Changes to the site this week:

March 20, 2023:

• BUGFIX: The New dropdown was erroneously displayed in the Files section when viewing a folder set to allow members to upload even when the Files section was set to not permit members to upload. main@beta.groups.io | Block dislallowed file uploads on attempts
• BUGFIX: Reposted messages were not having their Date headers reset to the current date/time, which was leading to some deliverability issues where Yahoo would complain about RFC violations if the Date header was too old (for some value of too old).
• CHANGE: When editing an existing message, and sending it to the group, we rename the existing Date header field to X-Old-Date and add a new Date header with the current date, to avoid issues with Yahoo claiming RFC violations.
• CHANGE: No longer generate confirmed their account activity log entries for banned members.
• CHANGE: No longer send account changed notifications for banned members when they change their email addresses.
• CHANGE: changed email address activity log entries for banned members will now start with Banned member.

March 24, 2023:

• BUGFIX: We were improperly escaping subject lines in summary emails. main@beta.groups.io | Double quotes showing up as raw html in daily summary subject lines

The next #changelog will be published on March 31, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

Internationalization Project:

• Completed converting the remaining notifications so that they can be localized. This marks the completion of the bulk of this project. Some cleanup remains, but at this point the focus will be on increasing the quality of the translations as I can start to focus on other issues.

March 14, 2023:

• BUGFIX: If you had two-factor authentication enabled and needed to reconfirm your account, it would not work.

The next #changelog will be published on March 24, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

Internationalization Project:

• Converted most of the remaining email templates so that they can be translated into other languages.

March 8, 2023:

• CHANGE: - Viewing attachments in a pending message will now open in a new browser tab. main@beta.groups.io | navigation problem after viewing attachment in a pending message

The next #changelog will be published on March 17, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

Internationalization Project:

• Converted all activity log entries so that they can be localized.
• You can now select your language, by going to https://groups.io/account?page=prefs
• Groups can now set their default language by going to their Default Sub Settings page.
• If you are not logged in, there is a new drop down in the header to select your language.
• I've added German as a language, with an initial machine translation, and I've pushed this and all updates to the Github repository.
• Many, but not all, of the email and push notifications have been translated. I hope to finish those next week, as they're the last part of the system needing to be translated.

The next #changelog will be published on March 10, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

February 21, 2023:

• NEW: Added Dutch Outlook message headers to the algorithm which finds replies in messages.

February 22, 2023:

• INTERNAL: Set up 6 additional email servers. Will be gradually phasing them in over the next couple of weeks.

February 23, 2023:

• NEW: Initial work to support Club Express SSO. Not yet active.
• CHANGE: Removed the option to create a Zoom meeting when creating a new event. Zoom disabled our app over (not valid) security concerns, and addressing those issues will require migrating the website to Bootstrap 5, which is on the roadmap, but won't happen until the Internationalization project is complete.

The next #changelog will be published on March 3, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

Internationalization Project:

• Converted 58 web page templates so that they can be translated into other languages, completing the initial web site conversion.
• Did an initial machine translation of the site into 4 languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian, which you can test. Also set up a public Github repository for the translation files. i18n@beta.groups.io | Initial web site localization complete and github repository
• Put together a proposal for new User and Group language settings. i18n@beta.groups.io | User And Group Language Settings Proposal

The next #changelog will be published on February 24, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

Internationalization Project:

• Converted 47 web page templates so that they can be translated into other languages.

February 7, 2023:

• BUGFIX: Links in file search result pages did not work. Also, deleting files from the files search result page did not work. main@beta.groups.io | Incorrect (corrupt) links returned from File Search

February 9, 2023:

• BUGFIX: We were not logging email-based subscription changes. main@beta.groups.io | message delivery change via email not logged
• BUGFIX: We weren't recognizing some Outlook reply headers, causing us to not collapse some replies. main@beta.groups.io | Recognise quoted text from Outlook clients
• CHANGE: We no longer fake the 'Taken' date for photos - this only applies to photos uploaded since this change. main@beta.groups.io | Why do uploaded Photos show a "Taken:" date when the photo has no such information?

The next #changelog will be published on February 17, 2023.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

Internationalization Project:

• Converted 47 web page templates so that they can be translated into other languages.

February 3, 2023:

• DOCS: Updates from Nina. Owners Manual Revision History.

February 2, 2023:

• CHANGE: Include one-click unsubscribe links in footers in groups that are set to reply to moderators or followers only, and for all messages sent by moderators. Previously we would only include those links in groups set to reply to group.

February 1, 2023:

• BUGFIX: If you entered an incorrect password in the login screen, you would get an error, but the Forgot Password link was missing.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, February 10th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Change to the site this week:

January 27, 2023:

• NEW: Started to roll out translated pages of the website. Initially in French, to test, you can set the site to display in French by going to https://groups.io/setlang/fr, and to unset it, go to https://groups.io/unsetlang.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, February 3rd.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

January 17, 2023:

• NEW: Created i18n@beta.groups.io subgroup dedicated to internationalization and localization issues with the site.

January 20, 2023:

• CHANGE: Include Organizer Name in calendar popovers. Discussion
• BUGFIX: Selecting a different Invite member notice did not work on the /sendinvites page. Discussion

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, January 27th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Change to the site this week:

January 10, 2023:

• DOCS: Updates from Nina. Owners Manual Revision History, Getting Started Revision History, FAQ.

Please see this note about my focus for the next few weeks.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, January 20th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

January 5, 2023:

• BUGFIX: Editing a file from the Files search result page resulted in a The folder must have a name. error banner. Discussion
• CHANGE: New groups dedicated to sharing tags, tubes, PaintShopPro files, GIFs, Incredimail or other stationery or graphics will no longer be permitted.

January 4, 2023:

• BUGFIX: With the /getactivitylog API endpoint, some values of action were not parsed correctly. Discussion
• NEW: Added a Confirmed account activity log entry. Discussion

January 3, 2023:

• BUGFIX: For owner defined group footers, when generating the HTML version of them, including newlines with the
  tags to hopefully prevent too-long line issues with 8-bit encoded messages. Discussion
• CHANGE: All panels in the Edit Subscription page are now collapsible.
• BUGFIX: Disabled Add a Footer and Add a Sidebar buttons in the wiki pages were still clickable.

January 1, 2023:

• CHANGE: Update year references to 2023.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, January 13th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

December 16, 2022:

• INTERNAL: Pushed to production the first part of a re-write of how we handle and store email delivery history. When complete, the new system will store multiple success delivery notices as well as make accessing all email delivery history easier for typical use cases.
• NEW: Improved the Email Delivery History pages, including additional subject lines.
• BUGFIX: When viewing the Email Delivery History pages, sometimes the most recent unsuccessful attempt was not displayed.

December 15, 2022:

• INTERNAL: Disabled the use of (completely unnecessary) savepoints on our read-only database replicas. This will hopefully address an intermittent database query stall issue I've been seeing since the very beginning of the site. Fingers crossed.

December 13, 2022:

• INTERNAL: Multiple improvements to the development environment.

As we end the year, I'd like to once again thank everybody who uses Groups.io. It is tremendously gratifying to work on a service that is used by so many and that hopefully is a positive force in the world.

I will be on vacation through the end of the year. The next #changelog will be published on Friday, January 6th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

December 9, 2022:

• BUGFIX: When editing a pending message in a group that is set to plain text only messages, the edited message would be stripped of line breaks. Discussion
• CHANGE: Respect newlines in album, photo, directory, and file descriptions. Discussion
• CHANGE: Improved formatting on mobile of the /activity page. Discussion

December 8, 2022:

• BUGFIX: When editing a repeating event, the color was not preserved. Discussion
• CHANGE: Send the two-week advanced billing notice only to moderators that have billing permission, not just the person set to pay the invoice.Discussion

December 6, 2022:

• DOCS: Updates from Nina. Owners Manual Revision History, Members Manual Revision History, Getting Started Revision History, Glossary History.

November 29, 2022:

• BUGFIX: The /activity page wasn't viewable from mobile. Discussion

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, December 16th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

November 19, 2022:

• NEW: You can now specify that the weekly event summary email be sent on a day other than Friday. Discussion
• NEW: When moving files or folders in the Files section, the dialog now presents a collapsable tree. Discussion
• API: New /addfiles, /addfilelink, and /deletefile endpoints.
• BUGFIX: Uploading a folder to the Files section using Chrome now preserves the directory structure.

November 17, 2022

• INTERNAL: More internal optimizations to speed up the website.

November 16, 2022

• NEW: Released the /activity page to all users.

November 15, 2022

• INTERNAL: More internal optimizations to speed up the website.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, December 2.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

November 11, 2022

• INTERNAL: Continued optimization of code. Web pages now load on average 60% faster than they did at the beginning of the week.
• DOCS: Updates from Nina. Owners Manual Revision History, Members Manual Revision History, Glossary History.
• INTERNAL: Roll out new pending message attachment storage system to all groups.

November 9, 2022

• INTERNAL: Roll out new pending message attachment storage system to a limited number of groups for testing.
• INTERNAL: Optimize some low level database code.

November 8, 2022

• BUGFIX: For extra member data, if a parent group had a date field and a subgroup also had a date field, the date picker would not be shown. Discussion

November 7, 2022

• CHANGE: For premium groups, the max size for files uploaded to the Files section has been increased to 2GB, and the max size of photos uploaded to the Photos section is now 1GB.
• BUGFIX: Uploading large files and photos should now work. Discussion
• BUGFIX: The hashtags.json file in exported group data was not formatted properly. Discussion

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, November 18th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

November 4, 2022

• NEW: Subgroups can now have extra member data. Discussion
• NEW: User activity page. Currently only enabled for members of the beta group, for testing. Discussion
• BUGFIX: The date format for #cal-notice and #cal-reminder notices was wrong. Discussion

October 31, 2022

• CHANGE: Send the two-week advanced billing notice to all moderators, not just the person set to pay the invoice. Also, ensure that all billing notices get sent to the person set to pay the invoices, even if that person is no longer a moderator of the group.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, November 11th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

October 28, 2022

• CHANGE: Allow viewing of invoices from the /billing page.
• BUGFIX: Switching direct add messages was broken. Discussion

October 27, 2022:

• BUGFIX: The [Map] links on database address fields were sometimes not clickable.

October 26, 2022:

• CHANGE: Message History -> Archived Messages. Discussion

October 24, 2022:

• INTERNAL: Add inbox.ru, list.ru, bk.ru, internet.ru to the list of domains to re-write the From line for all messages sent to them. Discussion

• BUGFIX: If there is an overdue invoice and the group now has sufficient sponsorship reserves, allow the payment of of the invoice without needing a credit card on file. Discussion

October 22, 2022:

• INTERNAL: Completed transition to the new database cluster.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, November 4th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

October 19, 2022:

• BUGFIX: Ignore charset declarations in Content-Type fields for images, audio and video. An image was being sent with an erroneous charset declaration which was causing the image to be garbled. Discussion
• BUGFIX: For Outlook formatted emails, number ordered lists properly. Discussion

October 18, 2022:

• INTERNAL: Switch all database replica requests to the new database cluster.

October 17, 2022:

• BUGFIX: On the /members page, the [Map] links in Address extra member data columns would go to the individual member page, instead of Google Maps. Discussion
• NEW: Added additional information to file exports. Discussion

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, October 28th.

Take care everyone.

Mark

Changes to the site this week:

October 13, 2022:

• CHANGE: Revamped the Pricing page to explain the different plans better.
• BUGFIX: If the account of the person who has claimed a pending message has been deleted, clear the claim record from the database.
• BUGFIX: If an enterprise group has a DMARC record with p=reject on the parent domain, there were cases where we would defang the message's From: address twice.
• DOCS: Updates from Nina. Owners Manual Revision History, Members Manual Revision History.

October 12, 2022:

• CHANGE: Right justify Number, Date, and Time extra data fields. Discussion
• BUGFIX: If we can't read a photo (because it's invalid), return an error message instead of a blank page. Discussion
• CHANGE: Reformatted and re-wrote the Pricing page to make the pricing structure more clear.
• NEW: Include the Allow Sponsorships checkbox on the /creategroup page for new trial premium groups.

The next #changelog will be published on Friday, October 21st.

Take care everyone.

Mark