In order to comply with Act 170, ETS has implemented functionality within the statewide theme to display the Hawaiian translation of the department from the main page of the website. From the WordPress dashboard go to Settings > General > Site Title Hawaiian Name. Scroll down to find the “Site Title Hawaiian Name” field. Use ...
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The language bar has been added to the state theme to allow agencies to point to translation resources to assist LEP (limited English proficiency) users of the web sites. There are eighteen languages that you may add to your language bar: English, Cantonese (Chinese), Kapasen Chuuk (Chuukese), French, German, Olelo Hawai`i (Hawaiian), Ilokano (Filipino), Japanese, ...
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We have used Widget Logic (plugin) to display WordPress widgets on page(s) and or categories of our choosing using the WordPress conditional tags. For example would create side widget to a page using code like is_page (‘100’) to add a particular sidebar widget on the page with the ID of 100. WordPress 5.8.1 switches the ...
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WORDPRESS UPDATE On May 19, 2021 we will updating most of the sites to WordPress 5.7.2. This is a short cycle security update. We will install security updates on the productions sites after a quick test period on some test WordPress sites. The next major WordPress release will be WordPress 5.8. SOH PARENT THEME We ...
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ET shortcodes (plugin) does not work with WordPress 5.7 and in some cases WordPress 5.6.2. The Shortcodes Ultimate (plugin) will replace the ET shortcodes. All pages, posts, menus and widgets using ET shortcode code will have to be replaced with Shortcodes Ultimate code. You may have used the following to add the ET shortcodes to ...
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The WordPress 5.0 release uses what is called the “block editor” to edit/create pages and posts. The block editor is also referred to as Gutenberg (https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/). Gutenberg replaces the Microsoft Word-like editing features by using blocks to add content and build posts/pages. A content block may be comprised of: Regular text Images Video embeds Buttons ...
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ETS is requiring that all web forms include a CAPTCHA field for security purposes. The CAPTCHA service has already been pre-registered with your WordPress site’s Gravity Forms plugin. A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot. The term CAPTCHA ...
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Grid Size The website is designed on top of a 12 column responsive grid system. In the past, people would resort to using tables to layout design elements on a web page. However, that method does not comply with Section 508 standards. Section 508 standards recommend that you use CSS to layout web pages. The grid ...
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Site Administrators are bestowed a lot of power with an administrator account. But with that power comes great responsibility. Admins should be aware that they have the unfiltered_html capability. ...
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Accordions are useful when needing to condense a large amount of content into a small display area. Below is the shortcode used to create an accordion. Upon saving and viewing the page, the shortcode will turn into an accordion box. The shortcode can be applied in either the Visual or Text view of the editor. ...
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