Changelog (NHS template)
*Website Update* – v2.3.3
New – There is a new content element on the editor toolbar which will display a section of text inside a white box with a border.
Simply highlight some text in your content editor box, click this button, it will wrap your text in some “shortcodes” and when you save your changes your content will be displayed inside a white box.
New – You can now relabel the link on the ‘Prescriptions’ page for the order form, edit the ‘Prescriptions’ page and you will see a new text field for link text.
Amend – If a news post is published, which begins with an image instead of text, the image will display on the home page tile instead of the short excerpt.
Fix – If a core form is not in use i.e. order prescriptions is disabled, the respective form pages are no longer discoverable via search results on the website.
Amend – The form pages i.e. “Order a repeat prescription” will now use the title of the form as the page title, so the form title can be amended and this is reflected on the page.
Core fix – We have repaired a coding issue which allows us to tap in to home page content to implement additional features at practices request i.e. sliding gallery.
*Website Update* – v2.3.2
Amendment – New dashboard banner for the new support centre.
New – We have introduced alternative layouts for the Practice team list, which now be placed in a ‘2 per row’ grid, or boxed in to roles using NHS-styled boxes.
*Website Update* – v2.3.1
Fix – Issue with the Friends and Family Test page where the link to the form page was still displaying even if the on-site form option was off and there was no alternative URL entered. The link will now only display to the page if on-site form is switched on, and the link to an alternative URL will display if one is entered, otherwise no link will display.
Fix – Issue with survey fields in the form builder, if using checkboxes the tick was not displaying when a box was selected.
*Website Update* – v2.3
New – You now have an option to position the “Additional page content” (for the home page) either above or below the feature tile grid (previously only displayed below but some practices wanted to make their online consultation banners more visible).
Fix – The Health A-Z and Medicines A-Z page had a potention XSS vulnerability which is a security risk to the website and this has now been patched and secured.
*Website Update* – v2.2
Fix – Error log was being created when using an ‘NHS Card’ element without a text description.
New – ‘Print’ stylesheet introduced which will remove some of the global elements when trying to print a web page.
Amendment – FFT page is now split in to 2 tabs, easier for visibility of content fields.
New – You can now change the default messages displayed for UK Bank Holidays (via “Closures”).
Fix – If uploading an “additional footer logo” (via Global Settings), the logos were going side by side if your additional image is small. The images will now stay on their own line regardless of dimension.
*Website Update* – v2.1
This is a major theme update with some dashboard amendments and some new settings.
Home Page
- When editing the “Home Page”, you now have a choice of 2 different layouts for your key tiles. Either the default layout of 3 tiles per row (2 rows) or the new layout of 2 tiles per row (3 rows) with the “Additional Menu” on the right hand side of the grid. This can be changed via “Home Page > Key Feature Tiles”.
- You now have the ability to add additional links to the “NHS and Local Services” links, i.e. a link to your ICB, PCN, Local Community Services, third-party resources just to name a few, or you can add additional links to other pages on your website i.e. self-referral links. You can add/edit these via “Home Page > NHS and Local Services Links”.
- You can now hide/show the FFT image/section from the home page, but also show/hide a new PPG section too, you can optionally upload your own images for these links, and customise which pages the links go to, and if you do not set these then they will display default images.
- You can add/edit these via “Home Page > FFT/PPG Features”.
Dashboard Amendments
- When editing sections that have tabs i.e. “Opening Times”, “Home Page”, “Navigation”, or pages that have tabs for content sections i.e. “Appointments”, “Contact the Practice”, “Practice Team”, “Prescriptions” or “Register with our Practice” you will notice that the tabs are now left aligned rather than across the top of the page. The styling of these has also been amended so the ‘active’ tab is bold with a white background to make it more apparent.
Practice Details settings
- There is now a ‘Practice email address’ field with the option to show/hide the email address on the contact page of your website. The NHS recommendations state “Email should not be used by patients for clinical requests and should be removed from highly visible sections of GP practice websites. For example ‘Contact us’ pages.” however a number of Practices have expressed that they would still like an email address available and visible for patients to use so we have included this option.
- There is now also an “Online Triage URL” field to enter the web address of your Online Consultation tool (i.e. AccuRX, Patchs, eConsult, Klinic etc..) and by doing this you have the option to display a “Contact Us Online” link on your contact page underneath your contact numbers and email address.
Global Template Settings
- There is a new “Global settings” section where you can change the placement of the translation and accessibility tool triggers, as well as choose whether to show your social icons and CQC badge on mobile devices* and also an additional icon/logo in the footer next to the SurgeryWeb logo (i.e. veteran friendly accreditation).
* If you display your social icons and CQC badge on mobile devices, this then pushes the page content further down the page as all the elements are stacked vertically, which subsequently creates more scrolling for the patient in order to reach the features that they may want to use, so it lessens the accessibility of these features. However, this has been requested by a number of Practices so we have introduced this setting.
*Website Update* – v2.03
Update – We have updated a couple of the NHS Elements which we use from the NHS Design Manual (as per Benchmarking & Improvement Tool) to comply with WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards (specifically the Breadcrumbs, submit buttons, footer links, header elements and the summary list at the end of online forms.
Update – NHS Digital have moved their content (Health, Medicines and Live Well) to another source so we have updated all of the API endpoints in order to retain our integration with NHS Content on your home page.
Fix – We have identified and fixed a bug whereby if a news post is published that begins with a HTML element such as a clickable link, an unordered (bulleted) list or other, the layout of this on the home page (where the excerpt displays in the news section) does not retain its correct format.
Fix – Following an update yesterday of the WordPress CMS, our logo had stopped displaying on the login page, this was related to our security module who have rectified the issue their end and this will be deployed separately over the next 24 hours.
Our next big update will be V2.1 which will contain some amazing dashboard amendments to give you even more control over the layout of your website!
*Website Update* – v2.02
Fix – We have fixed the links to the Health A-Z and Medicines A-Z index when the website is being viewed on the temporary web URL prior to going live.
*Website Update* – v2.01
New – You can now change the “Additional Information” heading on the right hand side secondary menu via the “Navigation” section in your dashboard.
Amendment – Template coding amendments behind the scenes in preparation for future updates
*Website Update* – v2.0
Fix – When you are using a third-party registration service such as NHS GP Registration or HealthTech1 instead of the on-site form, the “Register Online” page (found via search results) would display a message that the on-site form is not active, this will now redirect patients straight to your online provider instead.
Update – We have revised the Accessibility, Privacy and Data Processing Statements and updated the “Reviewed” date.
