July to Nov 2021
It’s been a while since I posted about what we’ve been working on behind the scenes. But work hasn’t stopped! Here’s a summary of the most important updates we’ve made to Restarters since June…
Updated environmental stats
After a 6-month project to find new environmental data, we updated the environmental calculations used to measure the impact of your events. This was a huge piece of work and has big implications for your group and event stats! In short, we…
- Updated all existing environmental data for powered devices
- Added environmental data data for 10 categories for the first time (including for unpowered items)
- Added 7 new product categories
- Changed the way we estimate the impact of repairing miscellaneous items
- Recalculated the impact stats for every event and group
New Features
- When creating a new event, you can now press a button to set the event location to your group’s location (instead of typing it out manually)
- When listing an online event, you can now add a link (e.g. to a registration page or Zoom call) and no longer need a physical address. This link will appear on your event page
General improvements
- We now show you a more useful and comprehensive selection of groups in your area on the dashboard and on the groups nearby page
- Group hosts: you can now see your events awaiting moderation
- When signing up to Restarters, you are now returned to where you were before (e.g. the Workbench or Talk)
Localisation
- We updated translations for French (BE) and Dutch (BE) - thanks to @Florine_Paquay and @Rosalie_Heens for your help!
Features for networks
- Networks can now choose whether or not they want to approve events before they appear live
- We’ve developed a prototype dashboard for network coordinators to monitor the number of events and groups in their network over time
Bug fixes
- If you RSVP to an event, you will now be able to edit that event’s devices again
- We exterminated a veritable ecosystem of 34 other bugs, big and small
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