On Wednesday, October 22, 2025, UW Theme Classic was updated to version 1.41.0 in the WiscWeb service. A full list of changes in this version of the UW Theme can be reviewed in the changelog.
This release includes a noteworthy update for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Pro as well as some stylistic changes to align this theme more closely with the campus brand. Users will notice changes to the editing view, as well as subtle changes to styles for things like theme typography and colors.
Note: You may need to perform a hard refresh on your editing environment in order to see these changes fully.
ACF Pro updates bring changes to content layout settings
This update will bring changes to the editing experience for content layouts:
Settings moved to the left
For those who like to edit things like headlines, row ID, content width, padding, etc, there are some changes that will impact how you navigate to this content. Specifically, the gear icon for content layout settings has moved from the upper right corner to the upper left corner:
Before
After
Note: If you are not seeing the gear icon on the left, please perform a hard refresh of your editing environment.
Minus icon became a trash icon
If you are looking to remove a content layout or page element from your page, you’ll need to use the trash icon now.
Before
After
Note: If you are not seeing the trash icon on the right, please perform a hard refresh of your editing environment.
Additional ACF changes to be aware of
The following changes may impact the look/design of content in the editing view:
- Colors for things like content layouts and page elements
- There are now expand all/collapse all options throughout the page builder
- You can rename a content layout or page element for the page you’re on
- The “Disable” option
doesn’t do anythingis not recommended. If you need to hide a row, please continue using the Hide a Row feature
Stylistic changes
UW Theme Classic was also updated so that styles more closely match what is in UW Theme 2.0. Please remember to visit brand.wisc.edu for the latest brand-related style guidance.
This update included changes to:
- Colors
- Link blue: #0479A8 → #036796
- Body text: #33333 → #121212
- Light gray: #F7F7F7 → #F3F3F3
- Blue gray: #DADFE1 → #E1E5E7
- Dark gray: #33333 → #282728
- Typography
- Font weights have changed to use their named/100 values
- Link underline values changed for headings and body text
- Font smoothing was applied theme-wide
- Body text line height was changed from 1.5 to 1.6
- Buttons
- Font is set to 17px
- Arrow symbols
- Caret icon (looks like two “greater than” symbols) has been updated to a single blue arrow
- Appears most commonly in “More” links below Today.wisc.edu events, post lists, and Group of Links
- Caret icon (looks like two “greater than” symbols) has been updated to a single blue arrow
- Search input in header area
- Border radius updated to 0.5rem
- Header and footer
- Red rule above the footer has been removed
- All CAPS headers in footer have been changed
- Font weight and sizes were adjusted to align with UW Theme 2.0 styles
Updated theme link in the footer
We’ve updated the UW Theme link in the footer of all UW Theme sites so that users can easily differentiate between UW Theme Classic and UW Theme 2.0. If you have a UW Theme Classic site, you should see “UW Theme Classic” listed in the bottom of the footer, along with a link to the UW Theme Classic informational site.
Patch added on 11/5/25 to upgrade to 1.41.1
On Wednesday, November 5, the team patched 1.4.0 to 1.41.1. This patch included a minor update to ACF, a fix for the gear icon invisibility issue for content layouts, and a small change to the styles for blockquotes within Text Blocks.
If you notice any breaking issues on your site after this update, please submit a request via our Customer Support Form (Note: please choose the “Emergency Issue” option when submitting). Please provide as much detail as possible when documenting the issue you are experiencing.