Tag: Group Library

Commons 2.7.0

I’ve just released version 2.7.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Version 2.7.0 is one of our twice-yearly “feature releases”, which include major improvements to the platform. Included in the release:

  • A rewrite of the black toolbar that appears across the network. We’ve given the toolbar a visual refresh, and reorganized the available buttons and submenus for clearer and easier navigation. My Groups and My Sites now get their own top-level dropdowns, and redundant or unneeded nav items have been removed.
  • A refresh of the Group Library interface. Items can now be edited without leaving the main Library view, using an expandable “drawer” interface. The concept of “folders” has been migrated to “tags”, allowing for fine-grained organization.
  • A new privacy setting for groups allows you to make the contents of a Public group visible only to logged-in Commons users. This allows group admins to leverage the anyone-can-join features of Public groups, while hiding group membership and other content from external visitors not logged into the site.
  • We’ve changed the ‘Full Name’ field to ‘Display Name’, to clarify that Commons users have full control over how their name (or pseudonym, if they wish) is shared with the public and with other members of the community.

For complete details, visit the 2.7.0 milestone.

Commons 2.6.0

I’ve just released version 2.6.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Version 2.6.0 is one of our twice-yearly “feature releases”, which introduce new functionality to the Commons, in contrast to the bug fixes and smaller improvements introduced in twice-monthly “maintenance releases”. Included in 2.6.0:

  • Improved richness and consistency for email notifications generated by various actions throughout the Commons
  • Improvements to the site creation process, to increase reliability when cloning and during template copying
  • Improvements to the “threading” settings for group forums
  • Fixed a bug that caused Courses to appear in the directory even after the corresponding site was deleted
  • Added the ability to add external links to a group library without sending email notifications to the group

For complete details, visit the 2.6.0 milestone.

Commons 2.1.14

I’ve just released version 2.1.14 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Updated the Graduate Center logo used in the Campus Widget.
  • Fixed a bug in the Group Library that made it impossible to download files that had certain special characters in their filenames.
  • Added the ability to delete Docs from the Group Library.

For complete details, visit the 2.1.14 milestone.

Commons 2.1.5

I’ve just released version 2.1.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is also a major-update release for plugins and themes, and also included the upgrade to the WordPress 6.2. Specific issues addressed in this release:

  • Fixed bug causing “last active” member count not to match in all cases
  • Ensure that forum attachments are not included in group library clones
  • Fixed bug that caused 2FA code to be required twice in certain cases
  • Fixed regression in email notification subject lines

For complete details, visit the 2.1.5 milestone.

Commons 1.18.10

I’ve just released version 1.18.10 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • A new Conference Site template when creating sites
  • Ensure that forum attachments are deleted from Group Library when the corresponding forum item is deleted
  • Order the Semester dropdown chronologically on the Courses tab

For complete details, visit the 1.18.10 milestone.

Commons 1.18.8

I’ve just released version 1.18.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release contains fixes for the following:

  • Bug that caused uploaded Group Library files to overwrite each other in certain circumstances
  • Incorrect notification of edited group site post
  • Bug that prevented filtering of sent invitations in some cases
  • Improvements to our internal tools for scheduled tasks

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.18.8 milestone.

Commons 1.18.4

I’ve just released version 1.18.4 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Fixed appearance of ‘Digital Research Tools’ profile nav item
  • Fixed pagination issue when viewing folders in Group Library
  • Fixed incompatibility between Elementor and certain domain mapping setups
  • Fixed bug that prevented proper advancement to step 2 of group creation process when cloning a group+site

For complete details, visit the 1.18.4 milestone.

Commons 1.18.0

I’ve just released version 1.18.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Version 1.18.0 is a “feature release” for the Commons, in a series of twice-yearly milestones that include larger features in addition to the smaller fixes that come with our twice-monthly releases.

As in the last few releases, 1.18.0 focuses on making the Commons easier to use for the increasing number of CUNY community members using the network for teaching, learning, and connecting, especially during remote learning. Some feature highlights:

  • Group cloning: In 1.17.0, we introduced “site cloning”, a feature that allows users to create a new site using one of their previous sites as a template. With 1.18.0, we extend this functionality to groups.
  • Directory filters: We have redesigned and rebuilt the filters in our Members, Groups, Sites, and Courses directory, for greater power, consistency, and ease of use.
  • Improved assessment tools: We’ve built new tools for exporting user activity from sites and group forums. We think that instructors using these spaces for courses will enjoy this easy-to-use format for assessing student participation.
  • Group library improvements: The Group Library introduced in version 1.17.0 sees some improvements, including better tools for creating, renaming, and deleting folders.
  • “Pronouns” field: A new profile field gives community members a place to indicate their pronouns, which are then displayed throughout the Commons interface.
  • Two-factor authentication: Members can now opt in to enhanced login security by enabling 2FA in their Settings section.

In addition to these user-facing improvements, we’ve made a couple large infrastructural changes. We’ve moved to a new tool for handling “mapped” domains – cases where non-Commons URLs are used for Commons sites. We’ve migrated our Digital Research Tools integration from the defunct DiRT Directory to its successor, TAPoR. And we’ve improved performance by adding compatibility with new caching APIs in WordPress.

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.18.0 milestone.

Commons 1.17.5

I’ve just released version 1.17.5 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Fixed problem that could cause group forum posts to be orphaned in certain cases
  • Fixed compatibility between pressforward-turnkey-theme and WP 5.5+
  • Fixed bug that made it impossible to add library items with # in the filenmae
  • Improvements to the daily digest mechanism for group notifications
  • Fixed the Notifications UI in user Settings area

For complete details, visit the 1.17.5 milestone.

Commons 1.17.2

I’ve just released version 1.17.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

  • Fix blog name uniqueness check during blog creation
  • Automate the deletion of Courses when the corresponding groups/sites are deleted
  • Improve behavior when logging into subdomain admin panels
  • Fix the creation of library items with long titles
  • Improve appearance of notifications on group acceptance management pages

For complete details, visit the 1.17.2 milestone.