Web Services has updated the Mailster templates to meet WCAG AA 2.1 accessibility standards, but the content you add also needs to be accessible.

Please note that newsletters published or sent before April 24th are considered archived material and are exempt from the new accessibility requirements under the DOJ web accessibility rule. These newsletters have "archive" in their URL to indicate their status. Going forward, new newsletters will also move to archive URLs after one month and links will automatically redirect.

The UF Health Blue template for Mailster newsletters received an update to help with some spacing issues present at the top of the newsletter template’s header section. A new Header module has been created to nicely align a logo image and subject line text, and reduce the amount of space below the header and the modules for newsletter content.

Note: Please recreate any newsletters using the UF Health Blue template in order to see the update. Duplicating old newsletters will duplicate the old template code and not allow the updated code to appear in your duplicate.

Older forms on your site may be using a setting to preserve old code(as a part of the migration into the Apollo 2 templates for older sites). Last month, after extensive testing, we turned this setting off on all forms (for accessibility reasons). While our testing uncovered no issues, please let us know if you encounter any issues with your older forms.

Web Services will retire support for the WordPress Classic Editor on June 30, 2026. Many of our admins used the classic editor to migrate their sites from Apollo 1 to Apollo 2.

The new WCAG AA 2.1 guidelines make the editor unsuitable for creating accessible pages. On June 30, Web Services will move all pages using the classic editor to the block editor. The block editor is the standard and fully supported editing format for WordPress. This switch will be automatic and require no action on your part.