Solodev CMS 8.3. boasts some of the biggest improvements made to the Solodev Platform including but not limited to themes, also known as packages, a complete UI/UX redesign, inline editing to make content edits on the fly, the ability to turn web pages into reusable templates, an all new dashboard to serve as your command center, in-depth documentation, 24/7 support via Zendesk, an HTML5 friendly filesystem, and an entirely new shortcode system to make web development on the Solodev CMS platform even easier for content authors, marketers, designers, and developers.

Important highlights from this release

  • Added "Forgot Password" functionality to login.

  • Added new Business Theme package to CMS.

  • Added "Expired in" Functionality.

  • Complete User Interface Redesign.

  • Added Inline Editing Function.

  • Added ability to turn web pages into reusable templates.

  • Added new Dashboard with:

            o  Tasks/Assignments.
            o Google Analytics Integration.
            o Announcements.
            o Shortcut Actions (Add Page, Add File, Add Module, Add User).

  • Added package (theme, module) importer.

  • Added In-Depth Documentation to CMS (release notes will be updated here).

  • Improved Mobile Responsiveness.

  • Added Generate Sitemap/Robots.txt Function.

  • Added HTML5 Input Types.

  • Added Shortcodes to streamline Web Development.

  • Added Support Infrastructure in conjunction with Zendesk.

 

All updates for this release:

New Features

  • SCMS-322 DONE Website Wizard: Add "Import Package" Checkbox Section.

  • SCMS-315 DONE Create ability for custom shortcode file.

  • SCMS-309 DONE Finalize Business Theme Package.

  • SCMS-306 DONE Add Modified by to Datatable Category.

  • SCMS-296 DONE Forgot Password: Link front end to back end.

  • SCMS-251 DONE Develop new "Pricing" page.

  • SCMS-237 DONE Create Package Modules.

  • SCMS-211 DONE Import package - The All-in-One.

  • SCMS-188 DONE Build Native Document Manager for Craig to review and add to codebase.

  • SCMS-178 DONE Complete replacements for Solodev system Icons.

  • SCMS-156 DONE Build out Select Approved Theme Step in Wizard.

  • SCMS-151 DONE Build Native Slider Manager.

  • SCMS-148 DONE Dashboard: Latest Assignments.

  • SCMS-133 DONE Build Photo Gallery Manager.

  • SCMS-128 DONE Auto-publish files on import.

  • SCMS-108 DONE Dashboard Actions: Add Page, File.

  • SCMS-106 DONE New Dashboard: Stats / Tasks / Shortcuts.

  • SCMS-102 DONE Import Package from website.

  • SCMS-65 DONE Add Forgot Password to CMS Front-End.

Improvements

  • SCMS-384 DONE File Group File Name Input.

  • SCMS-375 DONE Got Rid of 'Add Assignment" JS Checkbox.

  • SCMS-359 DONE Uneven amount of spaces between pikes and colons.

  • SCMS-349 DONE Switch out Old Business Package with New Business Package.

  • SCMS-342 DONE Finalize Zendesk Documentation.

  • SCMS-326 DONE Delete Analytics Step from Website Wizard.

  • SCMS-318 DONE Mobile Responsive Issues.

  • SCMS-314 DONE Import Package: Need to show Success/Error Modal.

  • SCMS-297 DONE Finalize Package Installer.

  • SCMS-295 DONE Add Captcha Error Message.

  • SCMS-282 DONE Final Documentation Update for CMS 8.1.

  • SCMS-267 DONE Swap out PHP templates with Shortcode Templates.

  • SCMS-258 DONE Shortcode WebCorpCo Modules.

  • SCMS-230 DONE Create Ability to Update Columns for Datatables / Calendars.

  • SCMS-209 DONE Add HTML5 input types.

  • SCMS-190 DONE Generate Sitemap.

  • SCMS-185 DONE Tabs to accordians.

  • SCMS-166 DONE Import Package Functionality on Welcome Wizard.

  • SCMS-134 DONE Replace Solodev Icons across the board.

Bugs

  • SCMS-368 DONE Intranet: Reset Password.

  • SCMS-367 DONE Change password causes problems.

  • SCMS-360 DONE Page Image on ViewSTML not functioning.

  • SCMS-357 DONE Import Package needs Auto-Publish.

  • SCMS-354 DONE What is causing overlapping of DD's in back end?

  • SCMS-353 DONE Cannot Delete Website.

  • SCMS-333 DONE Sitemap is not auto published upon generation.

  • SCMS-323 DONE Website Wizard: Analytics Redirect Bug.

  • SCMS-316 DONE Resizable Left Nav makes scrolling nearly impossible.

  • SCMS-311 DONE Categories not scrolling.

  • SCMS-308 DONE Package Processor Template.

  • SCMS-304 DONE Asset Category Group does not display ownername in dataGrid.

  • SCMS-303 DONE Category Groups Displaying Incorrectly.

  • SCMS-301 DONE Team Page not displaying properly.

  • SCMS-300 DONE Intranet requires logout.

  • SCMS-294 DONE Add User Group Dialog in Calendar Events.

  • SCMS-291 DONE Links missing "Modified by" data.

  • SCMS-290 DONE Modify User-> Fields not saving when modified.

  • SCMS-288 DONE Core Solodev Tree Folders displaying 1970 on Date.

  • SCMS-287 DONE Sitemap Generator generating duplicates.

  • SCMS-280 DONE Original Event Entry -> Reoccurring Events.

  • SCMS-278 DONE New Site Creation Adds _Assets to root.

  • SCMS-274 DONE Grid: Sort by, Modified by not functioning.

  • SCMS-271 DONE CKEditor Source Code Text Cut Off.

  • SCMS-263 DONE Issues where it logs you out without telling you you're logged out.

  • SCMS-255 DONE Scrolling not working on manager entry.

  • SCMS-254 DONE Thumbnail are not getting created on gallery (calendar).

  • SCMS-252 DONE Documents not showing when uploading from WYSIWYG.

  • SCMS-236 DONE Google Analytics Timing out within one hour or less.

  • SCMS-233 DONE Timeout when publishing large amounts of content.

  • SCMS-229 DONE Dashboard: Remove tooltip that has no action and just breaks line.

  • SCMS-228 DONE View User is displaying Modify User Template.

  • SCMS-227 DONE Expire Date In Button Group Misaligned.

  • SCMS-222 DONE Deleted categories can still have children added.

  • SCMS-218 DONE Filegroup expire date.

  • SCMS-216 DONE Open Tasks not displaying for assigned user on Dashboard.

  • SCMS-215 DONE Shortcuts are being pushed below GA.

  • SCMS-214 DONE View Asset File: Meta Information Tab has Feedback Tab Fields.

  • SCMS-213 DONE ViewSTML: Cannot see full screen when moving left nav.

  • SCMS-212 DONE Solodev Dashboard Responsive Issues.

  • SCMS-210 DONE Duplicate Files from Landing Page Manager.

  • SCMS-207 DONE On Import Package or Select Theme files aren't auto-published.

  • SCMS-206 DONE Website Creation Modal Populating in bottom left corner.

  • SCMS-202 DONE demo6: Duplicate Views on Session Timeout.

  • SCMS-200 DONE Add email type to Form Parser.

  • SCMS-193 DONE Clean up Datatable Website Properties.

  • SCMS-192 DONE Just get sessions for right date range.

  • SCMS-182 DONE Assets being written to root.

  • SCMS-176 DONE Import Theme: Image Paths.

  • SCMS-174 DONE Native Managers: Need to Auto-publish templates.

  • SCMS-161 DONE Dashboard Inner Wrapper.

  • SCMS-142 DONE HTML Form Builder Scroll Issue.

  • SCMS-139 DONE Responsive: Can't see Next and Previous buttons on Welcome Wizard.

  • SCMS-130 DONE Solodev Account Update Slim App Error.

  • SCMS-111 DONE Apache restart.

  • SCMS-61 DONE Google Analytics Expiration.

  • SCMS-57 DONE Subfolder search not functioning.

  • SCMS-32 DONE Fix Captcha Shortcode.

Tasks

  • SCMS-376 DONE ADA fixes on Payments.stml.

  • SCMS-374 DONE Incorrect time displayed on Feedback.

  • SCMS-373 DONE Too much space between panel and content.

  • SCMS-371 DONE Creating Users/Permissions from Config.

  • SCMS-370 DONE Meta Data Auto Populate on Import.

  • SCMS-365 DONE Error Alert on Update Website for no reason.

  • SCMS-363 DONE Social Section is missing from Update User.

  • SCMS-352 DONE Package Import: Publish, Stage, and Save Not Selectable.

  • SCMS-347 DONE Remove Repeater, Detail Display Options from Inventory and Jobs.

  • SCMS-346 DONE Remove Calendar Options that do not trigger panel display.

  • SCMS-343 DONE Kill Confluence Doc Iframe, display Zendesk Docs.

  • SCMS-341 DONE Smartkrawl.com (Business Package) Final De-Bugging.

  • SCMS-340 DONE Mobile Responsive Issue on smartkrawl/webcorpco team page.

  • SCMS-338 DONE Add 404.stml.

  • SCMS-336 DONE Add Modified by to Category under Category.

  • SCMS-334 DONE Organize Documentation on Zendesk to Match Confluence.

  • SCMS-332 DONE Fix markup on File Upload button.

  • SCMS-331 DONE Add Find and Replace Function to CKEditor/Content Areas.

  • SCMS-330 DONE Created Google Alert System for Marketing.

  • SCMS-329 DONE Review code that creates SiteMap.

  • SCMS-327 DONE Migrate Documentation from Confluence to Zendesk.

  • SCMS-325 DONE Find solution to avoid [admin_only] shortcode workaround.

  • SCMS-324 DONE Add Select Box (Save, Stage, Publish) to Package Importer.

  • SCMS-310 DONE Fixing Google Analytics tracking issues.

  • SCMS-307 DONE Style Intranet Forgot Password Pages.

  • SCMS-302 DONE Copy Asset File not working.

  • SCMS-299 DONE Update the config.json file.

  • SCMS-293 DONE Solodev does not allow tilde or accent marks for categories.

  • SCMS-276 DONE CKEditor/WYSIWYG Issues.

  • SCMS-275 DONE update content for Comparison guide wp.

  • SCMS-273 DONE mobile adjustments // webcorpco.

  • SCMS-272 DONE add drop down menu for "about us" // webcorpco.

  • SCMS-265 DONE Shortcode Clients Manager.

  • SCMS-262 DONE Left Panell falls into a "glitch" and keeps cycling back to the top.

  • SCMS-261 DONE Left Panel: The expand triangle is very, very sensitive.

  • SCMS-257 DONE Shortcode Footer Contact Form.

  • SCMS-256 DONE Shortcode Slider Manager.

  • SCMS-253 DONE CMS solution comparison guide.

  • SCMS-250 DONE Style Resources Manager.

  • SCMS-248 DONE WebCorpCo Final Punch List.

  • SCMS-246 DONE Complete WebCorpCo Modules.

  • SCMS-244 DONE Make "Title" Required for STMLs only.

  • SCMS-243 DONE Need to move chevron (too close to chat chevron).

  • SCMS-242 DONE Build Module for Real Estate Listings.

  • SCMS-241 DONE WebCorpCo Site Edits for Demos.

  • SCMS-240 DONE Create global search for webcorpco.

  • SCMS-239 DONE Build Module for Automotive Listings.

  • SCMS-238 DONE Create generic Category, Date, Search action.

  • SCMS-234 DONE Cannot see 'Solodev' on initial login screen.

  • SCMS-232 DONE Process Package needs scrollbar.

  • SCMS-226 DONE Feedback: Admin has no way of knowing Task is Complete.

  • SCMS-219 DONE dynamicDiv button for CkEditor.

  • SCMS-217 DONE Create Expires On field for Asset_File.

  • SCMS-205 DONE Hitting tab in website url field directs to object chooser for websites folder.

  • SCMS-198 DONE Last Looks on WebCorpCo Web Pages and Module Functionality.

  • SCMS-191 DONE Calendar Types, future Dates.

  • SCMS-184 DONE Update Inventory: Object Chooser not Saving.

  • SCMS-177 DONE Draft New Solodev Documentation Hierarchy & Content.

  • SCMS-173 DONE Inventory Manager: Display Template Error.

  • SCMS-172 DONE Map out list of icons needed to switch out before launch.

  • SCMS-171 DONE Build eCommerce Theme.

  • SCMS-170 DONE Test Native Modules.

  • SCMS-169 DONE Need to add Delete Action in System->Websites.

  • SCMS-165 DONE Document all new features.

  • SCMS-164 DONE Build out AppStrap Theme for Solodev.

  • SCMS-163 DONE Build out Solodev Sandbox Theme.

  • SCMS-162 DONE Migrate Cart Templates to demo6.

  • SCMS-160 DONE Match Update Calendar Dropdown.

  • SCMS-154 DONE Update Folder: Restrict Access Issue.

  • SCMS-153 DONE Build FAQ Manager.

  • SCMS-150 DONE Dashboard: DTP Not Responsive.

  • SCMS-149 DONE Dashboard: Users on Site Now.

  • SCMS-145 DONE New Build STML File loses styles when edited inline.

  • SCMS-141 DONE Style Preview STML action bar.

  • SCMS-140 DONE Test new features.

  • SCMS-138 DONE AWS does not accept caps in URL.

  • SCMS-137 DONE Contact Us: Send Message Button.

  • SCMS-132 DONE Build Sandbox Themes for Free Trials.

  • SCMS-131 DONE Solodev Account->Validation: Changing Password->Address Fields.

  • SCMS-127 DONE Add Form: Move OK/Cancel Buttons to input as button group.

  • SCMS-123 DONE Run builder script on documentation  file.SCMS-87 DONE Documentation: Export HTML from Confluence.SCMS-6 DONE Create Solodev Ticket System.

Sub-task

  • SCMS-321 DONE Rethink mobile navigation, left-nav cuts off screen, makes it difficult UX.

  • SCMS-320 DONE Panel Heading UI Needs Fix.

  • SCMS-319 DONE Cannot make inline edits on mobile / when there is other JS on page.

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