Release 2022.008 - Vanilla Success
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="schedule">Schedule</h2><p>Release 2022.008 will be deployed:</p><ul><li>To staging sites: Tuesday, April 19th</li><li>To production sites: Monday, April 25th</li><li>To Enterprise client sites: Monday, May 2nd</li></ul><h2 data-id="analytics-tracking-for-search">Analytics Tracking for Search</h2><p>We have added a new data source for search terms. This allows you to create charts to see how many times the search has been used within a given time period, what terms are being searched most often within your community, which user roles may be using search most often, etc. </p><p>See the example below to get started.</p><p>We will be adding a new Search Dashboard very soon to show you how you can leverage your search analytics even further.</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/JDS4HDOEB06Q/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/JDS4HDOEB06Q/image.png" alt="image.png" height="545" width="429" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OURSBLQBW444/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OURSBLQBW444/image.png" alt="image.png" height="660" width="343" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><h2 data-id="snap-kit-log-in">Snap Kit Log In</h2><p>We have added a new SSO plugin that allows users to sign into your site using their Snap Chat account. Reach out to your CSM or Support if you would like to have this enabled.</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/BX67U4PXJK6V/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/BX67U4PXJK6V/image.png" alt="image.png" height="126" width="1028" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><h2 data-id="manage-user-sessions-via-api">Manage User Sessions via API</h2><p>We have made changes to how we manage user sessions and these can now be managed via API by querying our database. This will allow Admins to clear user session(s) to log a user out of the community using our API. </p><p>These API endpoints will allow you to GET all valid sessions, GET a user's sessions and DELETE a session.</p><p>*This is also available on our Hub/Node multi-site setups.</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/V031YDUAYWR9/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/V031YDUAYWR9/image.png" alt="image.png" height="242" width="1027" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h3></h3><h2 data-id="zapier-triggers">Zapier Triggers</h2><p>We will be adding 4 new Zapier triggers with our 2022.008 release. These will show on the <a href="https://zapier.com/apps/vanilla/integrations" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Zapier page</a> after Monday May 2nd. </p><h4 data-id="event-rsvp"><strong>Event RSVP</strong></h4><p>Setup a Zapier trigger to notify an external tool when a user RSVPs to an event. You will be able to specify whether you would like this to trigger on <strong>all</strong> RSVP responses or just to a single response type, ie Going.</p><h4 data-id="article-added-article-updated.-article-deleted"><strong>Article Added, Article Updated. Article Deleted</strong></h4><p>Setup a Zapier trigger to notify an external tool when an article has been added, updated and/or deleted. We will have individual triggers available for each of these.</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Instantly connect Vanilla Forums with the apps you use everyday. Vanilla Forums integrates with 4,000 other apps on Zapier - it's the easiest way to automate your work.","photoUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.zapier.com\/explore\/1deaf860\/_next\/static\/images\/social.png","url":"https:\/\/zapier.com\/apps\/vanilla\/integrations","embedType":"link","name":"Vanilla Forums Integrations | Connect Your Apps with Zapier"}"> <a href="https://zapier.com/apps/vanilla/integrations" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://zapier.com/apps/vanilla/integrations </a> </div><p><br></p><h2 data-id="improvements">Improvements</h2><ul><li>Layout Editor bugs<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4540" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4540</a></li><li>Adding JSON-LD metadata values to article widget data<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4534" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4534</a></li><li>Use formatUrl for subcommunity api calls.<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4531" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4531</a></li><li>Update the zap templates that display on our Zapier settings page<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4529" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4529</a></li><li>Events Widget preview<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4528" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4528</a></li><li>Articles Widget Preview<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4527" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4527</a></li><li>Add validation/error to Zendesk URL input<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4525" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4525</a></li><li>Optimize LegacyIPs update query <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4522" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4522</a></li><li>Add edit widget functionality <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4519" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4519</a></li><li>Added function to remove user PII from post via API<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4518" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4518</a></li><li>Add Layout Editor Leaderboard Widget Preview <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4511" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4511</a></li><li>Add layout editor preview for the discussions widget <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4510" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4510</a></li><li>Add search data stream and filters to analytics catalogue<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4509" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4509</a></li><li>Improve search page behaviour when changing search sources<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4508" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4508</a></li><li>Snap Chat: Add an add-on to allow admins to use Snap Kit Log in to SSO into the forum.<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4507" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4507</a></li><li>Add widget configuration/settings modal <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4501" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4501</a></li><li>Add user sessions APIv2 endpoints <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4499" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4499</a></li><li>Add TwoColumnSection support for secondary column on the left <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4483" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4483</a></li><li>Analytics tracking for search sources<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4492" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4492</a></li><li>Truncate tab labels in tabbed search results<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4498" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4498</a></li><li>Change action name for when status of article is changed<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4496" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4496</a></li><li>Add "subcommunity" as a valid recordType for Layouts <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4482" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4482</a></li><li>Split Idea status updates into its own Webhook event<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4470" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4470</a></li></ul><p><br></p><h2 data-id="bug-fixes">Bug Fixes</h2><ul><li>Fix dashboard build process<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4535" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4535</a></li><li>Fix widget settings modal footer height<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4530" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4530</a></li><li>Fix TwoColumnSection display secondaryColumn in LayoutOverview <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4521" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4521</a></li><li>Updating grammar in QnA settings modal<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4517" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4517</a></li><li>Fix keen backfiller not working due to incorrect timestamp type <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4513" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4513</a></li><li>Fix access to federated search settings from subcommunities<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4512" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4512</a></li></ul> </article> </main>