Time really flies by…! Here are the highlights of what we’ve been up to behind the scenes since I last updated this topic
May to October 2022
New features
- We finished adding support for timezones! Now everyone will know exactly when your events start and end, no matter where you are in the world. Read all about it here.
- We upgraded the Wiki with a visual editor, which lets you edit pages without having to know any code! Why not give it a try? (we’re looking for help with our page on coffee makers, for example
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Improved data entry
- We have some ideas to make adding items from your events faster and more accurate. Learn what we’re proposing and let us know what you think
- You can now record items for an event as soon as the event is created. This lets you add items in advance if you ask visitors/participants to pre-register for your events.
- You can now upload photos of items when adding them to your event
Localisation
- The main menu on Talk can now appear in French (if that’s the language you’ve chosen)
- If you’re a group host, you can now view & edit your group’s time zone
- The main landing page is now available in French
Networks
- We’re delighted to welcome a new network to the site: Repair Café Hauts-de-France! They’re a network of around 120 groups in northern France
- Network coordinators can now remove people from groups in their network
Small improvements
- Clarified the labelling of the event RSVP button (thanks for flagging this @Bill_Phelps)
- Added arrows to the group actions and event actions menu buttons
Backend improvements
- We improved our disaster recovery infrastructure, which will allow us to get the site back up and running in case of, well, disaster.
- We’ve improved our API for connecting to other sites and our documentation for it
- We’ve expanded our automated testing systems to monitor whether things are working smoothly (and catch bugs)
Bug fixes
- We’ve fixed 29 bugs, great and small… for a full list, see our technical release notes at the link below.
Finally, if you’d like much more detail and to follow the changes we make to this site without waiting for me to write them up , you can now do so directly on Github:
Suggest new features and vote for other people’s ideas in Feature requests