Release Update: August 2014

Features

• Updated our Version Control system to include Release Versions
  • The new Release Versions feature allows you to review and release sets of changes at one time—before they become viewable to everyone
• Developed additional support for custom HTML on sites
• Changed the Dynamic List feature so it allows prerequisite guides to be displayed inline with regular guides
  • To see how to do this for yourself, visit our help page on Dynamic Lists
• Added API support for programmatically attaching parts and tools to guides
• Re-designed the look and feel of alerts and notifications across the site
• Removed the reputation limit for editing wiki titles
  • New users can now immediately contribute to wikis
• Improved the “Add Comment” button on Answers posts so it’s more visible and aesthetically pleasing
• Removed the reputation requirement for adding comments on Answers posts
• New users can now immediately contribute to discussions
• Made German and Spanish translations more accurate
• Restyled the up/downvote icons on Answers for a clearer, interactive experience
• Made the process of relating a wiki to a category easier
  • The search input now auto-completes as you type in the category name
• Allowed images links in Wikis to use relative URLs
• Improved security by destroying users’ existing sessions when they change their password

Bugs

• Fixed a bug where an unnecessary sidebar would occasionally appear on the Answers page
• Fixed a bug where an unfinished wiki translation feature was appearing on sites
• Fixed a bug where the title and summary on a wiki page would occasionally be duplicated
• Fixed an issue where the gear icon shown when hovering on images was off-center
• Fixed a bug where the link to the last verified version of a guide did not work
• Fixed visual bugs that occurred when using Wiki syntax on Answers posts
• Fixed a bug where wikis with similar titles conflicted with one another