Theme Content Phase Control - Merge Summary

Overview

Successfully merged the separate “HERO CONTENT VISIBILITY” and “OVERVIEW CONTENT STATES” controls into a single “Theme content phase” control for the 2026 CMS interface.

Changes Made

1. Data File (_data/year_2026/homepage.yml)

• ✅ Removed hero-state: auto from hero section (line 10)
• ✅ Removed overview-state: auto from overview section (line 88)
• ✅ Removed visibility: true from overview section (line 38)
• ✅ Added unified theme-phase: auto at theme level (line 9)

2. Config File (admin/config.yml)

• ✅ Already configured with unified “Theme phase” control (lines 2484-2493)
• ✅ Options: Pre-conference, During conference, Post-conference, Automatic (based on conference date)
• ✅ Hero section has no separate state control
• ✅ Overview section has no separate state control

3. Template Files Updated

/2026/conf-page-partials/hero.html

• ✅ Replaced all hero_state references with theme_phase
• ✅ Theme phase calculation logic already in place

/2026/conf-page-partials/overview.html

• ✅ Removed old homepage.theme.overview.visibility check
• ✅ Removed separate overview-state calculation
• ✅ Replaced all overview_state references with theme_phase
• ✅ Now uses same theme phase logic as hero section

/2026/conf-page-partials/testimonial-overview.html

• ✅ Replaced homepage.theme.overview.overview-state with homepage.theme.theme-phase
• ✅ All three phases (pre, during, post) updated

/2026/conf-page-partials/aside-cta.html

• ✅ Replaced homepage.theme.hero.hero-state with homepage.theme.theme-phase

/2026/conf-page-partials/in-page-nav.html

• ✅ Replaced homepage.theme.hero.hero-state with homepage.theme.theme-phase

Result

• ✅ Single “Theme content phase” control now manages both hero and overview sections
• ✅ No more duplicate controls in the CMS interface
• ✅ All template files updated and consistent
• ✅ Zero remaining references to old hero-state or overview-state fields in 2026 directory

Testing

After clearing CMS cache, you should see:

1. One control: “Theme phase” (instead of two separate controls)
2. Options: Pre-conference, During conference, Post-conference, Automatic (based on conference date)
3. Both hero and overview sections respond to this single control