wpDataTables that were built using Google Sheets may be displaying an error. Here’s what we know about this issue.
Troubleshooting
Cookie information for WiscWeb website owners
A recent Tech Partners thread brought new attention to the ongoing conversation about cookie concerns on campus. This is something we’ve been addressing and communicating about for the past year, and we’re happy to see people engaging with the topic. Here is everything we know in a single post to make things easier for users to reference.
Website resources for those new to WiscWeb
With such a distributed campus, it can be challenging for new website owners/editors to know all of the cool services that are available to them. If you’re looking for some help building your site, you’re in luck – we have some really great resources here at UW-Madison!
Important note regarding new Gravity Forms templates
Gravity Forms 2.7.0 introduces the ability to use templates, which provides an easier path to creating new forms. However, we’ve chosen to hide most of these options as the advertised features and form fields aren’t allowed in WiscWeb.
Changes to WiscVPN Will Affect WiscWeb Editors/Admins
On August 23, 2021, WiscVPN will start requiring multi-factor authentication. Please be aware that this change will affect how you login to your site from off campus.
Important Update Relating to wpDataTables Table Display
It was brought to our attention recently that several wpDataTables that were using Google Sheets as its source were no longer displaying data even though the source tables were still working correctly.
Service Update for WiscWeb Editors and Administrators
We are aware of the noticeable slowness that authenticated users (those that are logged in) of WiscWeb sites have been experiencing. We are actively investigating this issue and are making changes that should begin improving …
Events Calendar Embedded Map Display Changes
If you publish events on your site via the Events Calendar Pro plugin, you may have noticed that the maps on your event pages are no longer rendering and have been replaced with an “Oops! …
Flushing Permalinks
Flushing WordPress permalinks is a process that updates a website’s URL structure. Sometimes, old versions get cached and need to be manually refreshed in order for links on your site to work as expected.
WiscWeb Outages Update
I would like to provide you some additional information on all of the recent outages, what has happened and what we are doing to prevent issues from happening in the future. The outage on Wednesday …