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2017

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FEATURES

 

The list below shows you the list of changes that have been implemented to the Schudio School Website CMS and what features were added, updated or fixed month to month.

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DEC 2017

New Feature: Enhanced Social Sharing
News, Events and Blog posts have been updated with OpenGraph (Facebook) and Twitter meta data to provide a richer experience when sharing content via social media. The News, Events, and Blog admin pages have also been updated to provide links to post content straight to Facebook and Twitter.
New Document Group Display
Document groups are now displayed with a different technology. In page PDF previews will display differently, and more reliably.
New Hide RSS Feed Option
Most themes now have an option to hide the display of their RSS Feed social icon. The feed will still be accessible at /feed.
Update Course Tags
Improvements to course tags to enhance use across all designs.
Update Blog Details
Improvements to the blog system author, category and tag data.
Update People Groups
Improvements to people groups in some themes.
Update Internet Explorer/Edge Warning
Made the IE/Edge functionality warning a persistent pop-up.
Fix URL Slug function for Course Tags
Resolved an issue where the course tag URL wasn’t displaying correctly.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Lots of client specific bespoke development and design work

NOV 2017

New Feature: SSL Certificates Now Included with Schudio Websites
SSL certificates will now be included for all Schudio package websites, for new and existing clients. An SSL certificate helps to secure the transmission of data between the visitors on your website, and the server where your website is hosted. Schudio websites are now enabled for secure HTTPS access. Read More.
Tags are now available in Courses
Tags can now be included on courses, including the potential for courses to be grouped by tag. A tag could be a department name or something else.
Update Document Groups for HTTPS
Improvements to configure document groups for effective use via HTTPS connections.
HTTPS General Updates
Improvements to the system to ensure consistency and security when loading and managing a website via HTTPS.
Update to unused pagination
Improvements to pages that potentially may require pagination when there is not enough content to require it.
Fix OFSTED Checker 2nd Level Comments
Resolved an issue where some second level comments were not previewing when re-loading a saved check.
Fix postcode lookup feature
Resolved an issue with the postcode lookup tool after an update to the lookup system.
Fix related content headings
Resolved an issue on some designs where the related content headings were linking to all content instead of only related content.
Fix blog post publish date
Resolved an issue on with blog posts not being published in line with the time set in CMS admin.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Lots of client specific bespoke development and design work

OCT 2017

Draft Blog Post Saving
Blog posts can now be saved without submitting to an approver, on draft status they will remain with the user for editing.
Additional Tour Categories
Categories are now available within the additional Tour feature. Points of interest can be grouped and shown separately.
Update Blog Index
Underlying improvements to blog module.
Update Blog Status
Improvements to the blog status to retain consistency.
Update Images helper
Improvements to catch more errors and resolve them.
Update Photo Gallery Modal Viewer
Performance and usability improvements to the photo gallery modal viewer.
Fix push notifications in admin
Resolved an issue where an error message was displayed when sending some push notifications.
Fix time range output
Resolved an issue where on some designs an event lasting a time period over the year end resulted in an incorrect display.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Client specific bespoke development and design work

SEP 2017

New Feature: Online School Website Requirements Checker
An online tool tool to preview your website and record your compliance with the requirements set by the DfE for the websites of schools in England. Record Yes/NA/No and add comments for each requirement, with a report produced at the end. Kept up to date by Schudio with changes to requirements in the future.
Clear course level after deleted course
Added new step to clear the course level field if the selected level is deleted.
Update Social Icons
Improvements to social icons in designs, including new Instagram icon previously missing from some designs.
Update Event Display
Improvements to the display of events when using certain date ranges.
Update Images helper
Improvements to the image upload and management tool.
Fix course booking email
Resolved an issue where booking confirmations were not being correctly sent for some courses.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Client specific bespoke development and design work

AUG 2017

New Feature: School Map Pin Page
A bespoke school map page is now available for use with Schudio websites. If you’d like us to build a bespoke interactive school map page on your website please get in touch.
Fix save in image editor
Resolved an issue preventing some images from being saved after an edit with the image editor.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Client specific bespoke development and design work
Lots of development for a new feature to be launched soon!

JUL 2017

Update Blog Display
Improvements to the display of related blogs by tag on all designs.
Fix email re-directs in Vacancy Shortlist module
Resolved an issue preventing some emails from the vacancy management module from sending.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Client specific bespoke development and design work
Lots of development for a new feature to be launched soon!

JUN 2017

New system structure to resolve cache related problems
Added new system structure to resolve recurring cacheing issues and prevent them in the future.
Add additional delegate details to course booking notification emails
Added this additional delegate data to the course booking notification email.
Update Blog Config
Improvements to the behind the scenes blog configuration, and tag functionality.
Update Event Config
Improvements to the behind the scenes event configuration, and tag functionality.
Update Create Account
Improvements to the user account creation process.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Lots of development for a new feature to be launched soon!

MAY 2017

New Feature: Shopify Integration
An integration with Shopify is now available to list products through your school or college website and sell them using the Shopify platform.
Add force re-direct to HTTPS
Added an option to force all web traffic to an SSL secured site (if the account has a valid SSL certificate)
Add Generate Email Button in Vacancy Shortlisting
A new option to re-generate the emails for a vacancy shortlist if the content has been changed..
Update Notifications Settings
Improvements to the user notifications setup.
Update Page Appearance Settings
Improvements to page appearance.
Update Support Button Print View
An improvement to the view of printable forms within the admin area to prevent the support button.
Fix Tags for Blog Posts
Resolved an issue on some designs preventing tags on blog posts from correctly displaying related content.
Fix Related Content Heading Link
Resolved the link address of the related content heading.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
Internal server configuration changes to improve performance.

APR 2017

Add new support system
A new support system has been added into the CMS to better enable the support process and the support that users receive.
Photo Gallery image remove/delete
A new option to determine if an image should be removed from a photo gallery, or removed from the gallery and deleted from the system.
Update Document Groups Display
Improvements to document group display while document loading.
Update Auto-Image resize
Improvements to the automatic image compression being made on files uploaded to the Schudio CMS.
Update File Manager
General improvements and updates to improve File Manager.
Update Tag Display
Visual improvements on some themes to the way tags are implemented.
Fix Displaying Galleries with a special character in name
Resolved an issue where galleries with the special character would not be displayed.
Fix caching issue
Resolved an issue preventing some updates being cached instead of posting instantly.
Fix news content approval
Resolved an issue on some accounts where news articles could not be approved.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes

MAR 2017

New Feature: XML Sitemaps
An XML sitemap is now being automatically generated for all websites. These can be found at your-domain/sitemap
Add validation checks for folder names
Folder names within file manager follow standard web convention and cannot contain special characters or spaces.
Update Blog Post Approval
Improvements to blog post content created by editors requiring approval.
Update Job Application Referee Content Email Process
Improvements to prevent a possible issue within the HR Vacancy Management product preventing referee emails from sending.
Fix Recognising external links in menus
Resolved an issue where on some designs and menus external links were not correctly following the target _blank behaviour.
Fix truncated related blog post content
Resolved an issue on some accounts with blog post content being truncated when combined with tags.
Fix dates on related events
Resolved an issue on some accounts where invalid date formatting was shown for related events.
Fix blog category menu item
Resolved an issue causing an incorrect URL to be used with the blog category menu item.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes

FEB 2017

New Feature: Blog Categories as Menu Type
Blog category is now an option for menu type. When selected as the menu type the different blog categories within the account appear as options to select from a list.
Add option to export all course booking information
Course booking information can now be exported for all courses and bookings made within the system from one button click.
Add Contact Details step to App Wizard
Contact details are gathered for new app accounts straight away as part of the initial setup wizard.
Add image upload crop feature to app images
App images can be cropped to fixed recommended size within the app initial setup wizard and app options pages.
Add validation on photo gallery names
Validation has now been added to photo gallery names to prevent invalid names that could potentially break the embed code.
Update Pages URL Auto-complete
Improvements to pages URL field to only auto-fill for newly created pages.
Update Pages URL Validation
Improvements to URL validation to make any errors clearer.
Update App Absence Reporting API
Improvements to control absence reporting On/Off setting within app.
Update Job Vacancies fields for embed codes
Improvements to ensure embed codes are functional within job vacancies content boxes.
Fix Content approval emails
Resolved an issue for some accounts where the previous version of content approval emails were being sent and revisions could not be viewed.
Fix Recognising external links in menus
Resolved an issue where on some designs and menus external links were not correctly following the target _blank behaviour.
Fix input field not clickable within course booking form
Resolved an issue where at some display resolutions on some designs an input field was not clickable to enter data into.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes

JAN 2017

New Feature: Auto Image Resize
Images are now being re-sized on upload to ensure they are efficiently sized and ‘web-ready’. We’ve also compressed any images already uploaded in the system.
Add Google Custom Search Option
Google custom search is now available, we are initially running a small test for some accounts through this option.
Update Edit Image View – File Manager
Improvements to the edit image view within file manager.
Update App API
Improvements to the app API providing content from the CMS to the app platform.
Update to Default App Permissions
Improvements to layout and permissions accessible for app account users.
Update Tutorial Videos in Admin
Improvements to ensure tutorial videos are available in relevant admin pages.
Update Blog App View without Categories
Improvements to ensure blog posts are displayed correctly in the app when categories are not being used.
Fix RSS feed
Resolved an issue for some accounts where the news was not being properly shown in the RSS feed.
Fix Flip Book Upload
Resolved an issue where some files that should work as flip books could not be uploaded and converted.
Various bug fixes specific to clients/themes
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