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BUILD 262 | Released March 17, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Ability to toggle ShareThis icons for different content types (previously the setting was global).
• Modified the spelling for Deutsch in Google Translate.
• Ability to turn off the Advanced Search feature of the Stacks Search Application.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented the resource flow from grabbing the primary URL for items when querying with Sirsi. 
• Fixed an issue that caused multiple erroneous entries in the reservation table when attempting to save a Closed date reservation.
• Resolved an issue that prevented Google Translate from translating all content on initial page load.
• Resolved an issue that created erroneous entries in the reservation table when attempting to save a closed date reservation.
• Add to Saved List button in collections now follows the rules of the Add to Save List button settings in the Search Settings tile.

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BUILD 263 | Released March 19, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Patron Modal Alerts option to Force Alerts/Notifications to appear on each load.
• Added padding on images for Room Bookings.
• Removal of the OpenAthens option from Primary Authentication Drop-down.
• Google Font Optimization

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused some Database listing titles to be incorrect.
• Resolved an issue that caused Main Menu titles to be incorrect.
• Updated the spelling errors caused by Google Translate.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent the Stacks Search Application from returning results in Bento.

 

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BUILD 264 | Released March 26, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Users with Contributor role can create & edit filter vocabularies.
• Search results page and pagination available for McMaster Catalog.
• Improved load times for Collections that are very large (8,000+ Items).
• Modified resource flow images to use secure (https) links.

FIXES

• All RSS items appear in the paginated view when clicking “see more” on an RSS Block.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent SIRSI Query Parameters from being retained.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the “Read Online” button from appearing on Collections without a URL entered.
• Adjustments made to Bento Boxes that could prevent columns on the right unclickable.

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BUILD 265 | Released March 31, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• New ability to do a Collections based search with the main search bar.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue that could cause holding information to display multiple times.
• Fixed an issue that prevented ISBN Queries with Sirsi from populating the correct URL in Resource Flows.

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BUILD 266 | Released April 2, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Event Signups now allow Admin to select phone or email as required fields.
• New Collections AND/OR Filtering behavior
• Increased limit for Menu URLs

FIXES

• Fixed an issue that could cause the search term to change when number of results is modified.
• Fixed an issue that could cause ‘No Results’ to appear when refining search using filters.
• Fixed an issue that could cause the Next button at the bottom of EDS Search results to not function.

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BUILD 267 | Released April 7, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Default field labels in Collections modified to generic labels.
• Ability to Hide specific Collection fields from being displayed in List and Detail View.
• Collections search functionality now searches all Collection fields.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented Secondary Authentication from working.
• Resolved an issue that could cause duplicate vocabulary terms from being created in Collections.

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BUILD 268 | Released April 9, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Renamed the Collections Publication Date field label to Publication Year.
• New ability to hide the “see all results” link in Bento Results.
• Ability to Edit the Publication Finder modal Title and Summary text.
• Simplified the Google Analytics configuration Page.

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BUILD 269 | Released April 16, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

•  Modified the Search query to allow for more characters
•  Virtual Collections View Resource button has ability to be changed to link.

FIXES

• Modified permissions for Events Manager Role to limit access to the Events tile.
• Resolved an issue that prevented ability to sort filter vocabulary terms in Collections.
• Fixed an issue that prevented filter vocabularies from showing in filters.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent titles from appearing in certain collections views.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the search bar from retaining search terms when filters are applied.

 

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BUILD 270 | Released April 21, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• New ability to truncate the body field of Collections in list view with read more option to expand.
• New setting to show or hide queue information in the mobile application.

FIXES

• Modified the sort filter of collections to use alphabetical sorting of Filter Vocabulary terms.

 

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BUILD 271 | Released April 24, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Confirmation Pop-up appears when removing an item from a Saved Items list.
• Collection fields display order can now be changed.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented EDS Search Results buttons appear in the Results list view.

 

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BUILD 272 | Released April 28, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Ability to change the search results count preposition ‘of’ to accommodate translations.
• Collection fields display order can now be changed.
• When creating a EDS Bento if no facets are returned instead of defaulting to source type, messaging will indicate no facets are found.
• Updated the default iOS app icon

FIXES

• Modified the column layouts for the Bento results page to prevent alignment issues.

 

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BUILD 273 | Released April 30, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved system messaging when new items are added to a saved list.
• Ability to upload PowerPoint (.ppt and.pptx) and Excel (.xls and .xlsx) file formats to Index entries.

FIXES

• RSS item display settings are now reflected anywhere RSS feeds are displayed.
• The Admin Toolbar Support button to link has been modified to direct users to the current support site.

 

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BUILD 274 | Released May 5, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Removed the ‘Log in to post comments’ link from the details page of Collection items.
• A ‘Back to Top’ link can now be enabled in the footer allowing site visitors to auto-scroll to the top of the current page.
• Animated Preloader can be enabled to identify when content is loading on a page.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could prevent Publish/Unpublish dates from appearing in the publishing content workflow tab.
• Resolved an issue that prevented filter vocabulary alphabetical sort feature from working.
• Fixed an issue that caused the publication field from displaying correctly in Collections.
• When content protection is enabled for News Articles, only the title will be visible on the News Article page and latest 5 articles teaser block.

 

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BUILD 275 | Released May 7, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Improved Custom EDS Search filtering allows users to append a search term to filter.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that forced captcha challenges to be completed on the preview page of an Easy Form before going to the previous page of the form.
• Resolved an issue that prevented stemmed search terms from returning expected results.
• Resolved an issue that prevented facet filters for Subjects from returning when there are subjects available.

 

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BUILD 276 | Released May 12, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Configure the number of items that appear in the related items block in EDS results Detail View. 
• Functionality to show or hide the title of Easy form blocks on landing pages.
• RSS feeds from Sierra can be added to Resource Flows.
• Configure redirects from built-in pages to the homepage. 
• Additional helper text added to the scheduling workflow.

 

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BUILD 277 | Released May 14, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• PubMed Catalog configuration updated functionality to select PubMed Legacy or New User Interface and take advantage of Outside Tools.
• McMaster Catalog configuration updated with selectable PubMed User Interface.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue that prevented older easy forms from displaying in the content blocks for landing pages.

 

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BUILD 278 | Released May 21, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Cleaned up the Menu Tab options in the Mobile application settings.
• Title text is now displayed when users hover over images in Sliders.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented customized field labels from displaying in the Directory Listings detailed view.

 

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BUILD 279 | Released May 26, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Resource Flows can now integrate with Sierra ILS to display holdings information.
• Update to the button behavior for saved items. When an item appears in a Saved list the button will change to Remove from Saved List.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented field labels from updating in the Directory Listings detailed view.

 

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BUILD 280 | Released May 28, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Support to import csv files with multiple buttons and links on a single record.
• Ability to configure a Directory Listings Search using the main search bar.
   

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BUILD 281 | Released June 2, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• UI changes to how the My Saved List button behaves when adding or removing items.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused the default label for index pages to override custom label.

 

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BUILD 282 | Released June 4, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused the phone number to render incorrectly in the Location & Hours modal.
• Modified the Aurora theme to prevent menu from being hidden when a gradient overlay is used.

 

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BUILD 283 | Released June 9, 2020

NEW FEATURES

• Patrons can now generate RSS Feeds for Events and/or News articles allowing them to subscribe to important information. 
• Addition of Content Protection settings for Events.
• Collections now has a search results counter.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Optimization of Google Places integration to reduce the number of API calls.
• Adjusted the My Save List items to have a label and input for improved accessibility.
• Links added to Filter Vocabulary terms in Collections.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could cause previously-used but now deleted categories, type and topic terms to appear in the Event filters.

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BUILD 284 | Released June 17, 2020

NEW FEAUTRES

• New SMTP Settings tile allows you to configure emails to be sent from your Email Server.

IMPROVEMENTS

• “See More” button text can now be customized in Site Labels.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could prevent the patron modal from appearing when loading the homepage.
• Fixed an issue that caused prevented the calendar icon from appearing next to events that are content-protected.

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BUILD 285 | Released June 23, 2020

ENHANCEMENTS

• IPv6 support for IP Whitelisting.

• Updated Protect Event labeling

• Site label now configurable for Select All in Collections 

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BUILD 286 | Released June 30, 2020

ENHANCEMENTS

• New ability to notify users when a new account has been created for them.

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BUILD 287 | Released July 7, 2020

ENHANCEMENTS

• New ability to add Collection items to Saved Searches.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could cause search result counts to be incorrect on the Bento Search result page.

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BUILD 288 | Released July 14, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could cause the words "Show Title:" to appear at the bottom of Easy Forms.

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BUILD 289 | Released July 21, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented the generic book cover image from appearing.

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BUILD 290 | Released July 28, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could prevent Bento results from displaying holdings information.

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BUILD 291 | Released August 11, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue where new registration confirmation messages were not appearing on the page.
• Resolved an issue that could prevent Easy Form blocks from added to a Landing page.

ENHANCEMENTS

• Nested Filter Vocabulary allowing terms to be organized in a heirarchy.
• Loading Spinner updated.

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BUILD 292 | Released August 18, 2020

ENHANCEMENTS

• Modifications to password requirements

  • Passwords must be between 8-64 characters;
  • Passwords cannot have repetitive characters; and
  • Passwords cannot be made with common or easy to guess phrases.
• Footer Paths modified and labels added.

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BUILD 293 | Released August 26, 2020

NEW FEATURES

• Overdrive has been added to Catalogs
• Directory settings enabled for Mobile

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BUILD 294 | Released September 2, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Passwords validated against a blacklist passwords
• Geo Location & Image fields added to Directory Listings.
• New Mobile Icons added for directories and E-Resources.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue that could cause an Ajax error when attempting to add the latest 5 news article block onto a landing page.

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BUILD 295 | Released September 9, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• UpToDate title links to customer URL

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could cause some Sirsi External catalog searches to fail
• Resolved an issue that prevented the Read Less link on callouts from functioning when main language isn't english
• Resolved an issue that could cause unknown characters to appear in News Article teaser blocks.
• Modified Event signup system messaging to better reflect event settings
• Modified the Pubfinder date format when an invalid format is received from the API.

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BUILD 297 | Released September 23, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Addition of 5 regular fields for Collections.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused an error message to appear when clicking on labels in a saved list instead of the checkbox
• Resolved an issue that caused long delays in loading the edit page of Resource flows that contained lots of items.
• Resolved an issue that could cause the preloader to persist in Internet Explorer 11.
• Resolved an issue that prevented translated filter vocabulary from appearing in the list of selectable options in Database listings in the corresponding language.
• Resolved an issue that caused the Patron modal to open the user page instead of the patron login in Internet Explorer.

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BUILD 298 | Released September 29, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Addition of EZProxy prefix to authenticated content
• New feature to disable machine translation on Collection item titles.

FIXES

• Protected content now shows a login link in search results when viewed by unauthenticated users.
• Added the Body field Label for Collection items.

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BUILD 299 | Released October 7, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that prevented dates from populating Day Month and Year fields when selecting a date from the calendar pop-up.
• Resolved an issue that prevented some domains being used for patron self-registration.

IMPROVEMENTS

• Events that are content protect are filtered out of search results.
• New Integration - ExLibris Summons (Search)

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BUILD 300 | Released October 14, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that could cause barcode errors when using Sierra to authenticate.
• Resolved an issue that prevented more than one administrator from signing up to events using the front end user interface.
• Fixed an issue that prevented the "See More" link from passing a term into Summon.

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BUILD 301.5 | Released October 20, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• New ability to hide the Refine EDS Search results button.
• New ability to disable Google Translate on page load.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused duplicate menu items.
• Resolved an issue that caused duplicate location tabs to appear in the Location & Hours block.
• Removed the requirement of an image for featured database listings.

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BUILD 302 | Released October 27, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Custom labels now appear in the Directory Listings dashboard instead of default labels where applicable.
• Google Translate on page load has been turned off as a default setting.
• Clicking on the title of content protected material will prompt users with a login screen.

FIXES

• Modified closed dates to prevent a system error on all-day bookings when an end time was not entered.
• Modified the unique value rules for Easy form fields to prevent duplicates entries.

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BUILD 302.5 | Released October 28, 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused erroneous unique value system message in some easy forms

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BUILD 303 | Released November 3, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• New feature to Disable or Enable the "Read More" button on PubMed Bentos.
• New site labels for Research Starters and Exact Match Publisher.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue that could prevent the addition of Sharepoint Profiles.
• Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect values for checked out items using Sierra.

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BUILD 304 | Released November 17, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Topic Groups and Topic Entries are now searchable with Stacks Internal Search
• Multiple categories can now be selected for events
• Multiple categories can now be selected for Database listings
• Warning about JavaScript field on Custom block added for clarification.

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that would cause a white background to appear when transitioning between slider images.
• Resolved an issue that sometimes caused the default language text to be invisible.
• Resolved an issue that prevented the Hide Expander settings to be ignored.

 

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BUILD 305 | Released November 19, 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Important Security updates.

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BUILD 306 | Released November 24 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Updated System Messaging for Incorrect Credentials.
• Updated Novelist Mobile API
• Updated Novelist Widget API

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BUILD 307 | Released December 1 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Stacks Internal Website Search  | Results will now display RSS Feed names & Items.

FIXES

• Closed Dates | Multiple-day closed dates are now correctly reflected in the Location Bar and Location modal.
• Events | Resolved an issue that prevented some events from appearing on the calendar view.
• RSS Feeds | Resolved an issue that would break the link between RSS Feeds and the RSS Blocks configured to display the feeds when a feed was updated.
• Resource Flows | Resolved an issue that caused ISBN numbers be incorrectly parsed from Polaris queries.

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BUILD 308 | Released December 8 2020

FIXES

• Resolved an issue that caused the Google Font selection to be ignored in the additional domain(s) of a multi-domain environment.
• Removed duplicate system messaging seen during self-registration.
• Resolved an issue that prevented the page title from being encoded in the page source for Landing Pages.

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BUILD 309 | Released December 15 2020

IMPROVEMENTS

• Addition of new uploadable file formats for Easy forms (.mp4, .mpeg .m4v)
• Removal of the Remove tab button on Research Guides.
• Creation of Guest override for EDS
• New Content Curation Tool

FIXES

• Latest 5 news article teaser block modified to prevent undesired bold text.
• Modified the Site Logo to correctly reflect configured Alt text and Title text for the image.