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General Tech Report

This page is intended to provide a summary of all technical enhancements, bug repairs, and any outstanding tech tickets.  For a summary see Current Development.

The technical team is currently using Trac for its project management. Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Any bugs or features users wish to be addressed are translated into tickets, which then become tasks for the technical team.


This information is updated daily

New Tickets

  • July 27, 2007
    1. #777 (task) Friday roundup
  • July 26, 2007
    1. #775 (task) Google Sitemap (SEO) - Upload meta tag for html verification
    2. #776 (task) Things to do for next live push
  • July 25, 2007
    1. #772 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - re-position information bars
    2. #773 (enhancement) Mnogo search engine - improve search results
    3. #774 (defect) Remove organization field from jobs
  • July 24, 2007
    1. #767 (defect) Redundant message pop-up
    2. #768 (defect) User unable to return to about without refresh
    3. #769 (enhancement) Signing in to edit a page
    4. #770 (defect) Duplicate ticket, same as #766(closed)
    5. #771 (enhancement) Add Full Name field to user search panel
  • July 21, 2007
    1. #766 (defect) Visualizer showing deleted relationships
  • July 20, 2007
    1. #764 (defect) Reactivated users aren't added back into search right away
    2. #765 (enhancement) Deactivate user - remove the ability for an admin to deactivate themselves
  • July 19, 2007
    1. #757 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - icons revision
    2. #758 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - highlight icons in My Network
    3. #759 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - Add dates to pop-up information bubbles for Events.
    4. #760 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - Resize pop-up balloon for listings that have very little data to eliminate excessive white space.
    5. #761 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - set "scroll" wheel functions so that it zooms in/out on the map
    6. #762 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - remove validation code the forces users to have at least one entity checked for the map to work. Some users may want to view a clean map.
    7. #763 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - entity selection shows unselected entities in clusters
  • July 18, 2007
    1. #752 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - "more" is not hyperlinked
    2. #753 (defect) Google clustermap - removed/locked articles showing up on map
    3. #754 (enhancement) Google clustermap - add arrows to list headings to indicate sorting
    4. #755 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - add ability to sort descendingly
    5. #756 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - Integrate "Add to Network" ability
  • July 18, 2007
    1. #750 (defect) Inactive users are still able to login
    2. #751 (enhancement) Google Clustermap - no search bar
  • July 17, 2007
    1. #747 Wikipage - no user recorded
    2. #748 Add item to dropdown on Organization info
    3. #749 Messages - archived messages on personal profile not showing up
  • July 13, 2007
    1. #745 (defect) New entity additions - not browsable after creation
    2. #746 (defect) Error when changing status on an Org with no AOFs
  • July 12, 2007
    1. #743 (defect) User profile Charles Brands - has no user name/masterid, causing weird site activity
    2. #744 (defect) Browse view of Jobs still showing old Type values instead of new ones
  • July 11, 2007
    1. #739 (defect) Jobs - salary field truncates numbers with commas
    2. #740 (enhancement) Jobs - add employer name to main title reference
    3. #741 (defect) Replace type field query in database to point toward another field
    4. #742 (defect) spacing in jobs search refine panel is missing
  • July 10, 2007
    1. # 737 (defect) User login prompt when not signed in does not register successfully
    2. #738 (defect) Area of Focus - Biotechnology Definition and Keywords missing
  • July 06, 2007
    1. #736 (enhancement) New User Registration revision
  • July 05, 2007
    1. # 731 (enhancement) Personal Profile Re-design
    2. # 732 (enhancement) Welcome Email message - change sender
    3. # 733 (enhancement) Homepage - update WiserEarth logo
    4. # 734 (defect) WYSIWYG - 2 toolbar buttons non functional in IE
    5. # 735 (enhancement) WYSIWYG - Add "Forum" to internal link dialog box
  • July 03, 2007
    1. # 729 (defect) Latest revision link is broken
    2. # 730 (defect) Visualizer showing undesired links
  • July 02, 2007
    1. # 728 (defect) User Profile greengoblins - Aof, UserDetails - all returning errors when updating
  • July 01, 2007
    1. # 727 (defect) Search - not finding newly added events, forums
  • June 29, 2007
    1. # 724 (defect) New User Signup - Avatar Image Library does not work properly in IE7
    2. # 725 (defect) Avatar Image Library - Upload button does not work properly in IE7
    3. # 726 (defect) WYSIWYG - Youtube/Google video does not work if added through IE
  • June 28, 2007
    1. # 721 (defect) New user creation error
    2. # 722 (defect) Event - Revision numbers get out of sync, causing "locking" of editing
    3. # 723 (task) Symphony update
  • June 27, 2007
    1. # 719 (enhancement) New User Signup - add more fields to the first page of user registration
    2. # 720 ( defect) New User Signup - error code showing in signup page when validating security code
  • June 26, 2007
    1. #716 (defect) Search error for jobs when using parameter "user"
    2. # 717 (defect) New User Signup - Revise mouseover text for username field
    3. # 718 (defect) Trouble with locked event pages
  • June 25, 2007
    1. # 705 (defect) Live Chat - Outdated security certificate
    2. # 706 (enhancement) Widen center column
    3. # 707 (defect) WYSIWYG - Time Zone is still a required field
    4. # 708 (defect) Forum creation - Cancel button does not work
    5. # 709 (defect) Forum search does not work properly
    6. # 710 (defect) Add fields to jobs to provide more detail about the posting
    7. # 711 (enhancement) New User Signup - Placement of Next button on page 3
    8. # 712 (defect) New User Signup - fix login flow for editable entries (broken in about text)
    9. # 713 (enhancement) New User Signup - Add Avatar Image Library to choose from
    10. # 714 (enhancement) New User Signup - add mouseover to to password field indicating passwords are case sensitive
    11. # 715 (defect) "Only I Can Edit" doesn't seem to be restricting others from editing.
  • June 22, 2007
    1. # 690 (defect) User registration throws exception
    2. # 691 (defect) Once wiki-tags of a particular kind are no longer in db, remove markdown code
    3. # 692 (defect) Write a script to markdown all of the wikitags that are no longer used
    4. # 693 (enhancement) Create image for Welcome page and general refinement of style if needed
    5. # 694 (enhancement) New User Signup - Indicate next pages are optional
    6. # 695 (enhancement) New User Signup - Change "I am" selections to be more like AoF selections
    7. #696 (defect) New User Signup - Province section under " Tell The Community About Yourself"
    8. # 697 (enhancement) New User Signup - Change "Tab Order"
    9. # 698 (enhancement) Change "Username" to initially say "Choose a Username"
    10. # 699 (defect) New User Signup - mouseover content
    11. # 700 (defect) New User Signup - "Join now" button placement
    12. # 701 (enhancement) Move email editing box toolbar placement to top
    13. # 702 (enhancement) New User Signup - revise email message for inviting users
    14. # 703 (enhancement) New User Signup - Move full name off to "Tell us more about yourself"
    15. # 704 (enhancement) New User Signup - Add a "Send Invite" button to bottom right of email message
  • June 21, 2007
    1. # 690 (defect) user registration throws exception
  • June 20, 2007
    1. # 683 (defect) WYSIWYG - Inserting Internal Links
    2. # 684 (defect) Non TinyMCE Dialog boxes not popping up in IE 7 on Windows Vista
    3. # 685 (enhancement) WYSIWYG - Inserting behavior for ordered/unordered lists in TinyMCE requires some tweaking
    4. # 686 (enhancement) WYSIWYG - Allow users to clear out any font size or font formatting changes
    5. # 687 (enhancement) WYSIWYG - Add ability to hyperlink images
    6. # 688 (enhancement) WYSIWYG - Insert background image under Table's Advanced functions has no upload image field
    7. # 689 (defect) WYSIWYG mail link
  • June 19, 2007
    1. # 676 (defect) Edit dialog boxes not working after saving
    2. # 677 (enhancement) WYSIWYG - text size changes showing in real-time
    3. # 678 (defect) WYSIWYG - timing for popup edit boxes
    4. # 679 (enhancement) - interface when choosing field for internal link on wysiwyg
    5. # 680 (enhancement) - WYSIWYG - Width/Height
    6. # 681 (defect) - java editing box issue
    7. # 682 (defect) - video placement not respecting left and right class designation
  • June 18, 2007
    1. #675 (defect) welcome email
    2. #674 (enhancement) hypertext linking for comment boxes
    3. #673 (defect) word wrapping in comments field
  • June 15, 2007
    1. #657 - #672 (defect) relating to stage testing of wysiwyg
    2. #656 (defect) google video markdown not working properly
    3. #655 (defect) email obfuscation in MarkdownHelper
    4. #654 (defect) additional tinyMCE plugins
  • June 14, 2007
    1. #653 (enhancement) new text for automatic email invitation
    2. #652 (enhancement) Add "Invite Others" feature to WiserEarth
    3. #651 (defect) uneditable wikipage
    4. #650 (defect) search for organizations and adding organizations
    5. #649 (defect) count of forums to be added to a nettwork
  • June 13, 2007
    1. #648 (defect) calendar produces white bar across screen
    2. #647 (defect) cannot add new forum
    3. #646 (defect) Search and add new org issue
  • June 12, 2007
    1. #645 (defect) When editing events, calendar placement is not useful
    2. #644 (defect) remove organization field from events
  • June 11, 2007
    1. #643 (defect) sign-up cache issues
    2. #642 (enhancement) email encoding
    3. #641 (defect) Change text of welcome message per Molly's request
  • June 8, 2007
    1. #640 (defect) Google maps are not displaying on events,jobs and resource pages
    2. #639 (defect) Country Selector Drop Down
    3. #638 (defect) Image library upload of same name
  • June 7, 2007
    1. #637 (defect) store messages (message alerts, welcome messages etc) in the db
    2. #636 (defect) messages page should have either scroll bar or pager, but not both.
    3. #635 (defect) Stop including internal messages in alert emails
    4. #634 (defect) /user/:masterid/section/(user-specific-section) should always show the current logged in user's info.
    5. #633 (defect) /user/:masterid/section/(user-specific-section) should require login not just be blank if user is not logged in.
  • June 5, 2007
    1. #632 (defect) Enforce AOF limit when adding AOFs via Network
    2. #631 (defect) Calender search function for Events for past years does not work properly
    3. #630 (defect) Posting dates for Events do not seem valid
    4. #629 (enhancement) Update Organization search listings to show U.S. States
  • May 27, 2007
    1. #620 (defect) adding new job: after submit an incomplete entry, the organization name defaults to none
  • May 25, 2007
    1. #619 (defect) URLs without a final slash at the end are not loading
    2. #618 (enhancement) Allow users to sort people by actual first and last name instead of just username
    3. #617 (enhancement)Increase default number of search listings to 25, allow customization
    4. #616 (defect) Modify the pushlivescs script so that it is more flexible
    5. #615 (enhancement)Add filter to sort Job search results
    6. #614 (enhancement)Add filter to sort Organization search results
    7. #613 (defect) Time zones/local time are off by one hour, possibly due to daylight savings change
    8. #612 (defect) Visualize Network link for Areas of Focus, including View Profile, not linking back to portal
  • May 23, 2007
    1. #611 (defect) Comment add button not showing
    2. #610 (enhancement) Change 'Mark Deleted' link on Comments
    3. #609 (defect) comments not clearing when added
  • Previously Added
    1. #602 (defect) changing event name doesn't change name on visualizer
    2. #601 (defect) blank 'required' fields format misleading
    3. #600 (enhancement) youtube video markdown
    4. #599 (enhancement) add text with email alert
    5. #598 (defect) adjustment of new internal message alert feature
    6. #597 (defect) image upload problem for tn_
    7. #596 (enhancement) discussion forums
    8. #595 (defect) user name is not updating and causing js error
    9. #594 (defect) edit box disappearing and not always visible
    10. #593 (enhancement) make default avatar for medium avatar boxes
    11. #592 (enhancement) link to user avatars
    12. #591 (defect) Format image should have "Original Size" as an option
    13. #590 duplicate of #474 (defect) Time count when user creates an entity is off - often shows -1yr 11mo 29d 23h 58m ago
    14. #589 (enhancement) ability to delete or replace images in wiki page.
    15. #588 (defect) "I am" categories on "Create Your Profile" are not all inclusive
    16. #587 (enhancement) Add "Privacy Policy" link to the bottom section of all WE pages
    17. #586 (enhancement) make a "chat online" button
    18. #585 (defect) "Edit name" of a wiki page
    19. #584 (enhancement) create unique URL for media/press
    20. #583 (enhancement) ability to add recurring events
    21. #582 (defect) required field sign up form
    22. #581 (enhancement) make live chat more prominent
    23. #580 Make Live Chat more prominent
    24. #579 research opensource discussion solutions vs. in house
    25. #578 (enhancement) change "mark deleted" label for comments
    26. #577 (enhancement) increase the radius and the number of nodes shown on the visualize network

Current Priorities

WiserEarth developers release a new version every two weeks with the intention of completing a set of tickets.

Version: o.august 1

  • #318 (enhancement) update session vars when user changes preferences
  • #462 (enhancement) editing wiki pages at the same time
  • #479 (enhancement) Add comment activity to activity table
  • #610 (enhancement) Change 'Mark Deleted' link on Comments
  • #268 (enhancement) admin tools
  • #270 (enhancement) add date validation for resources
  • #295 (task) add unit tests for GenericModel methods
  • #297 (enhancement) job wanted ads and linking jobs and events to orgs
  • #394 (defect) some nodes in flash app don't exist anymore
  • #483 (enhancement) Nameservers not switched to Yahoo
  • #574 (enhancement) Make the creation of relations between records easier
  • #632 (enhancement) Enforce AOF limit when adding AOFs via Network
  • #55 (enhancement) set user culture
  • #242 (enhancement) remove Province
  • #340 (enhancement) New field: Registration ID/EIN within structured field of an org
  • #349 (enhancement) revision and status comments
  • #350 (enhancement) rearrange the Scale of Activity categories
  • #377 (enhancement) textual enhancements for helper panel
  • #390 (enhancement) move [edit name] link to the right bar
  • #442 (enhancement) add a tag for TOC in wiki areas
  • #490 (defect) Delete users
  • #517 (defect) Local Time incorrect
  • #519 (enhancement) Status should be read from db table
  • #530 (enhancement) Who's online feature
  • #531 (enhancement) My Network builder
  • #548 (enhancement) Make watchlist message persistent until clicked
  • #552 (defect) 110,111 and 230 fix
  • #562 (defect) "info" icon on Areas of Focus selection
  • #578 (enhancement) Change "Mark deleted" label for comments
  • #598 (defect) adjustment of new 'alert' feature
  • #602 (defect) changing event name doesn't change name on the visualizer
  • #628 (defect) Debug TinyMCE styles / formatting
  • #630 (defect) Posting Dates do not seem valid
  • #645 (defect) When Editing Events, calendar placement is not usable.
  • #649 (defect) count of forums to be added to a network
  • #654 (defect) additional tinyMCE plugins
  • #655 (defect) email obfuscation in MarkdownHelper
  • #663 (defect) WYSIWYG - No field to enter text for "Table Caption"
  • #668 (defect) WYSIWYG - Insert Internal Link - does not have a cancel button
  • #674 (enhancement) Hypertext Linking for comment boxes
  • #697 (enhancement) New User Signup - Change "Tab Order"
  • #236 (enhancement) user browse by activity and tags
  • #245 (enhancement) Expiration date, posting data for events, job posting
  • #267 (enhancement) Ability to attach a pfd/word doc to a ressource/event entity
  • #320 (enhancement) aof tag: add definition as the title attribute
  • #362 (enhancement) Email Notification
  • #387 (enhancement) Upload logo
  • #446 (enhancement) enhancing watch list beyond pages
  • #488 (defect) Localize Ajax indicator icon to area that is being updated.
  • #489 (enhancement) Create WikiPage templates and add links to them in the Edit Pane Help Pane
  • #509 (defect) Date Published Calendar Helper on Add Resource Page does not use correct CSS
  • #543 (task) Remove the rest of the "small" button classes from the html
  • #559 (defect) Consolidate, simplify, and more appropriately name css tags
  • #593 (enhancement) Make default avatar for medium avatar boxes
  • #638 (defect) Image library upload of same name

Closed Tickets

  • June 18, 2007
    1. #670
    2. #569 (enhancement) discussion forums
    3. #657
  • June 17, 2007
    1. #671
  • June 16, 2007
    1. #659
    2. #667
  • June 15, 2007
    1. #656 (defect) google video markdown not working properly
    2. #639 (defect) Country Selector Drop Down
    3. #624 (defect) Status bar making "locked" pages not visible to User level users.
  • June 14, 2007
    1. #637 (defect) store messages (message alerts, welcome messages etc) in the db
    2. #431 (enhancement) wysiwyg
    3. #546 (defect) edit box appears low on screen
    4. #648 (defect) calendar produces white bar across screen
    5. #551 (defect) memory leak on user profile create
    6. #183 (enhancement) change "draft" background image on preview panel on Org view About edit
    7. #560 (enhancement) move preview button to left of the save button on the edit pane
    8. #487 (enhancement) add save and cancel buttons to minimized edit pane
    9. #606 (enhancement) entities should automatically relate to the user creating them
    10. #352 (task) implement usability feedback analysis
    11. #536 (enhancement) show "My Network" on user and Portal right bar
    12. #48 (enhancement) ability to edit sections of wikitext
    13. #647 (defect) cannot add new forum
    14. #406 (enhancement) Remove France-Metropolitan from the country dropdown
    15. #89 (enhancement) country codes need to be converted to 2 letter ISO codes
  • June 13, 2007
    1. #646 (defect) Search and add new org issue
  • June 12, 2007
    1. #380 (defect) event - time of the calendar does not seem to save the first time
  • June 11, 2007
    1. #640 (defect) Google maps are not displaying on events,jobs and resource pages
    2. #636 (defect) messages page should have either scroll bar or pager, but not both.
    3. #642 (enhancement) email encoding
    4. #443 (enhancement) div style in wikitext covers edit link
    5. #601 (defect) blank 'required' fields format misleading
    6. #474 (defect) Recent activity, first
    7. #641 (defect) Change text of welcome message per Molly's request
  • June 10, 2007
    1. #454 (enhancement) automated email users to WiserEarth when they register
    2. #635 (defect) Stop including internal messages in alert emails
  • June 8, 2007
    1. #501 (defect) GoogleMaps z-index should be below the edit pane's
  • June 7, 2007
    1. #634 (defect) /user/:masterid/section/(user-specific-section) should always show the current logged in user's info.
    2. #633 (defect) /user/:masterid/section/(user-specific-section) should require login not just be blank if user is not logged in.
  • June 6, 2007
    1. #619 (defect) URLs without a final slash at the end are not loading
    2. #599 (enhancement) add text with email alert
  • June 5, 2007
    1. #513 (task) MYSQL LOGS ARE NOT GETTING ROTATED ON PRODUCTION DB and DEV DB
    2. #620 (defect) adding new job: after submit an incomplete entry, the organization name defaults to none
    3. #625 (task) install trac on the new dev box
  • June 4th, 2007
    1. #623 (defect) Remove pointer (tooltip_arrow.gif) from tooltip code
    2. #622 (defect) History in IE6 pushes the page to the bottom of the left nav bar
    3. #405 (enhancement) - Automatic numbers on right column for Related Jobs
    4. #527 (enhancement) - Some network nodes not showing up in Visualizer
    5. (Not fixed) - #617 (enhancement) Extend default search listings beyond 10
    6. (Not fixed) - #614 (enhancement) Update search listings to be sortable by other criteria
    7. (Not fixed) - #167 Wiserbiz enhancements
    8. (Not fixed) - #33 Wiserbiz enhancements
    9. (Not fixed) - #179 Different layout for Wiserbiz
  • May 31, 2007
    1. # 621 (enhancement)Add WiserEarth content standards to "Add an Organization" page
  • May 28, 2007
    1. #381 (enhancement) Required fields for all entities
  • May 23, 2007
    1. #611 (defect) Comment add button not showing
  • May 22, 2007
    1. #597 (defect) image upload problem for tn_
    2. #608 (defect)User profile photo in the right bar
    3. #607 (defect) Youtube video not showing anymore
  • May 16, 2007
    1. #600 (enhancement) youtube video markdown
  • May 15, 2007
    1. #595 (defect) user name is not updating and causing js error
    2. #585 duplicate of #568 (defect) "Edit name" of a wiki page
    3. #568 duplicate of #585 (defect) article name edit
    4. #496 (task) recruit and train Dev
    5. #528 (enhancement) Visualizer usability modifications
    6. #580 (enhancement) Make Live Chat more prominent
    7. #481 (enhancement) Serve images from IP
    8. #579 (defect)research opensource discussion solutions vs. in house
    9. #429 Clustering - cronjobs setup
  • May 11, 2007
    1. #590 duplicate of #474 - (defect) Time count when user creates an entity is off - often shows -1yr 11mo 29d 23h 58m ago
  • May 09, 2007
    1. #549 Watch list change indicator
    2. #582 (defect) required field sign up form
    3. #587 (enhancement) Add "Privacy Policy" link to the bottom section of all WE pages
    4. #586 (enhancement) make a "chat online" button
  • May 07, 2007
    1. #534 (enhancement) Increase size of rightbar avatar
    2. #533 (enhancement) Editing Tools
    3. #518 (defect) Visualizer link error
    4. #577 (enhancement) Increase the radius and the number of nodes on the visualizer
    5. #10 (enhancement) Need tighter control of City data entry
  • Previously Completed
    1. #553 (enhancement) Profile "about" section highlight and process alteration
    2. #565 (defect)Edit Profile - Edit boxes - No Scrolling capabilities
    3. #574 (enhancement)Make the creation of relations between records easier
    4. #564 (defect)Edit Profile - Areas of focus edit box too small for content.
    5. #493 (task)evaluate GPL3
    6. #467 (defect)Unable to page more than once through search results
    7. #463 (defect)browse by country, not retrieving issues
    8. #414 Create a new user registration page (acceptance of Terms and Conditions, radio button for age, username selection)
    9. #491 (defect) Replace bookmark icons that have grey backgrounds with transparent versions
    10. #506 (enhancement) Write descriptive title="" for each left column menu link
    11. #404 Enable users to hide their emails and other personal information
    12. #402 Creating page for Terms and Conditions acceptance for new users
    13. #428 Clustering - web servers not in sync
    14. #426 Clustering- backup servers
    15. #430 Clustering - data and code transport
    16. #440 Links in the footer
    17. #449 registration for new users: edits and add on text
    18. #416 Site metrics for www.wiserearth.org for system admin
    19. #457 search result under all, photo of user does not display
    20. #460 browse resources by name and activity options
    21. #471 terms of use link should open in new window
    22. #466 recent activity, for new users, do not show the avatar
    23. #444 Missing avatar on search return
    24. #409 new structure field "I speak"

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