Updates from the Web Services team! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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Graphic design services available through Publication Services
Feel like your department's site or event could use something eye-catching?
UF Health Publication Services now offers image creation for your sites!
They can also create graphics, such as: hero images, sliders (for Bridge sites), headers and smaller images for your website and events!
Contact them at 352.733.0004, email pubsvc@shands.ufl.edu or visit their website for more information.
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Combatting Webform Spam: Strategies and Solutions
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Webform spam, a prevalent issue online, occurs when spam programs or humans inundate webforms with unwanted submissions. To counter bot spam, adding a "ReCaptcha" field into your gravity form can help (check under the Advanced Fields section in the form editor.) The ReCaptcha field adds a checkbox prompting users to confirm, "I am not a robot," which bots cannot fulfill due to the underlying technology. However, human spammers can still bypass this, and there could be some advanced bots that get passed ReCaptcha. To further strengthen your anti-spam capabilities, try incorporating a simple question into the form —a challenge question most people can easily answer, but deters spammers or advanced bots. Implementing "conditional logic" for the submit button ensures it only appears after users correctly answer the question. In summary, combating webform spam involves a two-fold approach: using ReCaptcha to deter bots and incorporating simple questions to challenge human spammers, safeguarding the integrity of online forms. If you’re continuing to receive a lot of spam emails (some should be expected), please ensure that the ReCaptcha field is added to your form, and consider adding a new challenge question. If you need further assistance, contact us at webservices@ahc.ufl.edu.
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Website flickering? Follow these steps
Website editors can sometimes encounter a problem where their website keeps flickering or reloading every few seconds. This disrupts their ability to move around the site or access the dashboard. This issue is a known bug with WordPress that persists even after updates. However, we may have a solution for you! If this issue is impacting you, we recommend the following steps: - Log out of WordPress
- Clear your browser’s cache/browsing data.
- Log back into WordPress, but do not select the "Remember Me" option on the login screen.
By following these steps, you can clean up your browser's cookies, which might be contributing to the problem of constant reloading. The "Remember Me" option generates a cookie that could become corrupted, causing WordPress to repeatedly attempt to log you in, even though you are already logged in. This creates a loop that users experience as the flickering issue.
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What is a cache?
Websites and web browsers have a feature called a "cache." This cache stores temporary versions of webpages to enhance your online experience and conserve resources for the website. There are different types of caches that can affect how you view updates on your website.
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Upcoming Audits from Web Services
Each spring term, UF Health Web Services begins an audit of all websites and Bridge groups to ensure the web content and those who manage it are up-to-date and less information remains stagnant on the web. What are these audits specifically? - Website Audit - Websites that have not received an update for 12 or more months since April of 2019 will be flagged and website administrators will be contacted by a member of the UF Health Web Services team. Websites that were "archived" after the 2019 audit may be deleted.
- Bridge Group Audit - Bridge collaboration groups that have not been active for more than one year will be flagged and the group's administrators will be contacted by a member of the UF Health Web Services team.
Website and Bridge group training is always available as an option. If you would like assistance from Web Services for training, or discuss how to better utilize your sites or Bridge groups, please contact us at webservices@ahc.ufl.edu.
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Problems with Classic Editor
The WordPress classic editor was the original editing interface in WordPress, before the creation of the more visual-design-based block editor. While basic, the classic editor was easier for some to use. However, sticking to the Classic editor may cause some problems on your site because it doesn't use the latest features of WordPress. We strongly suggest getting more comfortable with the Block editor and use it whenever you can to minimize the chances of encountering bugs on your site. Some identified issues when using the Classic editor are: - Posts not appearing on the Recent Posts block in the correct order when the post was saved in the Classic editor.
- Page content becomes jumbled or corrupted making it unable to be edited because the underlying HTML code for the content has become mixed up by editing in different editors.
3. Images not aligning or appearing properly on a page.
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How to update data retention settings for Google Analytics
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Google Analytics has a feature called retention setting that determines how far back you can access your website analytics data. By default, this setting is configured to retain data for only 2 months. This means you can only retrieve analytics data for the past 2 months. To improve your data accessibility, we recommend adjusting your analytics Data Retention settings to the maximum option, which is 14 months. This allows you to access analytics data for a longer period, providing you with more comprehensive insights into your website's performance. To change this setting: - Go to Google Analytics at https://analytics.google.com
- Choose your property from the dropdown menu in the upper left corner of the screen.
- Select the Gear icon in the lower left corner of the screen to go to the Admin settings for your property.
- In the box for “Data collection and medication” select the “Data Retention” option.
- Select the option for 14 months in both drop down lists.
- Click Save to save your change.
Updating this setting will not recover any lost data, but ensure any new data isn’t deleted from Google Analytics 4 for 14 months.
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Old Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) to be removed permanently on July 1, 2024
On July 1, 2024, the old platform, Universal Analytics, will turn off services, which means Universal Analytics properties will be inaccessible through the Google Analytics. This is a permanent removal of the data and Web Services will be unable to assist with any lost analytics data. We suggest pulling reports for the last 1-2 years of page views or any data that you need and save those reports should you need in the future. After July 1, 2024 Google will completely remove access to any data on the old platform.
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Missed the last newsletter?
- MailPoet to be removed by the end of Feb.
- Mailster getting updated due to new Google/Yahoo sender rules
- Improved UF Health Calendar: User-friendly filters
- Optimizing The Bridge: Shands HRD
- 2024 Checklist: Accessibility, Training Videos, Broken Links, and Info Security Reminders
- Research Studies and Clinical Trials on ufhealth.org
- View your Google Analytics in Looker Studio
- UFHealth.org 2.0 Making Big Gains with Google!
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