Release 2020.021 - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="schedule">Schedule</h2><p>Release 2020.021 will be released:</p><ul><li>To staging sites, Tuesday, October 20th</li><li>To production sites, Monday, October 26th</li><li>To Enterprise clients, Monday, November 2nd</li></ul><h2 data-id="featured-categories-widget">Featured Categories Widget</h2><p>This release introduces our new Featured Categories Widget. This is a theme component that can be leveraged to highlight specific categories on your community's homepage.</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/SQ1FEIZ8YY4U/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-3-57-26-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/SQ1FEIZ8YY4U/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-3-57-26-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 3.57.26 PM.png" height="1282" width="2878" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3 data-id="how-do-i-enable-the-featured-categories-widget"><strong>How do I enable the Featured Categories Widget?</strong></h3><p><strong>Foundation Themes:</strong></p><p>If you are using our new Foundation theme, the widget is enabled by default, all you need to do is go into your Category settings and enable the new Featured Category 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/Q28PBOE5EL9F/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-3-54-15-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Q28PBOE5EL9F/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-3-54-15-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 3.54.15 PM.png" height="494" width="2078" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>Once you categories are featured, they will appear at the top of your Categories and Recent Discussions pages. If you are using Best Of as your homepage, your Featured Categories will also appear here. </p><p><strong>Legacy Themes:</strong></p><p>Some of you may have themes built on one of our legacy themes like Keystone, Bootstrap3, Deflector etc. If you are using one of these themes, you can add the widget into your theme's HTML. </p><p>Instructions on how to do this to come.</p><p><strong>Custom Themes:</strong></p><p>Some of you have custom themes built by built by Vanilla as a professional service, or maybe you're an Enterprise client with an in-house development team maintaining a file-based theme. This widget can be added to your theme as a service, or with the help of your dev team. </p><h3 data-id="how-do-i-customize-the-look-and-feel-of-the-featured-categories-widget">How do I customize the look and feel of the Featured Categories widget?</h3><p>Our new theme editor is now equipped with configurations to easily update the look and feel of the new widget. Here you will see a list of theme settings that you can configure to your liking. This gives you flexibility to apply any combination of these style variations as needed and with no coding required. </p><p><br></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/JYTG2VR5MQW5/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-4-17-59-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/JYTG2VR5MQW5/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-4-17-59-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 4.17.59 PM.png" height="1640" width="2880" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><p>Here a just a few different examples of what can be achieved by mixing and matching our available configuration options.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/5022541/uploads/IZRFC5W7PIOK/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-4-59-53-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5022541/uploads/IZRFC5W7PIOK/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-4-59-53-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 4.59.53 PM.png" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/5022541/uploads/U75GWWHA69OC/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-5-03-16-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5022541/uploads/U75GWWHA69OC/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-5-03-16-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 5.03.16 PM.png" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/5022541/uploads/JPH5QOZ242JU/screen-shot-2020-10-14-at-6-43-29-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5022541/uploads/JPH5QOZ242JU/screen-shot-2020-10-14-at-6-43-29-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-14 at 6.43.29 PM.png" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OQI3K9CD64TA/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-5-04-27-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OQI3K9CD64TA/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-5-04-27-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 5.04.27 PM.png" height="458" width="2564" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="bug-fixes-improvements">Bug Fixes & Improvements</h2><ul><li>Fixed embeds on iOS Devices (iPads) - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/1939" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#1939</a></li><li>Fixed alignment issues with user cards are enabled<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2435" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> - support#2435</a></li><li>Fixed issue exposing group content on Unanswered & Best Of pages <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2728" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- support#2748</a></li><li>Fixed editor serving blank screen when restoring certain KB articles - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2748" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2748</a></li><li>Fixed the Group's invitation modal - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2781" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2781</a></li><li>Fixed broken fonts on the new search page for copied themes. <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/issues/985" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#985</a></li><li>Fixed broken default fonts in theme editor - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/issues/986" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla-cloud#986</a></li><li>Fixed various workflow issues with Group invitations and applications - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2764" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2764</a></li><li>Fixed scrolling issues with the notifications dropdown menu on desktop and mobile - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2629" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2629</a> </li><li>Fixed case sensitivity issues on Member search <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2828" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2828</a></li><li>Fix Notification Preferences checkboxes accessibility <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/issues/701" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla-cloud#701</a></li><li>Fix announcements following filter <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2907" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2907</a></li><li>Fix mobile pull-to-refresh <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2584" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2584</a></li><li>Fix groups icon upload <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2936" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2936</a></li><li>Fix Deflector theme group icon styles <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2958" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2958</a></li><li>Fix NewEventsModule HTML rendering <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2989" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2989</a></li><li>Fix sending approval notifications to users in Role Request <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2884" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2884</a></li><li>Fix analytics article event returning n/a <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2830" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2830</a></li><li>Fix user discussions sort <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2837" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2837</a></li><li>Fix user profile link with hub/node <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2861" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2861</a></li><li>Fix hosted tours user permission <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2857" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2857</a></li><li>Fix VanillaPop email confirmation missing button <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2769" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2769</a></li><li>Fix drafts pagination <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2885" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2885</a></li><li>Fix validating profile extender fields before saving <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2914" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2914</a></li><li>Fix subcommunity folder validation <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2909" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2909</a></li><li>Fix user unable to exit Custom Theme preview <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2805" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2805</a></li><li> Fix editing user profile permission <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2953" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2953</a></li><li>Fix profile thumbnail upload error <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2755" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2755</a></li><li>Fix discussions count <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2822" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2822</a></li><li>Fix registration messages not displaying on registerinvitation pages <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2869" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2869</a></li><li>Fix mebox notifications time display <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2893" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2893</a></li><li>Fix discussion tags duplication <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2903" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2903</a></li><li>Fix categories notifications description <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2947" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2947</a></li><li>Fix reactions removal moderation threshold <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2975" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2975</a></li><li>Fix canonical URL for Terms of Service <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2689" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2689</a></li></ul><p><br></p> </article> </main>