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January 2020 – Monthly Changelog

New Features:

  • We updated the aesthetics of the Form Manager page in the Admin.
  • We updated the Member Profile Badges to be compatible with Text Labels.
  • We updated the layout of the “upload photos” tab to show the name of the post when a member makes a multi-image post in their Member Dashboard.
  • We updated the layout of the “View Posts” page for each post type in the Member Dashboard.
  • We updated the “View Video Posts” page the Member Dashboard to show the video’s thumbnail instead of showing the full video.
  • We released a new Audio Streaming homepage widget. In order to use this new feature, navigate to the Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> Homepage Layout >> Homepage Section Order.
  • We added an alt attribute to the images displayed on the “Details Page” of Photo Album posts.
  • We updated the menu at the top of the Admin to display the email of the Admin Account currently logged in when clicking on the “My Account” menu item.
  • We enhanced the logic of the “Member Profile Analytics” Add-On in order to show the number of “Views” per post for single and multi-image posts.
  • We made some small updates to the design of the Menu Manager and Form Manager pages in the Admin.
  • We updated the Profile Photo tab in the Member Dashboard to show a modal popup when uploading a Profile Photo, Logo, or Cover photo in order to make the process more intuitive.
  • The Froala placeholder “Type something” is now fully compatible with Text Labels.
  • We added the ability to search for a member’s Sub-Accounts on the “Search Members” page in the Admin. To do so, search for the parent member’s ID using this format: #1 (for the member with ID number 1).
  • Now when “Enable Chat Messages” is set to “No” in the Membership Plan settings, the members in this plan will no longer see the “Chat Messages” item in their Member Dashboard, even if they had previously sent and received Chat Messages.
  • We updated the “Parent Account” information on the Search Members page in the Admin to be a link to make information about the “Parent Account” of a member more accessible.
  • We added the ability to export Form Inquiries records in the Admin This feature is available for all sites that have the Export Member Data Add-On active. In order to use this new feature, navigate to the Admin >> Emails >> Form Inquiries page.
  • The “Listing – Write a Review” form is now fully compatible with Text Labels.
  • We updated the layout when publishing the first post of a give type in the Member Dashboard. Now a new note will display when adding the first post. New text label:publish_your_first.
  • Breadcrumbs are now editable for member search results SEO Templates (Admin >> Content >> SEO Templates).
  • We updated the layout of the “Upload Photos” page when a member creates or edits a multi-image post in the Member Dashboard. New Text label: choose_image_label.
  • We added the ability to edit the display order of members in the “Feature Members on Homepage” Add-On. In order to use this new setting, navigate to the Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> Homepage Layout tab >> Homepage Section Order Options for the Featured Members module.
  • We added the ability to select the background colors of the “Featured Blog Article Slider” Add-On from the Design Settings page in the Admin. To use these new settings, navigate to the Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> Homepage Layout tab >> Homepage Section Order Options for the Featured Blog Article Slider.
  • We updated the Details Page of multi-image posts to loop back to the first image when clicking the Right Arrow on the final image of the post.
  • We added a “Copy Shortcode” option when editing individual items on the Widget Manager, Menu Manager, and Form Manager pages in the Admin.
  • We added the Events Calendar as a new Homepage Section option in the Design Settings. Admin >> Settings >> Design Settings >> Homepage Layout tab >> Homepage Section Order.


Enhancements / Fixes:

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from displaying the Predictive Keyword Search Add-On dropdown on keyword search fields on the homepage to members whom are logged in to their account.
  • We updated the Member CSV Import Tool in order to support a country_namevalue being imported without a country_code value also being specified.
  • We made the Sub Category Only, Sub Category + Location, and Sub Sub Category + Location search module widgets available when selecting a Sidebar Search Module for a Post Type on the the Edit Post Setting page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Verify Listing link in the Member Dashboard to submit empty copies of the Verify Listing form in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to search by keyword on the SEO Templates page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue that was causing an error when exporting members from the Admin after searching for members by Top and Sub Level Category.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Design Settings selected in the Admin from loading properly on member profile pages in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue that was preventing users from searching for posts by country in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to expand the Post Location Map modal on member profile pages in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue that was preventing the Member Profile Analytics Add-On from logging the “Search Results Phone” clicks in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from saving the Edit Post Settings page when the Post Categories field was not present on the page.
  • We changed the name of the “Google Maps Language” setting to “Default Website Language” on the General Settings page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from saving the homepage content when editing the Homepage static page in the Admin in some cases.
  • We added a link to edit the Homepage static page when the “Custom Homepage Content” option is selected in the “Homepage Section Order” portion of the Design Settings page in the Admin.
  • We updated the logic of the “Export Member Data” Add-On in order to support export files with more than 300.000 member export records.
  • We moved the “Admin Roles” menu item from the Admin Sidebar Menu to the Admin Accounts page next to the “New Admin Account” button.
  • We updated the Menu Manager page in the Admin in order to display all child items when the page first loads.
  • We updated the Form Manager page in order to only show the “Options” field when the Field Type has been set as a Checkbox, Radio or Dropdown field.
  • We implemented a security update in order to prevent SQL injections on search results pages.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Contact Us Form to show a connection error when submitting the form in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue with the 301 Redirect module which was causing the site to become unresponsive for a moment when updating the 301 redirects in some cases.
  • We updated the logic of the Text Labels page in the Admin to display previously hidden Text Labels.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the “X” button from displaying correctly in location and keyword search fields in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to save the “About” form when using the Froala Editor “Code View” feature in some cases.
  • We added a link to a free online image cropping tool on the General Settings >> Brand Images tab of the Admin for site owners that want an easy way to crop their images before uploading them here.
  • We added the “None Selected” dropdown option for the “Dashboard Header Custom HTML” and “Dashboard Footer Custom HTML” Membership Plan settings.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing Brand Images to appear as broken after updating a site’s domain in some cases.
  • We added an extra confirmation modal when executing bulk actions on the Widget Manager page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing post search results pages to return inaccurate results after performing a location search for a country in some cases.
  • We removed the “Admin Only” checkbox from the “One Time Setup Fee” field when editing the Membership Plan settings in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the style of the “Upload Photo” button when a member clones a Post.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Stripe Payment Gateway to charge an incorrect amount when a member upgrades using a Promo Code.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Properties Search Module from displaying the “Property Type” search field in some cases.
  • We updated the Design Settings area of the Admin to only show the “Member Search Results Layout”, “Post Search Results Layout” and “Favorites” settings when the relevant Add-Ons are activated for a site.
  • We updated the Search Members page in the Admin to speed up the page load time.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the “Rotate Image” functionality for multi-image post types from working correctly on Apple devices.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Breadcrumb links on Review details pages to return a 404 error in some cases.
  • We updated the Form Manager in the Admin so a user who creates a new form is redirected immediately to edit the newly created form.
  • We updated the Properties Search Module and the fields in the Get Matched form to make them more uniformly controlled by the Form Manager.
  • We fixed an issue with the Google Maps Location field when editing a post that was preventing the selected location from automatically populating the “Location” field for the post.
  • We fixed an issue with the Form Manager which was allowing a custom copy of a Default Form to be created without any changes being made to the form.
  • We updated the Member Images page in the Admin in order to speed up the page load time.
  • We updated the Category fields on the Search Members page in the Admin in order to keep the selected values after performing a search.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the system from saving the “Menu CSS Class” field when creating a new Menu in the Admin in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Sub-Sub Category Dynamic Filter widget to not work as expected in some cases.
  • We removed the “Sales History” link from the Digital Products section in the Member Dashboard Area. The Sales History is now a tab when viewing or creating a new Digital Product.
  • We updated the post links in the Member Account Sidebar in order to not toggle expand an accordion with additional options when clicked, but instead redirects the user directly to view their posts of that type when clicked.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the Member Photo Upload module in the Member Dashboard to stretch images uploaded as the Profile Cover Photo in some cases.
  • We moved the Profile Statistics menu option from the “Manage Listing” section of the Sidebar Menu in the Member Dashboard to be its own menu item.
  • We implemented a security update in order to prevent SQL injections on search results pages.
  • We updated the HTACCESS File editor in the Admin.
  • We updated the design of the Profile Photo Upload modals in the Member Dashboard.
  • We improved the logic when saving the Design Settings page in order to prevent extraneous data from being saved in the database. If the website_design_settings table contains any extraneous data, it can be removed automatically by running the “Design Settings 2.0” update from the “Install New Updates” section of the Admin Dashboard.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing a conflict when displaying the breadcrumbs on a Post Search Results page when the Post Type has the same name as the “Profession Name” entered on the General Settings page in the Admin.
  • We updated the text of the “Membership Level tags to include” section when creating a newsletter to “Membership Plan tags to include”.
  • We improved the logic of how edited Text Labels are saved in the Admin. Now changes made on multiple pages of Text Labels can be saved all at once.
  • We updated the Lead Settings page in the Admin to prevent a Membership Plan from being selected for multiple different Actions.
  • We improved the load speed of the Transaction History page in the Admin.
  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to show an error message when filtering for a keyword that returns no results on the Reviews page in the Member Dashboard.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Google Location field on the Lead Form from respecting the “Location Fields Required” lead setting in some cases.
  • We fixed an issue which was preventing users from changing the display order of images for multi-image post photos on mobile devices.
  • We fixed an issue that was preventing submissions of the “Listing – Verify Account” form from displaying properly on the Form Inquiries page in the Admin in some cases.
  • In all, over 120 feature enhancements and software updates were released this month.

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