Release 2019.012 - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><em>Release 2019.012 was first deployed to Vanilla Cloud on Thursday, August 29th 2019</em></p><h2 data-id="knowledge-base-theming">Knowledge Base Theming</h2><p>This release adds some core theming options into the knowledge base general appearance setting.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/950/ONFF0AOXAKCO.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/950/ONFF0AOXAKCO.png" alt="image.png" height="1306" width="2044" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>Options currently include:</p><ul><li>Adding an overlay over the sites banner image.</li><li>Configuring global site colors.</li><li>Configuring titlebar colors and the titlebar border.</li></ul><p>These options allows sites to quickly and easily match their brand identity in their knowledge base. For more detailed theming contact your CSM to inquire about Vanilla's <a href="https://vanillaforums.com/en/services/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Professional Theming Services</a>.</p><h2 data-id="improved-reporting-plugin">Improved Reporting Plugin</h2><p>The reporting plugin has been updated with improved support for post formatting. Reported posts now display as richer quote, which can preserve text formatting from the original post.</p><p>The plugin is also now compatible with Rich Editor posts.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/826/YJP4SEL7ZLDB.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/826/YJP4SEL7ZLDB.png" alt="image.png" height="852" width="1176" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="rich-editor">Rich Editor</h2><h3 data-id="embedded-content-rendering-warnings">Embedded content rendering warnings</h3><p>Some users configure their browser to block external scripts & sites. Sometimes this can interfere with the rendering of various rich/auto embeds. 1 commonly blocked embed is twitter. Starting in this release, if an embed fails to render due to a user's browser configuration, they will be shown a warning icon next to the link.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/583/RV00D84WERH6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/583/RV00D84WERH6.png" alt="image.png" height="248" width="1294" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>If they click on this warning icon they will be taken to <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/13-rich-editor#what-causes-the-warning-icon-while-inserting-a-rich-embed" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">an FAQ page explaining the issue</a>. The embed will still render normally for other users.</p><h3 data-id="other-editor-changes">Other Editor Changes</h3><ul><li>Fix creating a poll with an empty Rich body. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/issues/7290" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla#7290</a></li><li>Fix incorrect positioning of the Rich editor paragraph formatting on the first line. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/knowledge/issues/1137" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">knowledge#1137</a></li><li>Improve styling of list elements (especially nested lists) with rich editor. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/issues/8985" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla#8985</a></li><li>Fix emoji rendering in the Rich Editor emoji picker on windows machines. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/issues/9143" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla#9143</a></li></ul><h2 data-id="bug-fixes">Bug Fixes</h2><p><strong>Knowledge Base</strong></p><ul><li>Fix bug where an article could post on top of another one. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/knowledge/issues/1103" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">knowledge#1103</a></li></ul><p><strong>SalesForce</strong></p><ul><li>Fix the appearance of not being logged in when a user uses Salesforce Social Connect. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/internal/pull/1949" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">internal#1949</a></li></ul><p><strong>API v2</strong></p><ul><li>Fix fatal error when viewing a BBCode post with an attachment via API v2. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/pull/9222" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla#9222</a></li><li>Fix CSS class being a required field in Ranks API responses. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/internal/pull/1944" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">internal#1944</a></li></ul><p><strong>SSO</strong></p><ul><li>Fix user availability search not working on connect registration. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/pull/9207" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla#9207</a></li></ul><p><strong>Groups</strong></p><ul><li>Fix viewing public group discussion as a guest throwing Discussions.Add error. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/internal/pull/1942" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">internal#1942</a></li></ul><p><strong>Other bug fixes</strong></p><ul><li>Fix plain text emails rendering with HTML tags.<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/pull/9204" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> vanilla#9204</a></li><li>Fix users able to post URLs when rank does not allow. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/internal/pull/1943" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">internal#1943</a></li><li>Fix inability to use mentions when behind Reverse Proxy. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/internal/pull/1950" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">internal#1950</a></li></ul><h2 data-id="developer-notes">Developer Notes</h2><p>Starting in this release PHP <code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">E_WARNING</code> and <code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">E_USER_WARNING</code> messages are being sent to logs init addition to errors. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla/pull/9201" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla#9201</a></p><p>This may cause additional content to be written to web server logs, please file issues for warnings that may appear.</p> </article> </main>