Updates to the Groups.io service.
April 29, 2021
- CHANGE: Improved the mobile formatting of the edit subscription, group profile, member integration and email delivery history pages. Also converted them to qtpl.
April 28, 2021
- BUGFIX: Fixed some spacing issues between the desktop and mobile version of the site.
- APP BUGFIX: Fixed viewing a database row. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/82341428?p=Created,,,20,1,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,20,2,0,82341428
April 27, 2021
- APP BUGFIX: Fixed extra padding between the top nav bar and the page content. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/remove_unnecessary_white/82298987?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82298987
- APP BUGFIX: Fixed clicking on notifications going to the correct page in the page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/tapping_a_message/82314189?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82314189
April 26, 2021
- APP BUGFIX: Fixed collapsing the Admin menu as well as collapsing the Account/Cog menu. Rolled out on Android, not yet rolled out for iOS. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/admin_menu_doesn_t_collapse/82316042?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82316042
April 23, 2021
- NEW: When viewing a member, we now include how that member became a member of the group, at the top of the page, after `Joined via...`. The options are: `web`, `email`, `invite`, `direct add`, `signup form`.
- CHANGE: The `/unbounce` link emailed to people when their account is bouncing will no longer log them in if they are not already logged in. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/logged_in_as_someone_else/82320106?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82320106
- BUGFIX: Make the button behavior on the Past Members page be consistent with the button behavior on the Members page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/message/394?p=,,,20,0,0,0::Created,,file+sync,20,2,0,82311767
- BUGFIX: Align search button on Past Members page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/message/384?p=,,,20,0,0,0::Created,,past+members,20,2,0,82298985
- BUGFIX: Fixed the HTML in the Group Directory page and Past Members Page. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/title_and_footer_bars_not/82298983?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82298983
April 22, 2021
- NEW: Released first test version of the Android App. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/new_android_app/82291000?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82291000
- BUGFIX: Logout wasn't working on the Apps. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/log_out_doesn_t_work/82295441?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,82295441
- CHANGE: The `Discard` button on the New Post page now returns to the group home page, and displays a banner saying the draft has been discarded. This is in part to fix an issue with the `Discard` button not working in the app.
April 20, 2021
- CHANGE: Unsubscribe because of FBL now reported as `via system`. Also, added commas before the `via` in the activity log. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/was_removed_via_email/82173348?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,50,2,0,82173348
April 16, 2021
- DOCS: Updates from Nina.
- NEW: We now support Single Sign On from YourMembership, for Enterprise groups.
- CHANGE: Changed invite link expiry to 14 days.
- INTERNAL: Upgraded the kernel on the other replica database machine to see if it helped reduce the unexplained freezes we're seeing.
April 15, 2021
- CHANGE: Invite links now expire after 24 hours. We no longer delete old invitations after 14 days.
- INTERNAL: Converted the add event page to quicktemplate.
- INTERNAL: Improvements to the admin dashboard involving spammer detection.
April 13, 2021
- NEW: Delete invites that haven't been accepted that are older than 14 days (rolled back on the 15th).
- CHANGE: If you click on an invite link and are logged in under a different account, we now display an error message instead of automatically logging you out.
- BUGFIX: In Full Digests, we would display the `Attachments` line under a message even if all the attachments were inline images.
- BUGFIX: In some instances, hashtag footers were not showing up in digests.
- INTERNAL: Upgraded the kernel on one of the replica database machines to see if it helped reduce the unexplained freezes we're seeing.
April 12, 2021
- BUGFIX: When converting plain text emails to HTML that contain links with query parameters, we were only linkifying the part of the URL up until the second query parameter.
April 8, 2021
- DOCS: Updates from Nina.
- NEW: Each hashtag can now have a footer, which will be included in any message tagged with that hashtag. The footer will also be displayed in the New Post page if the person selects the hashtag from the `Add Tags` dropdown.
April 7, 2021
- NEW: New filter pop-up on the Members page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/better_member_list_filtering/79469162?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,50,2,0,79469162
April 6, 2021
- INTERNAL: Migrated several machine instances because Linode is retiring old hardware.
- BUGFIX: In some instances, when editing a repeat event, it would cause all existing RSVPs to be deleted, when it shouldn't have.
- BUGFIX: Fixed display of the `Starts On` field when editing a repeating event.
- CHANGE: The URL structure for individual photos has changed so that the URLs are now stable/refer to photo ids instead of relative placement of the photo in the album.
March 31, 2021
- APP: New version of the iOS app is now available for testing. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/new_ios_app/81726984?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,50,2,0,81726984
- INTERNAL: Upgraded build system to the latest Go compiler.
March 30, 2021
- CHANGE: Going to the /login page when you are already logged in will keep you logged in. Previously, it forced a logout.
- NEW: We are now more strict in what messages we accept from non-members to groups (for those groups configured to accept messages from non-members), in an effort to cut down on spam. Messages from non-members that are determined to be spam will be logged as a `Non-member message` in the Activity Log, like `Non-member XX attempted to send message "MESSAGE SUBJECT" and the message was rejected because it was determined to be spam`.
March 29, 2021
- CHANGE: Changed the chat window template to be less Slack-like and more conversational.
- INTERNAL: Fixed bounce processing for "swbell.net", "bellsouth.net", "sbcglobal.net", "att.net", "ameritech.net" domains.
- APP: Fix for forcing infinite scroll.
- DOCS: Updates from Nina.
- NEW: Turned on new group message and chat message notifications. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/new_group_message_and_chat/81590143?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,81590143
March 26, 2021
- BUGFIX: In some instances, clicking on a link to a File in the Feed or in the Files Search results page, when the File was a link, would not work.
- BUGFIX: The Download button when viewing a photo would not work correctly if the photo had spaces in its name. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/problem_with_photo_albums/81641215?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,81641215
- BUGFIX: With infinite scroll enabled, you could not click on a member in the Members page past member 60.[Discussion](https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/member_display_issue_when/81637461?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,81637461)
March 25, 2021
- BUGFIX: Locked groups could not be upgraded.
- CHANGE: Added List-Subscribe and List-Help email headers and changed List-Unsubscribe to a mailto: instead of pointing to the website. These changes were made to get rspamd, a popular anti-spam system, to recognize our messages as mailing list messages.
- BUGFIX: Include proper References/In-Reply-To headers for edited messages for threading. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/edit_message_followed_by_save/81589513?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81589513
- BUGFIX: Muted hashtags were ignored when sending edited messages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/edit_message_followed_by_save/81589513?p=,,,100,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,100,2,0,81589513
March 24, 2021
- CHANGE: Improved text explaining why a basic group has been locked automatically (because it's over the 100 member limit or because it's a subgroup).
- NEW: Member Notification checkboxes to receive notifications for new group messages and new chat messages. The notifications themselves will be enabled on Monday, March 29th.
- CHANGE: Ended trial of Spamhaus for filtering incoming messages.
- DATABASE: Changed all subscriptions that had `Message Selection` set to `Follow Only` or `Follow Only And First Message` with email delivery of `No Email` or `Special` to have `Message Selection` set to `All`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/81187661#28705
- BUGFIX: Switching subscriptions to `No Email` or `Special` should force Message Selection to All. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/28696?p=,,,100,0,0,0::Created,,a+couple+more,100,2,0,81191446