Updates to the Groups.io service.
March 12, 2025
- CHANGE: Added redirects from the various old Help Center links to the new Help Center, including links from the old PDF locations to the new ones.
March 10, 2025
- BUGFIX: Fixed link to Help Center from Sponsorship setting in the Group Settings page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39190
- HELP: Updates to the Help Center from Nina.
- CHANGE: When rejecting a pending message, if the BCC Me or BCC All Moderators checkboxes are checked, the emails sent to the moderators will now mention the email address of the person who sent the rejected message.
March 7, 2025
- BUGFIX: In feed.ics URLs, for repeating events that have been cancelled, do not include the RRULE: line, as the inclusion of that line for events with STATUS:CANCELLED was causing Google Calendars to not remove the events, as they should.
- TESTING: The new Ask query system for using LLMs to search group archives is now live for testing by approved groups.
March 6, 2025
- CHANGE: Made the /newhelpcenter be the actual /helpcenter.
March 5, 2025
- BUGFIX: Do not send notifications for messages in muted topics or with muted hashtags.
February 28, 2025
- BUGFIX: Reposting a message or deleting a message on a narrow screen was not working.
- UPDATE: Updated the new help center with updates from Nina, including new versions of the remaining PDFs.
February 26, 2025
- BUGFIX: We were incorrectly parsing some SMTP "MAIL FROM" lines, leading to some spam messages getting through that should have been caught instead.
- INTERNAL: Improved our database mocking so that we can have a more comprehensive set of database unit tests.
February 24, 2025
- NEW: On the group Subgroups page, when someone with the manage subgroups permission views it, there's a new toggle button labeled "Show All (Including Hidden)" that when clicked will include any groups not normally listed in the subgroups page.
- BUGFIX: When banning an email address, we did not first verify that the email address was a well-formed email address.
February 14, 2025
- CHANGE: Add a tooltip to the lock icon on the Groups page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39159
- CHANGE: When a moderator uses the 'Lock Topic After Posting' checkbox, add an activity log entry showing the topic was locked. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39147
- BUGFIX: Location strings were not being properly URL encoded for the 'View In Google Maps' link when viewing an event. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39133
February 12, 2025
- HELP: Incorporated updates to the new help center from Nina.
- CHANGE: Added links from the logged out home page to white papers that discuss using Groups.io.
February 10, 2025
- BUGFIX: In the new help center, clicking on an expandable section header in one of the manuals would not display the associated help content.
- BUGFIX: In the new help center, fixed bolding of the related content header.
- CHANGE: Tweaked the dark mode background, primary foreground, and text colors slightly.
February 7, 2025
- CHANGE: Reformatted the new help center home page and updated the manuals from Nina.
- NEW: Full text search of the new help center.
February 4, 2025
- BUGFIX: In certain instances, reminders would be sent out for events that had been deleted.
- CHANGE: Many updates and fixes to the new help center.
January 30, 2025
- CHANGE: Revamped/improved formatting of the logged out home page.
January 27, 2025
- BUGFIX: Fixed screen reader issues for all other instances of the date picker.
- BUGFIX: Selecting 'Past Year' in the Interval on Activity pages would not display the correct drop down selection.
January 24, 2025
- BUGFIX: Tweaks to the date picker on the add event page to hopefully make it more compatible with screen readers.
January 22, 2025
- BUGFIX: Activity log entries for sending messages to people waitlisted for an event were empty. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39078
- BUGFIX: Activity log entries for sending messages to everyone who RSVPed for an event were empty. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39078
January 17, 2025
- CHANGE: Link to group in member joining notification. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39055
- BUGFIX: Incorporated French translation language fixes. https://beta.groups.io/g/i18n/message/63
January 15, 2025
- CHANGE: Strip reply subject prefix "Odg:". https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/39114
January 10, 2025
- INTERNAL: Began deleting old not-confirmed user accounts. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/deleting_non_confirmed_users/110540258