Upcoming Release: Dottie

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We’re excited to announce our next Sites@Duke Pro release, Dottie, inspired by the enthusiastic "demonic cuddle dog" of web developer Andrew Aldaya.

This lovable mixed breed started as a tiny foster pup but is steadily growing to match her oversize energy level. She is a study in extremes – either snuggling up to command her humans' full attention, or exploding with spirit and playing with everything in sight (including toys, her older brother Moe, and your most valuable collectibles... RIP, vinyl records).

Just like Dottie at the dog park, we can't contain our excitement for the new additions about to come your way!

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• Hiding unused Content Blocks: Editors will gain the ability to temporarily unpublish or hide individual blocks on a Page or Story without deleting them entirely.
• Customizing the sort order for Content Type List Pages and List Blocks: Choose how items are ordered on certain list pages and individual list blocks (for Blog Posts, News, Projects, Resources, and Stories) – e.g., in alphabetical order or by ascending/descending date.
• Promoting Bluesky in your footer: A survey of our User Group shows this social network is surging in popularity, so you can soon add it to your social media links.
• Adding Content Reference blocks to the Story content type, so you can highlight related items within your story's content.
• Receiving system notifications from the Sites Pro team; a new alert bar shares important updates with site editors directly within the Drupal editing interface.

We hope you share Dottie's full body-wagging enthusiasm for these features! We're looking forward to a seamless rollout by year’s end, with more details coming soon on this site and in Microsoft Teams.