Finally, we have the v9 package with all the planned improvements in place. From this point and up to the final release we will not be adding any new features, concentrating on making everything 100% production-ready, fixing any problematic issues and improving performance. In other words, the final
... see more v9 release is coming very soon!
UNA 9.0.0 RC-1
If you're running a Beta5 and have automatic updates turned on, the RC-1 will be applied to your site automagically.
Geeks among you may jump right to the UNA release page at Github for the downloadable packages and referenced list of changes.
The v9rc adds a long list of improvements, including some very exciting and substantial new features, apps, core updates, and fixes. I've made a short video to highlight just a few that are easy to show, but please make sure to examine the whole list of changes below to get the whole picture.
New apps
"Jot Messenger" module
"Decorous" template
"ElasticSearch" module
"Dolphin Connect" module
"Shopify" integration module
"Snipcart" integration module
System enhancements
Extended search feature to allow to make custom search forms integrated into Forms Builder
Statistics charts
Member menu redesign and reorganization
Notifications cards in real-time
Automatic real-time updates for notification counters
Allow multiple login sessions for one profile
Page load optimization
"Subscribe" was renamed to "Follow"
Iframely integration
Content Info engine
When users became friends, they are following each other now
PHP 7.1 compatibility
"Powered by" link in footer menu
Different Dashboard page layout
Compact view for social login buttons
"Add to mobile homepage" widget
Localized modules names
"Receive Newsletters" field was added on join form by default
Unique HTML IDs for pages
Twitter cards support
Links detection in regular text fields
Allow passing UNA key&secret during install from command line
Option to specify default profile module to redirect to after join
Operator can not delete their own profile anymore
Auto-generated documentation restructurisation
Forms: allow to specify up to 63 values in multiple select fields
Forms: functionality to mark field as unique in Forms Builder
Forms: flag for predefined lists to disable adding new items
Forms: make date fields to work properly with dates before 1970
Forms: make editable 'visibility' and 'location' fields in different modules
Grids: search optimization and fixes
Studio: apps market improvements
Studio: search in Storefront
Modules enhancements
Persons/Orgs/Events/Groups: comments block (disabled by default)
Persons/Organizations: "location" field
Persons/Organizations: action to delete account with content from profile
Persons/Organizations: different redirect options after profile creation
Persons/Organizations: show who follows you and who you are following
Events/Groups: option to specify searchable fields
Events/Groups: separate block with admins
Events/Groups: TinyMCE area for "description" fields
Timeline: improvements to make work similar to other social networks
Notifications: module restructurization
Contact: option to send messages from sender's email on "Contact Us" form
Discussions: show main post time
Discussions: search in comments
Discussions: new design for attachments
Market: associated products
Payments: Subscriptions management for site admin
Antispam: checking for disposable email domains
Connect modules: option to set default privacy for created profiles
OAuth2: "password" grant type for API requests
OAuth2: don't suggest to select profile when there is one profile only
Developer: allow to edit/delete menu items
Paid Levels: allow to add zero price level, so members can switch for free to some particular level
Most important fixes
Fixes in Payments routine
Fixing privacy checking in comments
Timeline outline block in groups/event wasn't displayed
Popup wasn't positioned properly sometimes
Problem with dollar($) sign escaping was fixed
When script was installed from command line system files weren't hashed
Free products weren't downloadable
Unconfirmed member level wasn't always correctly detected
Files module couldn't be downloaded via Studio Storefront
What's Next
Getting to this RC stage is a critical point for the entire UNA project. We had to hold off with documentation updates, tutorials and some of the provisioning changes until we have the feature final package. Now we can let things happen a lot faster, a lot more often and you'll be reading, watching, listening to something from us very frequently now.
Stay tuned!
