CUNY Academic Commons Development Blog http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu building CUNY Communities since 2009 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Commons 1.3.6 http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/08/commons-1-3-6/ http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/02/08/commons-1-3-6/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:55:33 +0000 Boone Gorges http://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=517 I’ve just released version 1.3.6 of the CUNY Academic Commons. 1.6 is a bugfix release. Highlights:

  • Fixed some redirect problems on mapped domains
  • Fixed an issues that was causing stickied forum threads to appear double
  • Fixed a bug in BP Groupblog that caused new post activity items to appear in the wrong group in some instances

For complete details, visit the 1.3.6 milestone.

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For full details, please see the 1.3.5.1 milestone.

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  • Fixed the Edit Comment link on BuddyPress Docs
  • Fixed a problem that caused some spam registrations to seep through
  • Fixed the tabindex order on the login page
  • Added WP plugins: SOPA Blackout, jQuery Vertical Accordian Menu

For more details, see the 1.3.5 milestone.

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  • ‘Create a Group’ button in My Groups toolbar menu fixed
  • Funky forum pagination bug fixed
  • Broken ‘Forgot your password?’ link in dropdown Log In toolbar item fixed
  • Fixed a bug that prevented email addresses and passwords from being changeable in some cases

For full details on this release, visit the 1.3.4 milestone.

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  • In group Files areas, file descriptions are now visible.
  • A fatal error when attempting to edit a BuddyPress Doc has been fixed.
  • Support for Pages added to the Featured Content widget.
  • Login redirects for private pages are fixed.

For full details on the release, see the 1.3.3 milestone.

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Check out the 1.3.2 milestone for full details on the release.

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  • Improves HTML document titles throughout main site
  • Fixes ability to uncouple a groupblog from a group
  • Fixes issue that caused edited blog posts to appear at the top of the activity stream
  • New WP plugins: WP-Print, WP Hide Post, Custom Sidebar
  • New WP theme: Modularity Lite

For complete release details, visit the 1.3.1 milestone.

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You can read a nice round-up of highlights at our News blog. Here is a quick list, from the development point of view:

  • Upgraded to latest BuddyPress, including all BP-dependent plugins (among others, a large rewrite of much of BuddyPress Groupblog)
  • New directory filters for Members
  • Autosuggest for wiki tags
  • Icon display of social media fields on user profiles
  • Sorting/posts-per-page dropdowns for individual forum topics
  • Auto-invitations to the Group for Group Admins for group admins/mods
  • Infrastructure for the invitation of non-CUNY site members, via admin-supplied signup code
  • Save rich text editor preferences in MediaWiki
  • Non-network-activate Viper’s Video Tags WP plugin
  • Better handling of LaTeX in group email notifications
  • Prompt for forcing the filling in of “Role” on user profiles
  • IE styling fixes for BP theme
  • Improvements to groupblog activation during group creation
  • Better custom image support for Featured Content Widget plugin
  • Dashboard Widget cruft removed
  • Autocomplete for adding users to blogs
  • New WP plugin: FD Footnotes

Keep an eye on the Codex in the upcoming days for posts highlighting some of these features.

For complete details on the 1.3 release, see the milestone.

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For complete details, see the 1.2.7 milestone.

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For full details on the release, check out the 1.2.6 milestone.

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