Release 2022.012 - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="schedule">Schedule</h2><p>Release 2022.012 will be deployed:</p><ul><li>To staging sites: Tuesday, June 14th</li><li>To production sites: Tuesday, June 21st</li><li>To Enterprise client sites: Monday, June 27th</li></ul><h2 data-id="layout-editor-is-live!">Layout Editor is LIVE! <span class="safeEmoji nativeEmoji">🎉</span></h2><p>We have just released a brand new layout editor and widget configuration experience providing the ability to create custom community and subcommunity homepages using sections and widgets to build out the page.</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/ARMVHRL25JRZ/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ARMVHRL25JRZ/image.png" alt="image.png" height="891" width="880" 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/GVJLYR6SUKY6/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/GVJLYR6SUKY6/image.png" alt="image.png" height="648" width="745" 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/CRLO4ATSG4X0/image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/CRLO4ATSG4X0/image.png" alt="image.png" height="741" width="741" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p><h3 data-id="layout-editor-resources">Layout Editor Resources</h3><p>Check out our docs on how to starting using the new Layout Editor and OOTB widgets!</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"🛑 IMPORTANT: The new Layout Editor will be available on staging sites Tuesday, June 14. Until then, Layout Editor documentation is for educational purposes only. The Layout Editor is not enabled by default, and must be enabled manually via our Vanilla Labs feature. Let's learn how. Access the Dashboard. Navigate to…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/545-enable-the-layout-editor","embedType":"link","name":"Enable the Layout Editor - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/545-enable-the-layout-editor" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/545-enable-the-layout-editor </a> </div><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"🛑 IMPORTANT: The new Layout Editor will be available on staging sites Tuesday, June 14. Until then, Layout Editor documentation is for educational purposes only. 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Vanilla makes it easy for you to customize the layout of your…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/547-add-configure-custom-layout-widgets","embedType":"link","name":"Add & Configure Custom Layout Widgets - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/547-add-configure-custom-layout-widgets" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/547-add-configure-custom-layout-widgets </a> </div><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"🛑 IMPORTANT: The new Layout Editor will be available on staging sites Tuesday, June 14. Until then, Layout Editor documentation is for educational purposes only. You can use Layout Editor to add custom pages to your Higher Logic Vanilla (Vanilla) community. Vanilla makes it easy for you to customize the layout of your…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/548-layout-editor-widgets","embedType":"link","name":"Layout Editor Widgets - Vanilla Success"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/548-layout-editor-widgets" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/548-layout-editor-widgets </a> </div><p>Also checkout our <strong>Move to Foundation Support </strong>category in the community where you can ask questions to our team. </p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"A space to ask the community and Vanilla Support Team your Foundation related questions.","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/categories\/move-to-foundation-support","embedType":"link","name":"Move to Foundation Support"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/categories/move-to-foundation-support" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/categories/move-to-foundation-support </a> </div><p>You can also share your experience and give us feedback on Layout Editor in our <strong>Layout Editor BETA Feedback</strong> category.</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"Please provide any feedback that you have regarding our new Layout Editor available on Homepage(s).","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/VWGAXAF5OFCO\/microsoftteams-image.png","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/categories\/layout-editor-beta-feedback","embedType":"link","name":"Layout Editor BETA Feedback"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/categories/layout-editor-beta-feedback" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/categories/layout-editor-beta-feedback </a> </div><p><br></p><h2 data-id="improvements">Improvements</h2><ul><li>Prevent XSS in User card title field<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4712" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4712</a></li><li>Update layout editor lab copy<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4709" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4709</a></li><li>Filter out tags that don't have a tagged discussion in Tags Cloud widget<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4707" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4707</a></li><li>Update homepage default layout in json<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4706" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4706</a></li><li>Discussion variants demo feedback<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4704" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4704</a></li><li>Prepare banner widget for release<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4702" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4702</a></li><li>Fix user mentions not tracked for rich posts<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4699" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4699</a></li><li>Add date inserted and date updated for article data source<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4696" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4696</a></li><li>Fix New Post widget not translating <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4695" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4695</a></li><li>Add/Allow Discussions to be filtered by statusID or StatusState<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4694" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4694</a></li><li>Recalculate logic for hot/trending<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4692" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4692</a></li><li>Add discussion widget variants <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4691" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4691</a></li><li>Implement User PII removal for rich format content<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4690" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4690</a></li><li>Tabs Widget for Layout Editor<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4689" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4689</a></li><li>Feature/Add endpoint to anonymize all of a user's mentions<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4688" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4688</a></li><li>Make custom layout widgets load asynchronously<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4686" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4686</a></li><li>Fix notifications with default Notified status not included when marking all read<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4685" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4685</a></li><li>Fix lab being disabled on initial toggle<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4684" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4684</a></li><li>Remove layoutType column from layout table<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4678" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4678</a></li><li>Add unified discussion status when user changes discussion…<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4677" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4677</a></li><li>Improve Cron Job Scheduling <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4675" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4675</a></li><li>Add custom layouts labs toggle<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4673" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4673</a></li><li>Add trackable search events<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4672" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4672</a></li><li>Upgrade dependencies for a clean npm audit <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4670" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4670</a></li><li>New post widget demo feedback <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4669" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4669</a></li><li>Fix serialization error with filtered subcommunities<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4668" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4668</a></li><li>Fix-disable-path-disclosure<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4667" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4667</a></li><li>Fix custom layout bugs <a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4666" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4666</a></li><li>Feature/ adding expand "status" to discussions endpoints.<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4665" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4665</a></li><li>Hide inactive recordStatuses<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4658" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4658</a></li><li>Add pageview handler for keen<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4648" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4648</a></li></ul><h2 data-id="bug-fixes">Bug Fixes</h2><ul><li>Fix scrolling to quotes for rich editor - VNLA-1029<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4703" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4703</a></li><li>When Rank addon enabled always pass rank label if they exist<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4701" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4701</a></li><li>Move user mention indexing to dba counts endpoint<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4700" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4700</a></li><li>Add some legacy permission names to permissions<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4697" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4697</a> (backported to 2022.011)</li><li>Fix site nodes not spawning<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4683" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4683</a></li><li>Analytics missing categoryAncestor data kludge<a href="https://github.com/vanilla/vanilla-cloud/pull/4674" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">- vanilla-cloud#4674</a></li></ul><p><br></p> </article> </main>