Release 2020.023 - Vanilla Success
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="schedule">Schedule</h2><p>Release 2020.023 will be released to:</p><ul><li>Staging sites on Tuesday, November 17th</li><li>Production sites on Monday, November 23rd</li><li>Enterprise sites on Monday, November 30th</li></ul><h2 data-id="warning%3A-update-to-featured-categories">Warning: Update to Featured Categories</h2><p>This release includes an update to our Featured Categories Widget. This is no longer on by default in Foundation themes. Do not worry, your widget settings & featured categories have been saved. </p><p>We wanted to give you more control over where Widgets are rendered, and so, this release introduces <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/357-release-2020-023#widgets-widget-management" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Widget Management through Pockets</a>, and allows you to configure and place widgets in your theme with Pockets.</p><p>To reenable your Featured Categories Widget:</p><ul><li>Go to the Pockets section of your Dashboard Settings</li><li>Add a new Pocket</li><li>In the "Content" tab, give your Pocket a Name</li><li>Select "Featured Categories" as your Pocket Type</li><li>You will have some additional options here to configure a title, subtitle or description for your widget, these are optional. </li><li>Once you've configured your Pocket content, go to the "Placement & Conditions" tab</li><li>Select the page on which you'd like to display your widget. </li><li>You'll have options to select the location on the page - to replicate what was previously our default location select "Content" and "Before" in your location settings. </li><li>Save your settings</li><li>Enable your new Pocket/Widget</li></ul><h2 data-id="theming%3A-navigation-menu-manager">Theming: Navigation Menu Manager</h2><p>Release 2020.023 includes an update to our Foundation theme and Theme Editor. With this release you can now fully customize your theme's navigation links. </p><p>In the Title Bar section of your Theme Editor you will find a "Navigation" section. Here you have the option to edit your navigation.</p><p>Our new modal allows you to:</p><ul><li>rename, delete or edit our default navigation links</li><li>add your own custom links to internal or external pages</li><li>create nested navigation menus</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/VQWDA0D7YQ46/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-7-03-54-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/VQWDA0D7YQ46/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-7-03-54-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 7.03.54 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <p>This will result in a completely custom navigation menu that looks beautiful on desktop, and is automatically updated to a Hamburger Menu for mobile</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/V2KNNJ9BNYU9/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-7-05-06-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/V2KNNJ9BNYU9/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-7-05-06-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 7.05.06 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Z2RJQSSTZ7BU/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-8-30-32-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Z2RJQSSTZ7BU/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-8-30-32-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 8.30.32 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="new-pockets-ui">New Pockets UI</h2><p>Our Pockets UI has been updated to offer a cleaner user experience and updated HTML editor. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/CUUEDLRKXYI1/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-8-46-19-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/CUUEDLRKXYI1/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-8-46-19-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 8.46.19 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="pocket-types">Pocket Types</h2><p>Pocket Types have been introduced to allow you to use the power of Pockets to add and configure Vanilla Widgets to your community pages. Read more on this <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/357-release-2020-023#widgets-widget-management" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">here</a>. </p><p>The Pockets you know and love can still be built and configured by choosing the "Custom HTML" type.</p><h2 data-id="pocket-locations%3A-home-site-home">Pocket Locations: Home & Site Home</h2><p>This release introduces 2 new pages to our supported pocket locations to allow you to place Pockets & Widgets on your homepages.</p><ul><li><strong>Site Home: </strong>This will allow those using a subcommunity set up to add pockets & widgets to the site's main page</li><li><strong>Home: </strong>This will add a pocket or widget to your configured homepage. If you are using subcommunities, you can use this to add pockets or widgets to each subcommunity's homepage, or it can be paired with the "Subcommunities" setting to target specific subcommunity homepage. Your homepage can be configured on the Layout page of your Dashboard settings. </li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/TQ23YKICNIOO/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-17-32-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/TQ23YKICNIOO/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-17-32-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 9.17.32 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="widgets-widget-management">Widgets & Widget Management</h2><p>Over the next several months we will be building out a catalogue of widgets for custom themes. Some of the widgets you may already be familiar with were previously known as "Modules." These are things like</p><ul><li>Leaderboards</li><li>Discussions lists</li><li>Featured Categories</li><li>Tag clouds</li><li>Upcoming Events</li><li>Who's online</li></ul><p>These are great for customizing your layouts and pulling dynamic content into a page. These could always be added to your community pages with the help of some add-ons, or with a bit of coding. </p><p>With this release we have brought these updates to our Pockets add-on to allow you to more easily add and configure our widgets to work within your custom themes.</p><h4 data-id="how-to-add-and-manage-widgets-with-pockets">How to add and manage Widgets with Pockets</h4><ul><li>Enable the Pockets add-on</li><li>On the Pockets page in the Dashboard Settings, add a new Pocket</li><li>In the Content tab, select the widget you'd like to add using the "Type" setting</li><li>Depending on the type selected, configuration options will appear to help you customize your widget settings.</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/X539Z6X36XGW/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-28-07-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/X539Z6X36XGW/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-28-07-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 9.28.07 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <ul><li>Next, Go the the "Placement and Conditions" tab to configure where, when and for whom the widget will load</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OR5LSIBBLMNQ/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-31-00-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OR5LSIBBLMNQ/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-31-00-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 9.31.00 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="available-widgets">Available Widgets</h2><p>This release comes with a first set of configurable widgets, including:</p><h4 data-id="event-lists">Event Lists</h4><p>Showcase your community events.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Y58YUKMAG8KM/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-45-16-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/Y58YUKMAG8KM/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-45-16-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 9.45.16 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h4 data-id="featured-categories">Featured Categories</h4><p>Promote key community categories.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/21S5L7KSMY3K/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/21S5L7KSMY3K/screen-shot-2020-10-15-at-5-04-27-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-15 at 5.04.27 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h4></h4><h4 data-id="leaderboard">Leaderboard</h4><p>Feature your top ranked community contributors</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/GLFZ6SI1YYVY/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-46-02-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/GLFZ6SI1YYVY/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-46-02-pm.png" alt="User: "Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 9.46.02 PM.png"" /> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p>We've also added a second leaderboard type to allow you to display this as a grid:<p><br></p></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/TGBG791X7NX4/screen-shot-2020-11-17-at-12-38-33-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/TGBG791X7NX4/screen-shot-2020-11-17-at-12-38-33-pm.png" alt="User: "Screen Shot 2020-11-17 at 12.38.33 PM.png"" /> </a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><h4 data-id="help-centre-home">Help Centre Home</h4><p>Integrate a KB Help Centre into a page.<p><br></p></p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/USZ3WRZB6PA8/screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-8-20-42-am.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/USZ3WRZB6PA8/screen-shot-2020-11-18-at-8-20-42-am.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-18 at 8.20.42 AM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <p><p><br></p></p><p><strong>Online Users</strong></p><p>See which users are currently active</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/185EY1LA61V1/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-10-00-54-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/185EY1LA61V1/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-10-00-54-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 10.00.54 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h4 data-id="subcommunities">Subcommunities</h4><p>Point users to your subcommunity homepages.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ZDPAY90QRIX1/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-57-35-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ZDPAY90QRIX1/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-9-57-35-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 9.57.35 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h4 data-id="tag-cloud">Tag Cloud</h4><p>Add a cloud of your most frequently used tags. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/IBW09FIBMDZC/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-10-01-51-pm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/IBW09FIBMDZC/screen-shot-2020-11-16-at-10-01-51-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-11-16 at 10.01.51 PM.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="-1"></h2><h2 data-id="bug-fixes-and-improvements">Bug Fixes and Improvements</h2><ul><li>Fix warnings not clearing by processing warnings on admin spoof login - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2942" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2942</a></li><li>Fix profileexports not returning all fields -<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3168" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> support#3168 </a></li><li>Fix analytics API bug requiring a group field, add option for "average" as an analytics type - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3053" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3053</a></li><li>Fix users wildcard search when using the api -<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3137" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> support#3137</a></li><li>Fix synchronize sub-communities when node does not have any sub-communities - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3130" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3130</a></li><li>Fix sorting subcommunity categories for dropdown menu - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3126" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3126</a></li><li>Fix broadcasting webhooks for Discussions and Comments that get moved out of the spam queue - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2950" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2950</a></li><li>Fix spam reaction not deleting post - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2979" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2979</a></li><li>Fix marking a record as not spam causing record deletion - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3103" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3103</a></li><li>Fix unanswered questions appearing in unanswered filter - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3086" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3086</a></li><li>Fix default error message for tags failing validation - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3099" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3099 </a></li><li>Fix exposing QuoteEmbed display options to the config - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2496" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2496</a></li><li>Fix Vanilla Forums account menus displaying for site admins - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/1351" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#1351</a></li><li>Fixed inability to remove products from sub community - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2397" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2397</a></li><li>Fixed image embeds - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2628" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2628</a></li><li>Fixed errors when searching special characters - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2994" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2994</a></li><li>Fixed Conversation icons & links appearing when Conversations is disabled - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3077" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3077</a></li><li>Fixed federated search filters not being respected - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2988" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2988</a></li><li>Fixed search label persistency - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/issues/127" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">vanilla-cloud#127</a></li><li>Removed “(Image)” placedholder text in discussion excerpts - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3017" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3017</a></li><li>Fixed errors when editing an event and removing the body/details - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3026" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3026</a></li><li>Fixed redirect to group [age when canceling a poll/question post in Social Groups. - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2980" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2980</a></li><li>Improved search errors and logging - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2879" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2879</a></li><li>Fixed articles not being listed on sitemap - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2908" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2908</a></li><li>Fixed Search Queries returning fatal error - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/2937" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#2937</a></li><li>Fixed Language chooser not available in footer for Foundation themes- <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/knowledge/issues/1787" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">knowledge#1787</a></li><li>Fix categories api should return children by default - <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/support/issues/3056" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">support#3056</a></li></ul><p><br></p> </article> </main>