What's new in the Schoolz CMS: calendar, page builder and more

Here is what changed in the Schoolz CMS since late September. All of it is already on every school site; there is nothing to install.

A month view. On a computer, the Events page now has a List | Month switch. The month grid shows each day's events, and choosing a day lists them below with "Add to my calendar". Phones keep the list, which reads better on a small screen.
A printable calendar button. If your school designs a monthly calendar, link it from the Events page. The button sits next to the event list, which stays the version screen readers and phones can use.
Past events leave on their own. Finished events drop off the public Events page. The CMS events list hides them too, with a switch to show them again.
District dates are your call. A school in a district can hide single district-wide entries that don't apply, such as high-school exam dates on an elementary calendar, without changing the shared district calendar.
A weekly series counts once. A club that meets every Tuesday shows once in the home page's upcoming events, not four times.
Easier-to-read date badges. The month label on every date badge now meets WCAG AA contrast on every site design.

A tidier editor. Blocks fold to a single line, so a long page is easy to scan and reorder. Page settings are tucked away until you need them.
An Events block. Put your upcoming events on any page, drawn from the school calendar, so the page never needs updating by hand.
Parents and Students pages. An optional feature that starts both pages for you. Three blocks fill themselves from your own data: a staff spotlight from the Staff Directory, your PTA, and what's coming up from the calendar.
Cleaner home-page promotions. A page shown on the home page that opens with a page header now shows that header and a "Read more" button, instead of the whole page.

iPhone photos upload as they are. HEIC photos are converted in the browser before upload, with their colours kept.
Staff directory order. Arrange staff in your own order, or switch the directory to alphabetical.
Find pages faster. The menu editor searches your pages as you type.
Rename News once. Call it "Announcements" or "Updates", and the site uses the new name everywhere it mentions it.
More languages. The Translate menu adds Uzbek and Tajik, and a school can list its families' languages first.
Your icon in search results. Google and browser tabs now show your school's own icon.
Small fixes you asked for. "View Site" opens your own domain, a web address pasted into an alert becomes a link, and every site links the Schoolz app on Android as well as iPhone.

Want one of these switched on for your school, or have a question about it? Get in touch.