We will be releasing our new software on Friday July 20th. Downtime Required 4 hours, 10pm to 2am Eastern Time.
Features
Multilingual Navigation and Content (Optional Module)
All user-entered content to support multiple language entry
Set up which languages a community supports in the control panel
On-the-fly comment translation
Personal Language
Allow user to set personal language preference in their profile
Archiving
Setup an archiving schedule per object type
Channel can overwrite the schedule
Recently archived items can be tracked from the control panel
Individual objects can be set up to Never Archive, Archive On Date, or follow the default schedule
Ability to Archive Now
Archiving an object removes it from the search results by default (archives can still be searched if explicitly requested)
Multiple Corporate-Level Wikis and Calendars
New channels can be created via Site Manager
Ability to move events and wiki pages from one channel to another
Aggregate pages will have to be manually built with widgets for now (just like in Spaces)
Uploading Large Files (up to 2GB)
Resumable upload
Summary of incomplete uploads per user (in the userbar)
"Add Content" Ad-Hoc Action
New "ad-hoc" action in the userbar to add content:
Add Blog Article
Add Calendar Event
Add Document
Add Forum Topic
Add Page
Add Space
Add Wiki Article
Improved Notification Emails
Normalized look and feel - ready to be branded
Revised content and action items
Folder Download
Users can now download an entire folder as a zip file with a single click.
Widgets
List of Resources Widget
Custom sorted list of links
Intellisense aid to help find a community resource
File Uploader
Redesigned uploader experience
Including the versions interface
Supports files up to 2GB in size
The cap which is controlled via SAP is still obeyed
Uses HTML5 so flash is not required
Browsers that do no support HTML5 (like IE8) fallback to the flash-powered uploader
Improvements
HTML: Nested lists no longer display blank line between content
Manage Labels: New control panel section dedicated to setting up labels (which before could only be accessed through the popup for selecting labels)
The popup for selecting labels can now be refresh without losing changes on the page (after going off to the control panel and adding a label)
Site Map Widget: You now have the option to "Show Hidden" navigation items
Polls Widget: Space Administrators can now manage polls
Site Manager: New way to add pages and channels in the control panel
Localization (First day of week): We now allow administrators to set what day should be displayed as the first day of the week
This setting can be found on a hidden page along with Time Zone: /admin/settings/localization
Login Notifications: The popups a user sees when they initially login have been redesigned to be less obtrusive
Post via Email: Emails sent to email enabled forums/blogs that contain embedded images will now be processed and properly embed it in the content
Issues Addressed
Broadcast: Space Member not able to broadcast
Microblogs: When adding multiple hashtags we now properly add all of them
Commenting on a microblog tagged exclusively to a personal channel no longer throws permissions errors.
Embedded Videos: Changed the way YouTube videos are embedded in TinyMCE
Note
Reporting (Business Intelligence): This feature has been delayed until early August so we can verify the data and ensure it is working correctly before release.
Display reports/statistics about community/spaces/users from the control panel
Thanks for the information. Just to clarify - the Reporting feature that has been delayed until early August - is this the improved User Administration? You mentioned a month or so ago that there would be improved user admin in the next release. Just want to confirm that's what this is referring to. Thanks.
Can you tell me how to modify the notification emails? They look very nice, but the improvements list say they're "ready to be branded" and I'd like to be able to make some additional modifications. Thanks!
When it says ready to be branded, what our marketing team actually means is this is step one for allowing users to brand their notification emails. The rest should be available by the end of the year.
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Thanks for the update!
Thanks for the information. Just to clarify - the Reporting feature that has been delayed until early August - is this the improved User Administration? You mentioned a month or so ago that there would be improved user admin in the next release. Just want to confirm that's what this is referring to. Thanks.
Hello Catherine,
Yes reporting allows for better monitoring of users and activity.
Lots of good stuff. Can't wait.
Can you tell me how to modify the notification emails? They look very nice, but the improvements list say they're "ready to be branded" and I'd like to be able to make some additional modifications. Thanks!
I would like to know how to brand the emails as well.
Hello Everyone,
When it says ready to be branded, what our marketing team actually means is this is step one for allowing users to brand their notification emails. The rest should be available by the end of the year.
Sorry for the disappointment.
Bryan
OK, thanks Bryan. Looking forward to when that will be available.
In the meantime though, the new format you guys put in place looks really nice, so thanks for that.
Bryan,
Does multilingual navigation mean that we could also edit system terminology, e.g. Community, Briefcase, Wiki?
No, All system items we have had translated by a 3rd party. Content allows for custom tranlations only.
Sorry