It's been a while...
Written by shevek 10 years ago...since the last software release. The waiting is over and the latest release is packed with stuff that we (the dev team) hope you like:
- The mail notification software was rewritten. Notification will now be in HTML and (roughly) take the same formatting as the post on the site (be aware that pictures might not be loaded in your mail program as they are internal to the site).
- Messages can now contain formatting. In fact they use the same editor than the rest of the site (except for images).
- The bug that no comment hint was sent when someone left a comment is fixed as well. Additionally if a new comment is written, the notification will contain the comment text as well.
- As some people don't like to receive messages in HTML a new preference was added to only receive plain text messages.
- The custom Google search on the forums and groups was removed and a new forum search introduced. That is still work in progress as it only shows up to 15 results, but that will of course change in the future.
- It should now be possible to use BeWelcome on a secure channel without any mixed content warnings.
- During signup new members are asked for their mother tongue now. This was a request of the New Member BeWelcome team which now also has a (basic) tool to greet our new members.
- Given the high number of possible languages to choose from the user interface was adapted so that you should be able to find your languages faster. This is used during signup and if you edit your profile.
Unfortunately BeWelcome currently lacks people to help to test new software releases. As we couldn't wait any longer for release there might be rough edges around, so please comment below if you find a problem so that we can smooth the edges for you.
This all wouldn't have been possible without the help of tsjoek, crumbking and thorgal67.
A full list (of rather technical) of changes can be found on Trac.
Cheers,
shevek