Release Notes - June 18, 2010

Navigation Changes

Home > My Follows Feed: We have made it easier for you to manage the My Follows Feed refresh behavior by moving the options to the top of the page (instead of the bottom) and changed the controller to a toggle that will remember the setting you have chosen until you change it.

• Threaded is the default view and groups the original feed item with related Comments. This view requires that you refresh the page to see newer feed items.
• Real Time displays each feed item as it is entered into the system and does not require a refresh.

Groups > My Groups: We have added the ability to see if you are Subscribed or Unsubscribed to a group on the My Groups list and have enabled you to change this status by clicking on the current state (similar to the Following and Stop Following controls). To make better use of the page we have moved the Group description below the group name.


Email Notifications

Direct Messaging Enhancement: You have told us that you really like the ability to highlight important posts using the direct message capability (@user) which results in the user receiving an email and the item going to the member's @user feed. Have you ever posted something critical and wished that you could quickly direct message everyone in the group rather than have to specify each member separately? Good news if you have, using the special keyword "@@email" you can now direct message everyone in a group (if you are posting to a group wall or on an object within a group) or all of your followers (if you are posting to your profile). The related feed item will also show up in everyone's @user feed on the Home page.

If you would prefer that the system not send you email (but still places the feed item in your @user feed on the Home page), you can use the "Direct Messages" setting (found on the Account > Email > Email Settings page) to block the emails. You can also turn these emails off by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" link at the bottom of an email you received because you were direct messaged.

Group Subscription Email Controls: We have added the ability to manage your Group Notifications on the Account > Email > Email Settings page. The new "Group Notifications" section shows the current status for each group and you can choose to enable Subscription (check the box) or Unsubscribe (uncheck the box).

Group Subscription Email Contents: Many of you have taken advantage of the Subscription feature in Groups that allows you to indicate that you want to receive emails when there are items posted to that group. We know you are using this feature, because you noticed that the Subject of the emails sent only indicated that there was activity in the Group and did not include additional details provided in other emails that we sent. We worked on these emails to ensure they are consistent and provide the additional information.

Site Admin Improvements

Password Reset: Site Admins have requested an easier way to help users who have either forgotten their password or have reported that their passwords were compromised. We have added a button on the Administrators user details page that will send a forgot password link to the member. To navigate to this page, Site Admins can click on Admin > Users (default) and locate the User. Click the associated "edit" link and click on the "Send Password Reset Email" button in the Basic Profile Information section.

The password reset email will include the member's email address in the body of the email and they should ensure that this is the email that they are using when logging in. We have seen situations where users have multiple emails aliased (e.g. patchen@cubetree.com and pnoelke@cubetree.com) or received an email that was sent to an email distribution list and used it to log in. If this is the case, the Admin should work with the user to create a new profile (invite them again) using the correct email address.