/09/2025
Various
Adding additional signposting regarding notes on “text in images, highlighting that the use of text added to images by the image editor is not recommended.
October 2025
Date
Guide
Reson for Change
18/10/25
Site Editor
Adding additional information and comments regarding the Site Editor and the Command Palette
20/10/24
Inserting Images
Update the information regarding the Gutenslider
20/10/24
Links
Added note regarding the copying of content that contains a link.
