Past update – v17.8

Nature of the update 

Feature updates 

Duration of the update 

1-2 minutes 

Platform accessibility 

No downtime. The event sites and event dashboard remained accessible as is. 

What changed 

This update included new features, improvements and minor bug fixes.

• The time difference seems to be working fine for Zoom meeting but not working for Webinars. The issue seems to have been fixed for meetings only. Fixed
• Added a check if user is online or offline and display a circle icon besides their name initials or their profile thumbnail. Green for online. Red for offline. Apply the checks in Community, My Messages, Sessions.
• In community meta description, use plain text only and not HTML. Updated
• In community search widget, display all search results irrespective of the rooms. Except only those rooms which are not accessible to the user who is searching currently. In search results, add a tab "All" to display all results of a search. Updated
• Added Group chat and video calls
• In community, added a new view "Analytics" to display the following information. Top Commenters (based on all time) (up to 10) Active Rooms (display a bar chart with total topics, replies and upvotes for each room in a table below the chart) (all time) (all time) (up to 5 rooms) Most Loved Members (based on total upvotes on their comments/replies) (all time) (up to 10) Most Loved Topics (based on total upvotes) Most Replied Topics (all time) Total Active Commenters Total replies (bar graph) Total Topics (bar graph).
• Added a separate view "Widgets" under "Community" to list the widgets and the ability to add "Custom Snippets" in Community in the backend. The  custom snippets would display in the sidebar. Add option to display widgets in one or more selected rooms.
• Added a separate view "Rooms" to list the rooms and their respective settings. Just how we have for Submission Types. Replace the "Descriptions" field displayed when creating Rooms with Froala editor so admins can add rich text in the description instead of displaying plain text only.