v6.1.0

Redesign

• released the revamped device stats section on groups pages
• started implementing the new design of the group listing page

Microtasks section

• started development on the new microtasking dashboard

Localisation

• made product categories and clusters translatable and published the French (Belgian) translations of these

Bug fixes

• fixed a display bug on the global nav on mobile on Discourse

v6.0.0

Redesign

• continued releasing the revamped version of group pages, this time focusing on the events section

Microtasks section

• started to define what engagement means in the context of microtasks (preparation for the development of the new microtasking dashboard)

Technical debt

• changed the way certain dynamic elements of the site work (to make them quicker to load and easier to maintain going forward).
• Fun fact: adding new repairs will now automatically update an event’s environmental stats live without having to refresh the page ⚡

Bug fixes

• fixed an issue preventing people from recording more than one source of repair information per item
• fixed a bunch of small issues causing 500 errors for various users

v4.1

Dashboard

Fixes

• Broken event links on Dashboard
• Users with host role and member of a group but not host of the group, see 'Update group' link on dashboard

Events

Enhancements

• new fields for recording spare parts information, barriers to repair, and sources of repair information

• ability to delete events
  • future events can be deleted if no volunteers attached to the event
  • if volunteers are attached, they need to be removed before deleting
• lightbox display of images on create/edit event pages

Fixes

• Error message when requesting contributions to an event
• Spare parts field not dynamically updated when editing devices on event screen
• Editing a device gets stuck on 'Saving...' for a host of the group that didn't attend the event
• Host who is host of multiple groups gets error when creating an event
• When a device has been saved as Misc, can't amend the weight when returning to edit it
• Devices saved as None of the above displayed as 'None of the above' in the list until page refresh

Groups

Enhancements

• moderation process for groups
• area field editable by admins
• lightbox display of images on create/edit group pages

Fixes

• group tags filter lost when paging
• filtering by group country
• can't remove group tags from a group

Repairs

Enhancement

• new fields for recording spare parts information, barriers to repair, and sources of repair information
• devices export based on search filters
• lightbox display of images on edit device page

Fixes

• error when updating a device via the devices page

Users

Fixes

• Users can create new skills in their profile and this subsequently causes error on group page

Stats embeds

Enhancements

• CO2 equivalance visualisation split into two separate visualisations (manufacturing equivalence, and consumption equivalence)
• manufacturing equivalence visualisation shows progress towards 'next level' of equivalence
• visualisations can be filtered by a particular group tag

Internationalisation/localisation

Enhancements

• system for editing translations on the web

• regional coordinators can be given permission to this translation management system

• language preferences
  • for new/unauthenticated users, language choice determined by browser language settings
  • can be manually switched via language selector in the footer

API

Enhancements

• ability to get list of events for a particular group tag via API call

Notifications

Enhancements

• the way notifications work has been updated
  • previously only showed past events without devices added
  • now shows any notification that was previously an email notification
  • e.g. received invitation to event, new event created, etc
  • notifications can be marked as read
  • if opted in to receive emails, will also receive an email notification as

• new notifications

  • to admins: new user joined
  • to admins: abnormal number of Misc devices added for an event
  • to hosts/admins: event has no data entered after 3 days
  • to admins: data upload to Wordpress has failed and needs attention

• admins can set which moderation notifications they receive

Fixes

• improved subject line and copy on new event notification
• improved subject line and copy on new group notification

Infrastructure

Enhancements

• audit logs of edits to devices, events, and groups
  • visible to admins only

• maximum session length 60 days, period session maintained without activity set to 7 days

v4.0 Beta 2

Beta 2 of v4.0, released 21st September 2018.

Registration

Enhancements

• check for existing email address at step 2, rather than at step 4
• improving registration for Hosts

Events

Enhancements

• ability to manually change number of volunteers who attended an event
• button focus state

Fixes

• only show confirmed volunteers in volunteers modal
• allow for adding invited but not RSVPed users after the event

Groups

Enhancements

• ability for hosts to set other members of a group as a group host
• ability to remove members from a group

Fixes

• incorrect group images being used

Repairs

• remove model field from public export of devices

Admin

Enhancements

• Link to Repair Directory based on user permissions

Hours reporting

• filter out the old 'superhero' Restarter from reporting
• filter by age range

Users/profiles

Fixes

• image alpha channels showing black rather than transparent
• take photo with mobile and add it as profile picture rotates picture by 90 degrees
• Anonymise user details before deletion

Notifications

Fixes

• For event moderation notification, link to event edit page

v4.0 Beta 1

Public beta release 2nd August 2018.

Infrastructure/misc

• feature: Google Analytics added
• feature: Cookie notice added
• feature: API endpoints for party and group stats
• fix: styling on IE

Features

Events

• fix: increment volunteer count for host when creating an event
• fix: increment volunteer count when adding volunteer after event
• fix: rendering of event export
• feature: order upcoming events near me by date, limit to 40 miles
• fix: allow all hosts of a group to edit event, regardless of attendance

Devices/Repairs

• fix: allow anonymous access to devices export

Notifications

• Fix: error when sending emails to people who have opted out of emails

Reporting

• fix: issues with underreporting of statistics for Misc devices
• fix: date filtering on events filter
• feature: show event name rather than location in event reporting
• feature: reporting on hours volunteered
• fix: honour event filters when exporting to CSV

Integrations

• fix: improve styling of dashboard

Discourse

• feature: links to specific discussions on discussion dashboard block

Mediawiki

• feature: ability for automatic login to Mediawiki when corresponding account exists

Admins

• fix: paging through groups
• fix: only show group tags filter to admins

v4.0 Alpha

Early release to private testers, published 6th July 2018.

Infrastructure changes

• migrated from custom MVC architecture to Laravel 5.6
• upgraded from Bootstrap 3 to Bootstrap 4
• re-architected to be responsive on tablet/mobile

New features

Users

Onboarding & self-registration

• Self-registration process added (as opposed to account created only via administrators): skills; personal info; email opt-ins; data consent
• Existing users taken through similar registration
• About page describing features of the platform

User profiles

• Members able to edit their own profile
  • skills, personal info, avatar, biography, email opt-ins, change password

New roles

• Restarter role

Skills

• Skills can be associated with users
• Skills are split into organising and technical skills

Groups

Hosts

• Invite members to join your group
• Create new groups
• View all members of your groups (and skills)

Restarters

• See groups near to you
• Join groups

Group Admin

• Assign group tags
• Filter group list by tag

Events

Hosts

• Invite members to join your event
• Event attendance list

Restarters

• RSVP to events
• See upcoming events for your groups

Admin

• Admin event moderation

Devices/Repairs

• Brand now auto-suggested
• Save devices one-by-one, as opposed to all at once
• Ability to add images to repairs
• Ability to flag a repair as a good case study (e.g. for the wiki)
• Allow adding/editing repairs during event

Restarters

• Ability for Restarters to edit repairs

Notifications

• Add notification bar
• Add notification for past events with no devices added

Email notifications

• Invitation to join an event
• Invitation to join a group
• Moderation required for an event
• Moderation required for a group
• New member joined your group
• Someone RSVPed to your event
• Password reset
• Repair marked as a good case study

Integrations

• Dashboard landing page

Discourse

• integrated in to Discourse for Restarters Talk
• setup restarters.net as an authentication provider for Discourse

Mediawiki

• pulls in links to pages from Restarters Wiki

Admins

• Sort/filter user list
• Delete users
• Manage skills
• Manage group tags
• Manage suggested brands