[MacTUG] WCMS upgrade to v2.8.0 - March 27 - April 16

[Carol Lu]

What is happening? All WCMS "FDSU", single page, conference and publication sites are being upgraded to WCMS 2.8.0. At the same time, servers are being upgraded to newer versions of the infrastructure, including PHP 7.3. This release does not affect UWaterloo Scholar sites. Full release notes are available<https://uwaterloo.ca/web-resources/news/wcms-280-release>, which are subject to change.

When is this happening?

Pilot sites will be updated:

  *   Friday, March 27 from 9:00 p.m. to Saturday, March 28 at 9:00 a.m.


Production sites will be updated:

  *   Tuesday, April 7 from 9:00 p.m. to Wednesday, April 8 at 9:00 a.m.
  *   Wednesday, April 8 from 9:00 p.m. to Thursday, April 9 at 9:00 a.m.
  *   Thursday, April 9 from 9:00 p.m. to Friday, April 10 at 9:00 a.m.
  *   Friday, April 10 from 9:00 p.m. to Saturday, April 11 at 9:00 a.m.


Vote sites will be updated:

  *   Monday, April 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.


Sites on the forms server (e.g. uwaterloo.ca/forms<http://uwaterloo.ca/forms>) will be updated:

  *   Wednesday, April 15 from 9:00 p.m. to Thursday, April 16 at 9:00 a.m.


What you need to do before the upgrade begins: On forms sites, it is recommended that any “mission critical” forms be temporarily disabled prior to the upgrade window to avoid the slight chance that a form could be submitted while your site is being upgraded. All forms can be re-enabled following the upgrade window.

For all sites, 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.

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


Carol Lu
Computing Consultant, Digital Communications
Information Systems & Technology
University of Waterloo
519-888-4567 ext. 40280

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