Changelog - May 2023

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000094231-changelog-may-2023

New Features:

• We added the ability to update the "Join Date" of members from the Search Members page in the Admin. To use this new feature, navigate to the Admin >> My Members >> Search Members >> Actions >> Quick Edit >> Account Details tab. 
  
  
• We created two new widgets called "Bootstrap Theme - Homepage Search - Extra Code Above" and "Bootstrap Theme - Homepage Search - Extra Code Below" in order to easily add content above and below of the homepage search module without customizing important widgets.
  
  
• We released a new version of the Brilliant Directories Zapier App. This version includes some minor fixes for the create, update, and delete actions of member posts.
  
  
• We released the ChatGPT Content Creator Add-On. Please click here for more information.
  
  
• We released a new version of the Brilliant Directories Zapier App. This version add the ability to auto-import post images when creating or updating member posts using the app.
  
  
• We updated the Easy Coupon Codes Add-On in order to work with one-time purchases like Digital Products, Leads, and Pay Per Posts. To use this new feature navigate to the Admin >> Finance >> Coupon Codes >> New/Edit Coupon Code.

Enhancements / Fixes:

• We fixed an issue which was preventing the currency symbol from displaying correctly in the Job Recent Streaming widget in some cases.
  
  Widget Involved:
  
  Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Jobs
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the "RSS Feed for Posts" Add-On from working properly when one of the post categories contains a special character in some cases.
  
  
• We updated the logic of the "Member Profile Analytics" Add-On in order to support the SMS link protocol.
  
  
• The "Redirect to External Payment Gateway" text used when completing a signup or upgrade action is now a Text Label.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the Web Page Builder in the Admin from working properly when saving embedded links in the content of the page in some cases.
  
  
• We implemented an update in order to correctly validate the "Sqft:" form field when creating or updating a Property Post Type in the Admin.
  
  
• We updated the logic of the Member Reviews page in the Admin in order to make the %filename% email variable available to the email template sent after an Admin updates the status of a member review to "Accepted".
  
  
• We added a new field to the Create New Ticket page called "What is This Regarding?". When selecting a value for this field, the ticket will be routed to the proper department.
  
  
• The Sidebar Member Profile Lead Form is now compatible with the "Disable Member Sending Messages to Themselves" Advanced Setting.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing member images from being deleted properly from the Member Image page in the Admin. Also, we implemented an performance update in order to reduce the load time of the Member Image page.
  
  
• We updated the Member Profile Analytics Add-On in order to make the Member Profile Statistics view in the Member Dashboard more compatible with mobile devices.
  
  
• We updated the Recent and Featured Members homepage widgets in order to display the correct text label for Top or Sub Categories, depending on which is being displayed.
  
  
• We fixed an issue with the Recent Review widget which was slowing down the loading of the homepage when the "Limit One Review Per Member" Recent Review Setting was active.
  
  
• We updated the display of the Manage Leads page in the Member Dashboard to hide Name and Location data of leads that have not yet been "accepted" if the corresponding field has the "Lead Previews" Display Setting set to "Off" in the "Website - Lead Form - Get Matched" form.
  
  
• We updated the layout of all Date Range Picker search fields in the Admin.
  
  
• We updated the text of the success message modal after a user purchases a Digital Product on the frontend of the site.
  
  
• We added placeholder text to the Post Categories dropdown field when editing member posts in the Member Dashboard.
  
  
• We added the ability to display an icon for verified members on the Search Members page in the Admin.
  
  
• We added the ability to display the Internal Admin Notes for members when visiting the Member Account Details page in the Admin.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing data to be assigned to the proper default field when importing members via CSV file in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue with the "RSS Feed for Posts" Add-On which was preventing XML Parsers from correctly reading the <media> tag value for images from the RSS feed in some cases.
  
  
• We added the ability to search by Sub-Sub Level Categories when using the search filter module on the Search Members page in the Admin.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the Start Date option in the "Order Results By" Post Type setting from working properly on the event search result page when the site has enabled the Auto-Recurring Events Add-On in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the "Complete Profile Fields" Advanced Setting from working properly when using the "service" variable. This caused the system to return inaccurate results on member search results page in some cases.
  
  
• We updated the Domain Manager page in the Admin to display an error message when the domain is pointed to the BD servers via an incorrect A Record.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from displaying the date picker selection fields on pages in the Admin in some cases.
  
  
• We updated the validation logic when saving forms in the Form Manager in the Admin to display an alert if the Database Variable of one of the fields has a value longer than 50 characters.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from showing Event Post Type results on member profile pages when the "Display Expired Posts in Search Results" Post Type Setting was active and the site had not enabled the Auto-Recurring Event Add-On.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing Single Image Post Type search results pages from returning accurate results when using the location search filter in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing members from logging into their account from the member profile /connect page when the Private Member Chat Add-On was active in some cases.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing users from selecting a Top Level Category when using the Top Sub Sub-Sub Category Search Module widget on the frontend in some cases.
  
  
• We added the ability to choose "Member Reviews" as a "Linked Post Type" when creating a new "Post Search Results" page using the Web Page Builder in the Admin.
  
  
• We fixed an issue with the One-Click Social Media Add-Ons which was preventing sites from creating new members when a member with the same email address already existed on the site.
  
  
• We updated the "Enable Lazy Load Images" Advanced Setting in order to always load the images of the first 4 members on search results pages immediately. This will help to remove the initial "flash" of the top search result images while maintaining high scores on 3rd party tools like GTMetrix and Google PageSpeed Insights.
  
  
• We added the ability to support apostrophes in the Post Categories field when editing Post Types in the Admin.
  
  
• We added support for lead email variables when sending manual emails to members using the "Email Submitter" modal on the Manage Leads page in the Admin.
  
  
• We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from saving content in the Froala WYSIWYGs used on the Membership Plans settings page in the Admin in some cases.
  
  
• We updated the RSS Feed for Posts Add-On to include the start date and time of events when available in RSS feeds for Event Post Types.
  
  
• We fixed an issue with the "Display Order" setting for Reviews which was causing the "Newest Reviews First" and "Newest Reviews Last" options to work in reverse.
  
  
• We implemented several fixes to the Post Images tab on the Member Images page in the Admin.
  
  
• The Profile Photo tab in the Member Dashboard is now compatible with Webhooks.
  
  
• We  added the ability to copy the signup link from the "Actions" dropdown on the Membership Plan settings page in the Admin.
  
  
• In all, over 60 feature enhancements and software updates were released this month.