AY2025 Roadmap

• Upgrade to Plone 5.1
  • Migrate content to Plone 5.0
  • Migrate content to Plone 5.1
  • Migrate Python 2 to Python 3
  • Fix replace everything that breaks or is unsupported
  • Replace profiles
• Upgrade to Plone 6?
• Add NYU Global Navigation
• Add NYU cookie consent solution (OneTrust)
• Replace Google Analytics with Plausible Analytics
• Implement refined look-and-feel
  • Front page slider implementation is not supported: replace with nav + hero sections for key areas
  • Add user-selectable dark mode
  • Refine nav and browser views to look/feel lighter/cleaner, but preserve/enhance color choices
  • Refine/enhance focus/selection indicators to be more cohesive
  • Provide true mobile-first theme without making the desktop experience goofy
  • Provide clean and economical printer style for all views
  • Limit Javascript as much as possible (i.e., serve clean HTML + CSS if at all possible)
  • Self-host the fonts and libraries we use so we are not dependent on and our users are not tracked by CDNs or other third parties
• Enhance accessibility
  • Achieve WCAG 2.1 AA compliance according to NYU automated testing tools
  • Achieve WCAG 2.1 AA compliance according to NYU-approved manual testing regime
  • Establish accessibility request process for grandfathered or unexpectedly non-compliant content
  • Establish process for PDF mitigation
• Establish and complete first round of author/editor training