Commons 1.8.14

I’ve just released version 1.8.14 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release updates a number of plugins and themes. It also includes the ability to embed videos from https://videostreaming.gc.cuny.edu, by pasting a video URL onto its own line in the WordPress post editor.

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.8.14 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for October 21, 2015

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.8.14 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 21, 2015:

  • Contact Form 7 (4.3)
  • FD Footnotes (1.34)
  • Google Calendar Events (2.4)
  • Google Docs Shortcode (0.4)
  • Jetpack by WordPress.com (3.7)
  • Leaflet Maps Marker (3.10)
  • List category posts (0.65)
  • Redirection (2.4)
  • The Events Calendar (3.12)
  • ThreeWP Broadcast (23.5)
  • ThreeWP Broadcast Blog Groups (23.5)
  • Twitter Widget Pro (2.8)
  • WP Retina 2x (3.5)
  • xili-language (2.21)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.8.14 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 21, 2015:

  • Attitude (3.0)
  • Fresh News (Woo) (3.4)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

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Commons 1.8.11

I’ve just released version 1.8.11 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-theme-and-plugin release, which includes a major version upgrade to WordPress (4.3.x).

A number of notable fixes in the release:

  • Improved Quick Link flow so that users automatically receive links
  • Fixed bug that prevented users from downloading iCal file related to non-public events
  • Fixed incorrect event permalinks in activity streams

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.8.11 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for September 21, 2015

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.8.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for September 21, 2015:

  • Blogger Importer (0.9)
  • Category Posts Widget (4.1)
  • Events Manager (5.6)
  • FD Footnotes (1.33)
  • Google Calendar Events (2.3)
  • Google Forms (0.82)
  • List category posts (0.64)
  • Network Plugin Auditor (1.9)
  • News announcement scroll (8.6)
  • Theme Check (20150818.1)
  • ThreeWP Broadcast (23.4)
  • ThreeWP Broadcast Blog Groups (23.4)
  • WP-EMail (2.67)
  • WP-Polls (2.70)
  • WP-PostRatings (1.82)
  • WP-Sticky (1.53)
  • xili-language (2.20)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.8.11 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for September 21, 2015:

  • Attitude (2.0)
  • Canvas (5.9.11) (Woo)
  • Customizr (3.4)
  • Flat Bootstrap (1.6)
  • Hemingway (1.54)
  • Simplicity (1.13) (Woo)
  • Twenty Eleven (2.2)
  • Twenty Fifteen (1.3)
  • Twenty Fourteen (1.5)
  • Twenty Ten (2.0)
  • Twenty Thirteen (1.6)
  • Twenty Twelve (1.8)

The 1.8.11 release will also include an update to WordPress, from the 4.2 series to the 4.3 series.

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

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Commons 1.8.9

I’ve just released version 1.8.9 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release features a few important fixes:

  • Fixed email notifications for events created in private groups
  • Prevented auto-linking in certain portfolio fields
  • Fixed bug that prevented new Quick Links from being saved

For complete details, visit the 1.8.9 milestone.

Commons 1.8.8

I’ve just released version 1.8.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major plugin/theme update release. It also features a number of bug fixes:

  • Fixed bulk message deletion
  • Fixed bug that could prevent group files from being downloaded in a zip format in some cases

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.8.8 milestone.