PAST RELEASES

| What's New on Wiserearth |

Release 29
For-profit/Government agency inclusion
- Provide new organization type for for-profit and government agencies
- Visually distinguish between 3 organization types
- Revise content guidelines to reflect changes
- Add in certifications field to allow organizations to showcase their certifications

Release 28
Network relationships - clean up current list, make relationship connections reciprocal
Welcome email - revised to add a more personal touch to the email
Discussion forums - provide a "Post a reply" link at the bottom of the page

Release 27 - Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Google/Yahoo sitemap uploaded - provided generously by Gary of GetToTheTop!
Meta-description updated - each page wil have a unique meta-data snippet
Page titles - pages now have titles that are related to the information listed, rather than a generic one-size fits all title
User profile - Fix bug that prevents users from setting pic as avatar
Wikipages - Rename "Edit options" to "Edit Title" (community suggestion)

Release 26
Welcome to WiserEarth email - language/formatting revisions
Geographic locations - database clean-up for all records with incorrect longitude/latitude information
Forums - allow users to toggle order of comments in either ascending or descending order
Browse results - optimized database to speed up query when browsing organizations
Watchlist - changes to a record are grouped together to avoid clutter
Discussions - all pages of a discussion thread have breadcrumb links
Browse results - optimized database query when browsing through database records
Invitation email - typo corrected
User Profile - vertical line error corrected
Network - clean-up of "friends" usage across site

Release 25

TinyMCe 3.0 - upgraded TinyMCE editor to latest version to support Firefox 3.0

Release 24

Inbox redesign - added features to improve usability of the message center

No-reply@wiserearth.org - set message to send a bounce-back reply to users who accidentally respond to the email address

Invite a friend - revised email to improve language used in the email body

Groups - Offered option to choose how many results per page when clicking on the "View all" function for group content (wikipages, related orgs, discussion topics, etc)

Release 23
New User Registration process - redesign to allow users to choose Areas of Focus during sign-up

Image upload - increase file size limit to allow users to upload pictures up from 1mb to 5mb

Release 22

Group membership options - bug fixed prevent admins from admitting in new members

Release 21

Watchlist redesign - offering full sentence description, links to any changes to a watchlisted item, and email digest notifications of watchlist activity

Release 20

Watchlist bug fix - users are no longer notified of changes they made themselves to a watchlisted item

Internal Messaging - fixed a bug that prevent Internet Explorer 6 users from sending a message

Groups creation - Groups creation process streamlined

Release 19

Events - added "award" and "other" to type field

Post a job - page titles updated

Jobs - Level field ranked by experience instead of alphabetically

Internal messages - added full toobar to messages, allowing pictures, links font formatting, etc

Groups - added toolbar to group messages, allowing pictures, links, font formatting, etc

Groups - updated email message sent to creators of new groups

Groups - added "Manage" to Related Groups to allow deletion and ability to set as "sticky"

Groups - Spacing for messages has been corrected

Groups - Hyperlinked group logo to homepag

Network - added Client, Consultant and Funder to relationship choices

AoF Portal - organized sidebar links in a more consistent fashion

Flag comment - Renamed to "Flag comment for removal"

Release 18

New User Signup - Simplified and shortened registration process, added new images to choose from

Groups - Simplified sign-up process to join a grou

Release 17
Network - automatic connection for pages created by a user
Groups - revision history available for bulletin boards
Groups - activity logs record when a new member joins a group
Groups - Join group/watchlist buttons placement on Home tab
Forums - ability to edit posts within a 30 minute time limit
Invite to your network - dialog prompt to explain request
Users - New User registration process re-design
Bug fixes - image uploads, Watchlist link fix

Release 16

Groups - quick bug fixes affecting group layouts

Release 15

• Search - Mnogo search engine re-evaluation
• Multiple bulletin boards for groups
• Set items as "stickies" in groups
• Group membership roles - consolidation into just admins and members
• States/Province listed in search results
• Files & Photos moved to new tab
• Group content modules - show # displayed out of total availabl
• Added HTML titles to key pages
• Timestamp - changed to a more international friendly format
• General help link - redirects to helpdesk
• General browser fixes for IE6
  

Release 14

• Comments - Adding in formatting bar for comments
• Groups - adding interface to add connections to existing content and to related groups
• Internal messages - URLs are hyperlinked
  

Release 13

• Folders for file uploads!
• Users can delete comments on their profile
  
• Groups frame feature revised
  
• Link colors
• Jobs Expiration
  
• AoF now lists group entities
  
• Expanded Comment box

We also had our usual bevy of bug fixes, and slight  to our spam monitoring features.  Many of these ideas came from our Suggestions for WiserEarth group, which has given us great insight into how our users are interacting with WiserEarth, and what we can do to help improve their experience.

Release 12

• Anti-spam reporting/prevention features
• Action bar - righthand sidebar revision
• De-activated users - comments will remain visibile after de-activation
• Join groups - sign-in option for already registered members
• Option to chose "other" for certain drop-down menus
• Homepage events - stat will reflect only upcoming events
• Bug fixes - comment box, link color for already visited links, timestamp dates in forum, TinyMCE spacing tags, Area of Focus selection saving
  

Release 11

• TinyMCE 3.0 upgrade
• Sent messages outbox for group mass messages

Release 10

• Upload Files/folder feature
• RSS feeds for disccussion topics
• Comments fix - horizontal scrolling, empty comment posting, privacy access restrictions
• User de-activation made immediate
• Group mass messages - hyperlinked group name in message foter
• Internal messages include the body of the message when replying
• My groups drop-down menu includes vertical scrollbar
• Searching for users now checks full name
• New tutorial for group admins
• Member referrals have their referral button restored
• Added asterisk to entities that require Areas of Focus selection during creation process
• Networking - added validation step to gray out connections that you have already made
• Fixed watchlist icon for group header
  
• Fixed image uploading bug
• Fixed cancel membership bug
• Fixed Public/Privacy option bug in IE6

Release 9

• About section comments revision
• Watchlist fix for groups/discussion reporting
  

Release 8

• Group - administrators are notified of new applications and pending referrals
  
• Group accept/decline button placements
• Forums - option to keep the topic creator automatically updated of replies
  
• WiserEarth welcome email - sensitive login information removed
• Events - timestamp and "types" updated
• Emails - showing internal messages in body of email when alert notifications are sent out

Release 7

• Watchlist activity report - readable sentences to describe change
  
• Sent messages folder for group administrators/editor
• Group bug fixes - forum removal topics, application/member referral issues, "History" tab renamed to "Activity Log", group invitations
• MySQL mail client replacement - Sendmail swapped for Postit, which will address the intermittent database issues we have been experiencing
  

Release 6

• Archive sent messages
• Group Administrators tutorial
  
• Wider wikipages setting
  
• TinyMCE upload images bug fix
• Page status indicators
• Bug fixes - image upload, User edit "about" section
  

Open Source code release (3-4 months) will start January 14th 2008

Release 5 - 12/26/07

• Homepage quick fix revisions - Invest in now button removal, stats movement, etc
• Alerts/Subscriptions - email notifications
• Network - permission based network functionality
• Total of 39 tickets for this release
  

Release 4 - 12/03/07
My groups - also include drop-down menu to show list of clickable groups
to jump directly to
Remembering the security code [x]
Confirmation email - SALT ((med)
Comments - Automatic url linking [x]
Aof Ordering [x]

Release 3
Group invite emails - change from and reply-to
Personal invite - body text
Topics - required fields

Release 2
AoF Multi-Select - add multi-select, add arrows in between, (med) - Arash [1150]
Invite Multiple - Group, Sign-Up, Profile - would lose personalized first name (easy) (Hilary) [845]
Welcome Page - jumps straight to last invited group (Hilary) [1149]