New Release Notes

System

https://docs.vanillaforums.com/help/releases/2018/#release-notes

New: Rich Editor

• Whole new posting UI, built from the ground up, that replaces the Advanced Editor.
• Available as an addon so you can transition at your own pace.
• Features rich embeds from popular content sites like YouTube, Twitter, and more.
• Generates generic rich embeds from any publicly accessible website.
• Intuitive inline formatting options replace the old permanent toolbar paradigm.
• Full emoji selector.
• Drag-and-drop image uploader.
• Native support for quotes, spoilers, and code blocks.
• Packed with accessibility features and shortcut keys.
• Read about its new features in our docs.

New: Groups features (Cloud only)

• Add “secret” groups (groups that are completely invisible if not a member).
• Add search support to groups.
• Add a group invitations list to the groups homepage.
• Improve ability to join a group from an email notification.

New: Firebase SSO addon (Cloud only)

• Provide SSO support for Google’s Firebase product.
• Available on request.

Fixes

• Fix Advanced Search results double HTML escaping.
• Fix LinkedIn SVG.
• Fix broken signout URL in embed comment form. (thanks bleistivt)
• Fix category dropdown when editing drafts with old ‘DoHeadings’ setting enabled.
• Fix handling of manually applied Ranks in edit user form that could block saving users.
• Fix drafts double escaping special characters.
• ProfileExtender: add Instagram magic formatting. (thanks bleistivt)
• Tagging: Enable their use on Ideas.
• Bulk Users Importer: Do not validate usernames when importing users.
• Q&A: Fix recalculation of discussions’ Q&A status.
• Steam Connect: Fix broken SSO connections (Steam’s endpoint moved to HTTPS).
• Ideation: Fix double index photos. (Cloud only)

Changes

• Improve accessibility by adding placeholder/title for text areas.
• Add noindex to Reactions profile pages.
• Add translation support for “All” and “Following” in category following filter menus.
• Disable hashtags within post contents by default.
• Add support for seconds-only time parameter to YouTube embeds.
• Add JSON LD microformat to discussion pages.
• Make minor aesthetic improvements to Dashboard, including using Open Sans font.
• Default Vanilla Stats to use HTTPS.

API v2

• Add ability to expand category to index of discussions endpoint.
• Fix filtering by Group on the discussions API v2 endpoint.
• Online: Add APIv1 capabilities to APIv2.
• Fix some API schema documentation bugs.

Developer Notes

• Add TypeScript, React, Redux, and WebPack support to core.
• Format drafts as plaintext instead of text. (vanilla/vanilla#7181)
• Add Parchment & Quill dependencies via new Rich Editor addon.
• Respect scalar type hints in endpoint parameters. (vanilla/vanilla#6922)
• Fix “Active” class on edit profile link not appearing under specific circumstances. (vanilla/vanilla#6907)
• Add ability to override theme per contoller. (vanilla/vanilla#7048) (thanks Csabbencs)
• Add ability to write integration tests on non-core repos.
• Add coding standards enforcement to product repos.
• Add PageScraper class (vanilla/vanilla#7104, #7139)
• Deprecate the val() function. (vanilla/vanilla#7534)
• Add classes to pager module to improve ability to style. (vanilla/vanilla#7608)