Key Updates in LocalGov Drupal: Accessibility, Styling, and Modernization

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Mark Conroy's contributions to LocalGov Drupal for the week ending September 27th, 2024, focused heavily on improvements to LocalGov Base, providing a solid foundation for other themes to build upon. Conroy participated in key events like "Merge Tuesday," where multiple pull requests (PRs) were swiftly reviewed and merged, and a Product Group meet-up centered on enhancing the editor experience.

His code contributions included mentoring new team member Paul McCrodden, addressing accessibility issues, and improving the semantic hierarchy for components like quick facts. Notable PRs were submitted to remove unnecessary navigation elements from print stylesheets, resolve blockquote styling conflicts, and modernize JavaScript by removing legacy IE11 support.

Additionally, Mark contributed fixes to enhance screen reader compatibility for external links and sticky header functionality in LocalGov Base, highlighting the need for a similar approach for LocalGov Microsites. The contributions underscore the team's ongoing efforts to improve both accessibility and user experience across LocalGov Drupal projects.

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Title

My LocalGov Drupal contributions for week-ending September 27th, 2024

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Mark Conroy

Date of Publication

27 September 2024

URL

https://mark.ie/blog/my-localgov-drupal-contributions-for-week-ending-september-27th-2024/

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