What's new in Contensis for Councils v2.3.0

This latest Contensis for Councils release includes several enhancements aimed at making it easier for council teams to manage content more efficiently, enhance accessibility, and deliver better digital services to residents. Here’s a quick look at what’s new.

• Asset: We've created a new Asset component that can be added to Canvas layouts to allow authors to insert single asset files.
• Socialise: ‘Nextdoor’ is now available as a social option in the footer navigation.
• Meta icons: We've added a ‘handshake’ icon type to Meta: UI Card selection.

We've made the following minor improvements to the Accordion component and table accessibility in Canvas fields:

• Nesting: You can now upload images to an Accordion field in a Canvas.
• Tables: We've updated the Canvas Renderer to include table header scope output for accessibility.

We’ve also resolved several issues to improve navigation, accessibility and the front-end experience on multilingual sites:

• Multilingual: We've resolved an issue with incorrect language retention in DOM for /CY pages.
• Decision Tree: We've fixed a rendering issue experienced on Page: Contact Decision Trees.
• Assets: Asset links now include an accessible “Open in new tab” label.
• Location: A ‘null check’ is now applied to unpublished Category entries associated with a Page: Location Listing to resolve loading issue on live pages.
• Contensis Forms: We've corrected an issue with semantic heading levels in forms.

Ready to explore what’s new? If you're currently using Contensis for Councils, you can preview and activate version v2.3.0 directly from your CMS:

1. Go to Blocks in the left sidebar.
2. Select contensis-for-councils from the list.
3. Find the Block labelled v2.3.0 and press Preview to test the new version.
4. When you're happy, use the 3-dot menu and Make live.

Contensis for Councils is an out-of-the-box website solution for modern local government organisations. While it was originally designed for use by councils, due to its ease of use it has also been adopted by other public sector organisations, including NHS trusts, both for public-facing websites as well as microsites and intranets.

Built in React, it's available free of charge to any organisation with a Contensis license and is maintained by our dedicated team of developers with help and input from the Contensis for Councils community.

To learn more visit the Contensis for Councils landing page, check out the demo site, or get in touch for a personalised demonstration.