Welcome to Linchpin Intranet Suite 3.2

The Linchpin Intranet Suite 3.2 release contains many patches for Linchpin.
In addition, all apps are compatible with the read-only mode.
Several bugs are fixed and the user experience improved while also introducing some new features.

Overall improvements

All apps are now compatible with the Confluence Data Center read-only mode.

Complete changelog  –   New features

Here is a complete overview of all of the changes that //SEIBERT/MEDIA has implemented in Linchpin Intranet Suite release – But be aware: It’s a lot – don’t get lost in this looooooong list!

You can now include whole pages using the “Profile Based Page” macro.

Improvements

• All apps are now compatible with the Confluence Data Center read-only mode.
• You can now define H1 or H2 headings in Microblog content.
• They improved the link tool included in the Microblog. You can link Confluence pages directly from the tool.
• You can now format microposts with help of the established Confluence markup.
• They included minor improvements for @-mention handling within the Microblog.
• Full-day events now behave correctly across different time zones.
• Users can now duplicate any event for which they have view permissions.
• Improved responsiveness of the “Create event” dialogue.
• When configuring an “Event” macro, you can now select your event from a list that shows more than 15 results for your filter criteria.

Bugfixes

• When configuring the Linchpin Assistant to include fields in restricted categories, these restrictions are now respected.
• When configuring validated phone fields to be filled via a directory, they can now only be filled manually by users that are not in that directory.
• The display of phone numbers in Linchpin Mobile has been fixed (no more visible “tel:”).
• When only selecting a single item in a cascading select fields, editing your profile again now correctly remembers that selection.
• Saving profile edit permissions does not show console errors anymore.
• In rare cases, problems with personalization not updating instantly could occur. This has been fixed.
• Fix for a bug introduced in 2.21.3: You can now select people in the “Content Responsibility” macro again, other multi-selects are fixed as well.
• The news subscription module for the Linchpin Assistant now shows readable text in the tooltips.
• “News feed” macros now work correctly when used together with Bitvoodoo’s Navitabs.
• Since version 2.11.0, unread news have markers when Bitvoodoo’s Viewtracker is used. Those markers don’t appear above the Linchpin menu drop-downs anymore.
• The read-only field Content-ID in the timeline placeholder macro is now hidden.
• They fixed an issue with opening the “Recently viewed” Confluence popover.
• Fixed an issue with the event list macro showing events that did not match the filter criteria.
• If you already updated to Version 3.2.0 this release fixes an issue with the upgrade task for existing events.
• Fixed an issue with the context path for page URLs in event ICS exports.
• You can now use original Confluence profile fields for filtering users in the people directory

A new version of Linchpin Intranet was released 3.0

New Features:

• Define the language of any Confluence page, blog post or space.
• Create translations of any Confluence page or blog post.
• Link all translated page with each other.
• Choose between translations via drop-down menu placed directly on the page.
• Get notified whenever a translation in your language is available.
• You can add local images via drag and drop now.
• You can also add images by pasting an image URL.
• Pasting web-images from the clipboard is possible now.
• Add YouTube and Vimeo videos by pasting the url.
• By default, new events are visible to all registered users. Optionally, each event can be restricted to members of any Confluence space
• Event editors can now be defined based on individual users and user groups.
• The creator of an event can be displayed inside the event now, so that participants can contact them.
• Cover images can be added directly from the Unsplash image database when editing an event (only available if this option is enabled by administration).
• The “Apps” macro is now also available for mobile use and allows Linchpin Mobile users to access their favorite apps when on the go.

Improvements:

• The Language Manager is available for server and DC instances now.
• The “Custom User List” has a pagination now and the performance has been improved.
• The avatar display of the “Content Responsibility Macro” has been improved.
• We have made technical improvements to ensure sustainability.
• We improved the PDF export layout for pages containing the “Custom User List” macro with text area profile fields.
• We improved the support for videos and images.
• Small screen sizes received a better support.
• Event editors always have access to all event functions – even if there are restrictions in place.
• The “Sign me up” button is hidden for events for which the registration is not allowed.
• We improved the protection against XSS attacks.
• In Linchpin Theme, we clarified which custom landing space entry will apply to a user.
• We clarified which custom landing space entry will apply to a user.

Bugfixes:

• All language names should be displayed in the correct Confluence language now. Please note that this was a Confluence bug.
• The display of search results in the “Custom User Search” macro has been corrected. Previously it could happen that they were positioned incorrectly on the screen.
• When using a custom language pack to translate profile field and category names, the system’s default language is now used as a fallback when no translation exists for a user’s language.
• Until now, the OrgCharts did not show users when the capitalization of the user profile field was done incorrectly (as in: different from the actual user name). This has been fixed to use a case-insensitive lookup. Superior and subordinate users are now displayed properly, even if “JaneDoe” is entered as “janedoe”.
• We fixed an issue with file uploads to Confluence pages failing on rare occasions.
• We also fixed an issue with Oracle databases that prevented displaying any events in the system.
• Sometimes, pop-ups were positioned way off, for example when mentioning someone. This has been corrected in the new version of Linchpin Theme.
• We also fixed some optical issues with the Linchpin Theme plugin.
• We have fixed an optical issue concerning the “Cover Stories” macro in combination with Bitvoodoo’s Navitabs.
• We resolved a bug that caused attachments to break on edit (only affected Confluence < 6.15).
• We resolved a bug that broke @-Mentions on edit.
• Addressed a bug causing the configuration not to load