Commons 1.6.7

I’ve just released version 1.6.7 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes:

  • Updates to Reply By Email that should help to address duplicate posts
  • A fix for HTML email notifications related to group blog posts
  • Reinstate the ability for group admins to determine which members can invite others to the group

For complete details, visit the 1.6.7 milestone.

Commons 1.6.6

I’ve just released version 1.6.6 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following:

  • A number of minor plugin and theme updates
  • New plugins: Random Image, WP Live Preview Links, Fourteen Colors
  • A fix for a bug that was creating improper footer material in some plain-text email notifications

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.6.6 milestone.

Major plugin and theme updates for June 21, 2014

The following plugins will receive major upgrades during the maintenance release on June 21, 2014. The numbers in parentheses represent the major version series for each plugin; on the 21st, the plugin will be upgraded to the latest available version in that series, but no later.

  1. Advanced Excerpt (4.2)
  2. Gravity Forms PDF Extended (3.5)
  3. Jetpack (3.0)
  4. OpenBook (3.5)
  5. Page-Links Plus (2.2)
  6. Subscribe2 (10.3)
  7. The Events Calendar (3.6.1)
  8. User Role Editor (4.14)
  9. WP-EMail (2.62)
  10. WP-Polls (2.66)
  11. WPtouch Mobile Plugin (3.3.3)
  12. xili-language (2.13)

The following themes will receive major version updates as well:

  1. Cloudy (3.1)
  2. Twenty Eleven (1.8)
  3. Twenty Twelve (1.4)
  4. Twenty Thirteen (1.2)
  5. Twenty Fourteen (1.1)

Question or concerns about these releases? Leave a comment below, or contact our team at commons@gc.cuny.edu.

(This post is in the series of “major update release warning posts”, announced in https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/05/new-release-schedule-and-procedures-document-available/ and described in detail at https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/release-schedule-and-procedures/#major-update-releases.)

Commons 1.6.4

I’ve just released version 1.6.4 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a maintenance release. Major items:

– Major plugin updates, as announced in https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/05/06/major-commons-plugin-updates-scheduled-for-may-21-2014/. Notably, this includes BuddyPress 2.0.1, which is a major update for the platform and should result in notable performance improvements throughout the social parts of the site.
– Update WordPress to 3.9.1
– A number of minor plugin updates
– New theme: Spun
– New plugin: Social Stickers
– Fixed bug that caused fatal errors when creating groups in some cases
– Fixed bug that caused improper error feedback when adding a link to your profile

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.6.4 milestone.

Major Commons plugin updates scheduled for May 21, 2014

The following plugins will receive major upgrades during the maintenance release on May 21, 2014. The numbers in parentheses represent the major version series for each plugin; on the 21st, the plugin will be upgraded to the latest available version in that series, but no later.

  1. Akismet (3.0)
  2. BuddyPress (2.0)
  3. Contact Form 7 (3.8)
  4. Custom sidebars (1.5)
  5. Invite Anyone (1.2.1)
  6. Random Image (2.0)
  7. Search Everything (8.1)
  8. Subscribe2 (9.4)
  9. TablePress (1.4)
  10. User Role Editor (4.12)
  11. WordPress Front-end Editor (0.10)
  12. WordPress Google Form (0.69)
  13. WP-Markdown (1.5)
  14. WP-PostRatings (1.78)
  15. WP-Print (2.53)
  16. Zotpress (5.1)

In addition, WordPress will be updated to the 3.9 series.

Question or concerns about these releases? Leave a comment below, or contact our team at commons@gc.cuny.edu.

(This post is in the series of “major update release warning posts”, announced in https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/05/new-release-schedule-and-procedures-document-available/ and described in detail at https://dev.commons.gc.cuny.edu/release-schedule-and-procedures/#major-update-releases.)