SiteFarm 5.0.0

The impact of file size caps

"All I did was edit my page—I didn't touch the original image" While we've always advocated for properly optimizing images for the web, it's only since we instated a consistent limit of 3MB file sizes for every attachment region in SiteFarm that the impact of that change in our 5.0.0 release has brought to light how that truly affects our users and their sites. Maybe this has impacted you or maybe you haven't come across it yet, but let's take a look at how you can review your site's files to identify and replace culprits before they become a real problem.

Livening up your layouts with CSS Editor

You've been wishing for ages for an easier way to make a few changes to your site without the expert-level skillset and developer set-up necessary to do your own sub-theming. SiteFarm 5.0.0 introduces CSS Editor, your built-in solution for not just simple style updates, but full-on layout changes to blocks in your content region.

Announcing the SiteFarm 5.0.0 Release

SiteFarm 5.0.0, full of our latest features and fixes, will be released on Monday evening, August 6th, and available for your use first thing Tuesday, August 7, 2018. Check out our latest additions to the service.

Disqus Comment block

Interested in promoting a dialogue with your readers? Use this system block to incorporate the Disqus service into your pages.

Priority Link blocks

Introduced in SiteFarm 5.0.0, the Priority Link blocks seek to offer a way to mimic a very popular presentation of the main links on the UC Davis' home page.

The SiteFarm version includes:

Configure Content Audit Audiences

In SiteFarm 5.0.0 the team added 'Audiences' to your Content Audit panel. The purpose of this addition to is to give you a way to identify internal or external audiences that are either a target of the information or perhaps have ownership of it, respectively. The Audience select menu is listed just below the Action menu in the Content Audit panel.

Content Auditing

Stale, out-of-date content is always a problem on websites, especially those that have been around for a long time and have grown in size and content. SiteFarm gives you the ability to implement both an active and passive review system to help you keep an eye on content that needs a touch-up, a complete rewrite, or to be entirely removed.

Performing these audits brings great benefits:

Focal Link block

The Focal link allows you to create a block containing an arbitrary link with a thumbnail icon.

Block regions

A block region is a defined location on a content type. Regions are typically created as part of a site's overall theme and represent a structured section of the content type, however it ultimately is displayed.