In response to newer web content accessibility standards, all page and component templates are being updated to address a few issues and provide further accessibility improvements. These changes include:

• removing unnecessary tab-index attributes from content regions,
• adding the "main" role attribute to content regions lacking a proper region tag,
• moving the id="content" attribute to the first main content region on the page,
• updated aria-label and role attributes on search-related form tags and on all nav regions,

There are no visual or functionality changes to the templating, so you will notice no change in appearance. All of the changes are in the HTML markup and directly benefit users that rely on assistive technology.

To receive this update

You do not need to republish your entire site all at once. As you re-publish your pages, these updates will automatically be pushed out. We recommend republishing your pages individually or in small batches as not to overwhelm the system or clog up the queue for other normal publish requests.

DO NOT REPUBLISH YOUR SITE FROM THE ROOT DIRECTORY OR ANY STRUCTURE GROUPS. When you publish structure groups (the purple folders), the publish actions take much longer and hold up the queue. Additionally, if you publish structure groups, you may be unknowingly publishing out pages you wish to remain unpublished. Always publish single pages or groups of pages in the same structure group.

You may also wish to schedule some of these publish actions after hours. To schedule a publish action:

1. Select the page(s) you wish to publish, then click Publish (or right-click Publish),
2. Choose "Publish Content Later" from the Publish Settings tab,
3. Choose a date and time after business hours,
4. Then click the publish button.

What else should be re-published?

You will also need to republish your header, navigation, subsite navigation, and footer components. Please be sure to republish your subsite header, navigation, and footer components.

What about dynamic components like articles and press releases?

You do not need to republish your articles, press releases, documents, or other dynamic list components. You will, however, want to republish those pages that serve up your dynamic content.