11/29/19 - Software Updates

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000065248-11-29-19-software-updates

We made updates to several Default Widgets this week. If you have customized any of these widgets and would like to update your customized widget, you can find the latest code in the corresponding Default Widget. Please remember that if you have a custom version of any of these widgets, our latest updates have not been pushed to your website.


  • We updated the name of "Products" in the Admin >> Finance tab to "Membership Plans".

  • The "Chat Messages" link in the Member Dashboard sidebar is now a Text Labels.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Account - Sidebar

  • We created a new Email Template that will be sent to the "Default Website Email" when the Verify Account form is submitted through the Member Dashboard.  Previously this email template was hard coded into the core files and not editable.

    New Email Template:

    verify_bussiness

  • We removed the "New" and "Beta" tags from a few areas on the Design Settings page in the Admin.

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the "X" button in keyword and location search fields to not display in some cases.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Footer - Scripts

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the "Hero Image" on static pages to not show in some cases.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Static Web Page

  • We fixed an issue that was affecting the ability to update the "Post Keyword Search Options" field for the "Listing" Post Type in the Admin.

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to auto-populate the location field in the "Get Matched" form with the location of the member instead of the user when viewing a member's profile page.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap - Contact Member Lead Map

  • We updated the logic of the Menu Builder page in the Admin to highlight the fields which have a validation error when the menu is saved.  

  • The Single-Line Text Input, Multi-Line Text Input, Website Address, Email Address and Phone Number fields are fully compatible with the new ready-only setting in the Form Manager.

  • We updated the location field in the "Get Matched" form in order to display the same Google Location Autosuggest options as the location field found on the Contact Details tab in the Member Dashboard.  This will allow users to choose specific addresses in additional to cities, states, countries, and zip / post codes.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap - Contact Member Lead Map

  • We updated the logic of the Recent Jobs widget in order to allow job posts to expire if the post has an expire date specified.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Jobs

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to mark the Listing Details tab in the Member Dashboard as "incomplete" even when a member has already completed all of the required fields in the Listing Details form.

  • We created a new Design Setting that allows an Admin to set the font color of the title for each of the homepage "Recent" widgets. In order to use this new feature, navigate to the Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> Homepage Layout tab >> Homepage Section Order Options.

    Widgets Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Articles
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Articles with Sidebar
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Blog Articles
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Blog Articles with Sidebar
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Classifieds
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Coupons
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Digital Products
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Events
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Jobs
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Members
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Photo Albums
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Products
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Properties
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Reviews
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Videos
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Sub Level Categories
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Top Categories

  • We fixed an issue which was causing preventing the system from returning results when searching for a "City + State" in post and member search features in some cases.

    Widgets Involved:

    Search - Group - Search Query
    Search - Member - Search Query
    Search - Post - Search Query

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing a sidebar from displaying on /checkout pages when the "One-Click Social Login" Add-On is activate on a site.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Email Action Create Paid

  • We updated the Private Member Chat Add-On in order to support emojis when sending chat messages.  We also added pagination when viewing chat messages in the Member Dashboard so members can see their entire chat history.

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to use the "Website Logo" when sending a Newsletter Campaign even when a different "Email Logo" was specified.

  • We fixed an issue with the linking of breadcrumbs on member profile pages if the name of the member's Main Category is the sames as the member's Country, State or City.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Function - Display Breadcrumbs

  • We updated the display of the Membership Plans page in the Admin.

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to add a "\" the the website's name when using the "Compose Email" feature in the Admin and the "Website Name" setting for the site contains an apostrophe .

  • We fixed an issue which caused the Member Image Import Tool in the Admin to show on error on servers running PHP 7.