Changelog - October 2018

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000093681-changelog-october-2018

New Features:

• Now sites that use an external payment gateway (PayPal Standard, Payfast, 2Checkout) can give members the option to signup with the One-Click Social Login Add-On.
  
  
• Admins now have the ability to independently install an SSL certificate through the Admin of their site once they have purchased the Add-On.
  
  
• We created a new setting which will Enable/Disable the Auto-Recurring Events Add-On. In order to use this new setting, navigate to  Admin >> Content>>Edit Post Settings >> Events >>Edit >> General Settings tab.
  
  
• We made an update to the Reviews Module in the Member Dashboard Area.  We added the ability to hide/show the Member Rating Options to the member review form, and each individual Rating Option can now be hidden by deleting the content of the corresponding Text label.
  
  
• The Member Results Sorting Options widget is now fully based on Text Labels.
  
  
• We released a major update to the Form Manager System.  These updates will help prevent a website owner from accidentally creating unnecessary custom copies of forms, which will help ensure all websites are using the most up-to-date forms at all times. For more information click here.
  
  
• We added the Ghana Cedi as a supported currency.
  
  
• We created two new Product Level settings: the Pre-Select Top-Level Category and Listing Type settings. These settings will allow Admins to Pre-select a Top-Level category and Listing Type that will be automatically applied to a member when they sign up.
  
  
• All of the text in the Claim Listing Offer widget is now fully based on Text Labels. New labels: create_non_claim_label, select_option_claim_listing,dont_claim_label.
  
  
• All of the text in the Title Signup Free Form widget is now fully based on Text Labels. New labels: or_enter_email_create_pw, enter_email_and_pw.
  
  
• We updated the General Settings >> Integrations tab to require the website be connected to a live domain before completing the integration steps.  This will help prevent user errors when setting up integrations for their site and provides a smoother workflow for launching a new site.
  
  
• We added the ability to check and run Software Updates from the Dashboard page on the Admin Area.  With this update, Admins now have the ability to automatically install updates that are required to be run on a per-site basis.  This includes updates to the structure of a site's database, updating fields in custom forms, and deactivating custom widgets that would prevent an update from being fully applied.
  
  
• We updated the layout of the Required First Steps area on the Admin Dashboard.  This update is intended to better highlight the pending steps that are required to fully launch a new site.
  
  
• We released the Pay Per Post Add-On. Click here for more information.
  
  
• We added a new field to the Contact Details form in the Member Dashboard section called "Short Description".  This field allows Members to add a brief description that will be display on the Member Search Results page.  This will replace the display of Sub Level Categories on member search results, which improves the performance of the site.  
  
  
• We updated the Search Member Keywords Add-On to add the same functionality to Post searches.  An Admin can now select the search depth on a per- feature basis.  To change this setting for a Post Type, navigate to Admin >> Content >> Edit Post Settings >> Edit >> Search Results Design Tab. The "Post Keyword Search Options" setting is found on this page.
  
  
• We added an item to the to the Admin Menu >> Dashboard menu section that links to the "Manage Add-Ons" page. 

Enhancements / Fixes:

• We fixed an issue which was affecting the URLs of countries.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the setting to hide/show a Member's Specialties on the Featured Member and Recent Members widget from working properly.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing the Member Search Module to not include all results within the specified radius around a searched location in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue that was preventing the Admin Sidebar from appearing after clicking "Visit Website" from the Admin area.
  
  
• We applied a UI update to the Member Categories page in the Admin area and subsequently fixed some small issues related to the update.
  
  
• We applied a Security Update to the Save Form widget.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to display Text Labels with apostrophes on /checkout pages.
  
  
• We updated the success page after an Admin creates a new subscription for a member from the Admin area. 
  
  
• We applied a Security Update to the Edit Post Settings page in the Admin Area.
  
  
• We fixed some issues with the saving of Sub Level Categories on the Member Categories page in the Admin area.
  
  
• We add language localization to the Google Maps used in the Admin Area.
  
  
• We optimized the code of the Recent Coupons and Recent Jobs widgets used on the homepage.
  
  
• Now the emails submitted through the Coming Soon and Contact Us forms are automatically registered as Contacts in the Admin area.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing incorrect search results from displaying in some cases when searching for lead matches in the Admin area.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was was causing an incorrect Product to show for invoices on the Transaction History page in the Admin Area in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing the Refund Payment button to not work properly on the Transaction History page in the Admin Area in some cases.
  
  
• We updated the UI of the Edit Web Pages and SEO Templates pages in the Admin Area.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was showing all of the results from the state a city is in rather just the results from the city when viewing a /state/city "Pretty URL" search results page.
  
  
• We removed the deprecated Lead Match Delivery and the Maximum Lead Matches buttons from the Configuration Tab on the General Settings page in the Admin Area.
  
  
• Now the End Subscription button on the Transaction History page will only appear when the Invoice is linked to an active Subscription.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing the Start Date field form validation to not work properly after a member deletes its value and tries to re-enter it.
  
  
• We fixed an issuue that was causing breadcrumb links on profile contact pages to not work correctly in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing the Export Member Data Add-On to not work properly on some versions of the Safari web browser.
  
  
• We updated the Admin Froala WYSIWYG in order to allow text to wrap around images when they are floated to the left or right of the page.
  
  
• We updated the Widget Code Difference Checker functionality in order to not render widgets that are called within other widgets.
  
  
• We added the language parameter to all Google Maps API calls in the Admin Area.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was affecting the member login functionality when a Site Admin uses single quotes in the Text Labels used on the login page.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing the Signup Form to not display when at least one of the One-Click Social Login Add-On options was setting correctly on the site.
  
  
• We updated the display of the details pages of album posts so that posts that have just one image in the album will not show a thumbnail of the image below the large version of the image.
  
  
• We combined the Status and Invoice ID columns on the Transaction History page in the Admin Area in order to save space and simplify the UI.
  
  
• We updated the Recent Blog Articles with Sidebar widget in order to sort the results using the "Date Published" field instead of the "Date Created" field.
  
  
• We added the Billing Cycle and the Easy Coupon Codes dropdown as new search criteria options on the Transaction History page in the Admin Area. Note: The Easy Coupon Codes dropdown will be available only when the Add-On is active on the Site.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was affecting the action to display the New Zealand map on Demo Sites.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was causing the Need Help button to not work properly in the Admin Area on some pages.
  
  
• We made a small aesthetic update to the Recent Member widget used on the Homepage to better handle the display of very long category names.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was affecting the Social Media Sharing details for the Sub-Categories SEO Template in some cases.
  
  
• We added support for Special Characters in Review URLs. Now the system will automatically encode/decode the URLs of the Review Search Result pages and Reviews on Profile pages.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was affecting the normal behavior of the Insta-Load Search Results Add-On when Site Members have an apostrophe in their names.
  
  
• We updated the Front-End Froala WYSIWYG in order to allow text to wrap around images when they are floated to the left or right of the page.
  
  
• We removed the "View Page" link from the Actions Dropdown on the SEO Template page in the Admin Area, as this link does not apply for SEO Templates.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was affecting the normal behavior of the Member Review Module when a site is using the Default Review Form.
  
  
• We improved the validation messages displayed when using the Edit Web Pages area of the Admin when saving a page.
  
  
• We added validation to the "Enter URL" fields in the Menu Manager to reduce user errors and provide additional security.
  
  
• We updated the "Fetch from SEO Template" link to support special characters in the member's profile URL when using the "Quick Edit" feature for a member in the Admin.
  
  
• We added the ability to install the SSL Security Add-On from the General Settings page in the Admin area.
  
  
• We made some small updates to the UI of the Form Manager to improve the user experience.
  
  
• Now the "Select Form To Use" field on the Edit Post Setting page on the Admin Area will only show the forms that have the word "Feature" in the name of the form to reduce potential user error.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing members from deleting Posts when the Pay Per Post Add-On is active.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing members from purchasing Leads or additional Posts (using the new Pay Per Post Add-On) in some cases.
  
  
• The issue that was affecting the ability to set a Member Post as published when the Pay Per Post Add-On is active have been fixed.
  
  
• We updated the filename generator to automatically find instances where more than one dash would be used in a filename and replace them with a single dash.
  
  
• We fixed an issue with the Media Manager which was preventing the selection of lazy-loaded images in some cases.
  
  
• In all, over 100 feature enhancements and software updates were released this month.