Sb research highlights

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Issue #187

• Created a edit.js for research-highlights block as well as its own php file that holds lookup in panel that takes aggie-expert id with generic box for holding place
• Created a twig file that references the lit-element for block
• Created a lit-element for block to use in twig file
• Created script to add in main-wp-website
• Only shows element results if in viewport with observer
• handles loading and error states

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Pull Request Overview

This pull request adds a "Research Highlights" feature to the directory plugin, allowing profiles to display research publications pulled from the Aggie Experts system. The PR includes both frontend and backend components.

• Adds a new custom element ucdlib-directory-research-highlights with lazy loading support
• Creates a REST API endpoint to fetch research highlights from an external Aggie Experts API
• Adds editor controls to configure the research highlights block
• Updates package dependencies (@ucd-lib/theme-elements from ^3.0.5 to ^3.3.0)
• Removes unused optional peer dependencies related to file watching

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
ucdlib-special/src/public/package-lock.json	Removes unused optional peer dependencies (chokidar, fsevents, etc.)
ucdlib-migration/src/editor/package-lock.json	Updates @ucd-lib/theme-elements dependency to 3.3.0
ucdlib-locations/src/editor/package-lock.json	Updates @ucd-lib/theme-elements dependency to 3.3.0
ucdlib-directory/views/blocks/person-research-highlights.twig	Adds template for rendering research highlights on profile pages
ucdlib-directory/src/public/src/elements/ucdlib-directory-research-highlights.tpl.js	Template file defining styles and markup for research highlights component
ucdlib-directory/src/public/src/elements/ucdlib-directory-research-highlights.js	Custom element implementation with lazy loading and API integration
ucdlib-directory/src/public/index.js	Registers the new research highlights custom element
ucdlib-directory/src/editor/package-lock.json	Updates @ucd-lib/theme-elements dependency to 3.3.0
ucdlib-directory/src/editor/lib/plugins/profile.js	Adds toggle control for hiding research highlights in profile settings
ucdlib-directory/src/editor/lib/blocks/ucdlib-directory-research-highlights/index.js	Block registration and configuration
ucdlib-directory/src/editor/lib/blocks/ucdlib-directory-research-highlights/edit.js	Editor UI for configuring research highlights block
ucdlib-directory/src/editor/lib/blocks/index.js	Registers research highlights block in block collection
ucdlib-directory/includes/research-highlights.php	PHP class for managing research highlights taxonomy and metadata
ucdlib-directory/includes/people.php	Adds research highlights support to person post type
ucdlib-directory/includes/main.php	Integrates research highlights into main plugin initialization
ucdlib-directory/includes/blocks.php	Registers research highlights block with Twig template
ucdlib-directory/includes/block-transformations.php	Contains commented-out transformation code for research highlights
ucdlib-directory/includes/api-people.php	Implements REST API endpoint for fetching research highlights from Aggie Experts
ucdlib-assets/src/public/package-lock.json	Removes unused dependencies and updates @ucd-lib/theme-elements to 3.3.0
ucdlib-assets/src/public/index.js	Adds research highlights element to dynamic script loader
ucdlib-assets/src/editor/package-lock.json	Updates @ucd-lib/theme-elements dependency to 3.3.0

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[spelkey-ucd]

You don't really need to do much server-side processing for this (just save the expert id and hide block option) - it's an unnecessary extra step. Fetch experts.ucdavis from the browser.