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Commons 1.19.3

I’ve just released version 1.19.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes the following fixes:

Fixed alignment issues in Rowling theme
Fixed navigation on Featured Courses slideshow
Improved text contrast ratios on Invitations modal

For complete details, visit the 1.19.3 milestone.

Commons 1.15.14

I’ve just released version 1.15.14 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release, which is also a major update release for plugins and themes, contains the following fixes:

Better failsafe logic for the incorrect triggering of invitation emails
Fix styling for password reset screen

For complete details, visit the 1.15.14 milestone.

Commons 1.15.10

I’ve just released version 1.15.10 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes major updates for plugins and themes, as well as the following fixes:

Improve appearance of privacy message when users are redirected from non-public sites
Ensure that site name always appears in invitation modal, regardless of site configuration
Fix problem with JS libraries in Reveal theme
Ensure that private group calendar RSS feeds are accessible to RSS readers

For complete details, visit the 1.15.10 milestone.

Commons 1.15.9

I’ve just released version 1.15.9 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release addresses the following:

Improve user feedback when accepting an invitation via Claim Key for the second time.
Fix bug that prevented ‘CUNY-wide’ from being properly a selected as group/site campus.
Fix upgrade routine for Dante theme.
Fix search feature for private messages.
Fix bug that caused fatal error when switching between Editors in some cases.

For complete details, visit the 1.15.9 milestone.

Commons 1.15.1

I’ve just released version 1.15.1 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release addresses the following:

Fix a bug from the 1.15 release where certain metadata fields were mistakenly styled as links
Fix a bug in the 1.15 feature that caused the “You are the sole administrator of this site” message to show incorrectly on site directories in some cases
Fix bug that prevented site metadata from being saved in some cases
Introduce embedding for Tableau projects
Fix onboarding incompatibility with IE11

For complete details, visit the 1.15.1 milestone.

Commons 1.13.8

I’ve just released version 1.13.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release includes:

Some fixes for Jetpack connections
Fixes for cases where protected content may be posted in blog posts syndicated to the home page
Improvements to the registration process to warn against the use of @login.cuny.edu pseudo-email addresses
Improvements to the appearance of parts of the invitation modal
More consistent display of title data on single forum posts

For more details on the release, visit the 1.13.8 milestone.

I’ve just released version 1.13.2 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is also a major release for plugins and themes. The update includes an update to WordPress, which includes various tools related to privacy and GDPR compliance. In addition, we address a number of items related to the 1.13.0 release:

Fixed incorrect character encoding on invitation modal
Fixed bug that caused erratic behavior when on the invitation step of group creation
Improved formatting of invitation modal and invitation email text
Fixed issues with mixed-content warnings on mapped domains

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.13.2 milestone.

Commons 1.13

I’ve just released version 1.13.0 of the CUNY Academic Commons. Twice a year, the Commons team prepares a “feature release”, which includes major new functionality in addition to routine upgrades and bug fixes. Version 1.13 is the feature release fer Spring 2018.

Below are some development highlights for the release. Read more about the user-facing improvements in the 1.13 post on the News blog.

A new system for invitations – The Commons has various entities that one can “belong to” – sites, groups, the Commons itself – and, historically, the process of inviting someone to “join” one of these entities was completely different for each entity type. For the 1.13 release, we reconceptualized the idea of “invitations” on the Commons, with an all-new unified invitation system. Invite friends to join the Commons, to join groups, to join sites, all from a common interface. As the Commons starts to welcome more students taking courses on the platform, we’ve included features that will make it easier for instructors to invite students in bulk to join course groups or sites.
HTTPS for all administrative tasks – For a number of years, we’ve forced HTTPS for all *.commons.gc.cuny.edu subdomains, which encompasses the vast majority of sites on the Commons. As part of the 1.13 release, we’ve made a change that forces “mapped domains” – those sites that are part of the Commons, but have a domain that doesn’t end in .commons.gc.cuny.edu – to be managed over HTTPS. This is another step in our ongoing project of making the Commons a platform that is as secure as possible for all members.
Reply-by-email for group sites – We’ve long supported reply-by-email for group forums, private messages, and other social content on the Commons. As part of this release, we’ve added reply-by-email functionality for posts and comments on Commons sites that are linked to groups.
An improved CSS editor – We’ve overhauled the custom CSS tool under Dashboard > Appearance on Commons sites, for better compatibility with modern CSS and a slicker interface.
Accessibility improvements – The Commons team is dedicated to making the site usable for all members, including those who use assistive technologies to engage with the Commons. In 1.13, we’ve made significant improvements to our accessibility standards across the main site, for better compatibility with screen readers and other assistive technologies. Stay tuned for more improvements in our ongoing accessibility improvements.

For complete details on the release, visit the 1.13 milestone.

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