[MacTUG] WCMS upgrades - December 1- 9

[Darren Bondy]

What is happening?
All WCMS sites are being upgraded to Drupal 7.52 and a new version of WCMS . Responsive, single page and conference sites are being upgraded to WCMS version 2.3.0. Non-responsive (legacy) and publication WCMS sites are being upgraded to WCMS version 1.13.2.

When this is happening?
Pilot sites will be updated on Thursday, December 1 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Friday December 2.
Production sites will be updated during the following windows:

  *   Tuesday, December 6 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7.
  *   Wednesday, December 7 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Thursday December 8.
  *   Thursday, December 8 from 7:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. on Friday, December 9.
Responsive, single page, and conference sites will be updated first; non-responsive and publications sites will be updated afterwards.

What you need to do before the upgrade begins:
If you have a responsive or single page site, please log out of your site and do not work on your site during this upgrade window. Sites will remain available to site visitors during the upgrade window.

Important information:
Release notes for the 2.3.0 release are available at: https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/news/wcms-version-230-release

Questions or concerns?
Please submit to rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:rt-ist-wcms at rt.uwaterloo.ca> or the IST Service Desk, helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:helpdesk at uwaterloo.ca>, ext. 44357.

Recipients of this message:  uwweb, isthd, faccus, ist-staff, admin-support, ctsc, ucist, mactug, MSC, SSO, Bulletin


Darren Bondy
Information Systems and Technology
(519)888-4567 x49525
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

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