The following is a list of system fixes and enhancements/modifications including version and release date.

 

Version 4.0.2 - 8/16/2010

MODIFICATION: SEO – In an effort to improve the Network’s search engine rankings we’ve modified the order in which each component of the page title meta tag displays. The order is now: event title | org name | venue name | category type | website name. We’ve found that search engines favor the most detailed information first and then extending out to include the most broad/general info (i.e. category name followed by website name).

FIX: Events edited in the Org Partner Self Management login were still showing up on the pending events admin page. Now they go directly to the website. Only new event submissions from the Org Partner Self Management login should appear in the pending events list for your approval. After that, any edited events should bypass the your admin panel and should display directly on the website.

FIX: Events associated with businesses were not showing up on the Business Detail page’s “Upcoming Events” tab. Now they do.

ENHANCEMENT: Along with the Date and User ID of when the event was first submitted, on the events admin detail form we’ve added the Date and User ID of when the event was last edited. This is a handy tool in case you have questions for the content staff person who last edited the event listing.

ENCANCEMENT: Icon Tool – We’re still working the “how to” guide for this feature but the new icon tool will allow you to create up to 5 icons that can appear next to an event’s title on the event detail page. An example of how this tool might be useful is if you wanted to tag the event as part of a specific membership program, an affiliate-related event, a participant in a discount ‘arts card’ program, etc. The icon include a pop up window where you can insert text and links.

FIX: The "other artist type" field wasn't working properly on the front end or admin forms. It now inserts and displays the “other artist type” correctly on the profile detail page.

FIX: Artist productions on event detail pages were not linking properly. It now correctly displays an “Artists” link in the quick links area of the event detail page if there is at least one registered artist who has associated themselves with that event.

ENHANCEMENT: We have added a new tab to the admin event detail form. The tab is labeled “Artists” and allows you as an administrator to associate a registered artist with an event. We have had many instances of site administrators contacting us to see if there was a way that they could make the association with an event on the artist’s behalf. Now you can.

FIX: Current/upcoming events on business detail pages were missing depending on how each site’s business type categories were configured. We found the problem. Now they show up.

FIX: The exception dates selection tool on the front end event submission form was duplicating the current day’s date over and over each time the date picker was selected. Now it doesn’t.

ENHANCEMENT: The widget tool now allows you to add theme-based regions/neighborhoods to the upper navigation links within the widget. If you have a need for this please contact networksupport@artsopolis.com and we can walk you through how this works.

ENHANCEMENT: The widget tool iframe output code now include javascript that includes a ‘back to top’ link to help users click back to the top of the widget page without having to scroll. This was important since the use of iframes sometimes leave the user on what appears to be a blank page, but in fact, the content of the page is actually there and ABOVE the page break.

MODIFICATION: The widget tool’s default inclusion range for events is now 90 days. The previous range was 60 days. This means that if you create a new widget and configure it to use a ‘feed’ to power it, if you don’t select a specific date range it will default to 90 days worth of events.

FIX: User reviews were not displaying on organization detail pages. Now they do.

FIX: Event category pages were not distinguishing between reviews and comments so it was lowering the star rating for events on the catgory page since it would calculate a comment as having a value of “0.” Comments no longer affect the star rating.

FIX: GOOGLE CHROME 5.0 - The date picker calendar on the front-end event submit form was working for June and July just fine but was stalling on August (the month name changed but the calendar dates didn't; they were remaining stuck in July). Now it’s fixed.

FIX: Spotlight and featured event selections were working fine on category pages, but not on theme pages. Now they work.

MODIFICATION: The org and venue drop menus on the Advanced Search page were widened to accommodate longer names.

FIX: On the admin event detail form the Primary event category type is required. When content staff was editing events without making a primary selection it would result in an error, wiping out any entered data. Now the form should keep the entered data when the error shows up, allowing you to select the primary type without having to re-enter all the data.

ENHANCEMENT: We now have 2 options for how event search results display. As you know, we segment events in the search results by their primary category type in alphabetical order. This was problematic for some sites that didn’t want to see categories like “Classes” at the very top of each search results list. We’ve now added a second default order that’s based on the order of your event category tabs on the main navigation bar. For example, some sites put “Theatre” or “Music” as their first navigation tab. We can now set your search results to follow that same order of display. Please contact networksupport@artsopolis.com if you’d like to request that we make that change for you.

 

Version 4.0.1 - 2/17/2010

FIX: We have fixed an issue with the inclusion of the title of events in the event URLs and the “breadcrumb” navigation. An example of this is: http://sparkoc.com/event/detail/440623251/Wyatt_Earp. Slashes (“/”) and other non-alphanumeric characters were causing the links to break. We’ve developed a solution where those characters are removed from the URLs, thus repairing the links. Again, this feature is for improved search engine optimization.

ENHANCEMENT: We’ve added a placeholder graphic so that if an event is missing both a primary image and organization directory image, then the placeholder will ensure that there are no “blank holes” on any event pages. While we have provided a stock placeholder for all sites, you are free to send us your own version. It just needs to be 120 x 120 pixels.

ENHANCEMENT: Event home, category and detail pages now include the name of the venue/location under the event title. The format is as follows “Presented by [org name] at [venue name]”. This was to address feedback that consumers want to see where the event is taking place while scanning these listings, without having to drill down to the detail page each time. This formatting will also display on calendar “widgets” for those of you who have that module included in their system package.

FIX: We’ve made great strides this past week in improving server performance. Pages are loading much faster. We will continue to make improvements as we go along.

RECOMMENDATION: There have been a number of instances where administrators are getting kicked out of the admin control panel. We’ve made numerous modifications to address this and have resolved most instances. However, we’ve found that for those using IE8 their new ‘compatibility’ tool to allow the browser to work with IE7 designed sites is still causing some issues. We recommend using Firefox when working in the admin as it provides a more stable environment at this time.

FIX: Admin Home Page Template Update: We have addressed a major issue where ALL current/upcoming events were displaying on the home page template. As with the old system we have updated the home template to only display events that have been spotlighted or featured from category pages. Also, please note that when an event appears on the home page template, while it may have been featured on several category pages, it will only display ONCE on the home page template with its primary category type displaying in the type column. Based on the new home page column numbering system, you can feature any event in either the spotlight or any of the 4 featured columns by selecting the column number from the drop menu next to each event on the template.

FIX: We fixed an issue on the admin event detail form where the Copy function was setting the default display setting to “Yes”. It now defaults to “No” in order to avoid any potential for unapproved events appearing on the site.

FIX: We fixed an issue where current events were not showing up on Organization detail pages.

MODIFICATION: We are currently working on a series of adjustments to the search function. Currently there are too many results displayed for certain keywords. The problem is that if some searches on a fairly common keyword – i.e. dance, center, stage, etc. – the search results will display ALL events that have those keywords in the event title, org name AND description field. As a result, the expected event may appear on page 2, 3 or 4 of the results list. We are developing a solution that should be in place over the next 2-3 days.
 

Version 3.0.5 - 3/17/2008

ENHANCEMENT: FRONT/ADMIN - Public Art module implemented (include both admin controls and front end display); this also includes the sub-module controls for Public Art artists.

ENHANCEMENT: FRONT/ADMIN - Local guide display functionality for neighborhoods, downtown areas, counties, regions has been implemented.

ENHANCEMENT: AMS file upload tool - you can now upload image files and PDFs via the CMS editing tool bar

ENHANCEMENT: implemented a 'login/logout' link bar in the admin control panel, just below the site logo.

ENHANCEMENT: FLASH SPOTLIGHT SECTION

• everything in the flash is now populated through an XML file; this will avoid some of the issues we've had with odd text characters displaying.
• there is now a setting in the XML which switches the layout between right-aligned (for cities with background images) and "whole width" (for cities like Peak Radar).
• we can also flip a switch as to whether the title/description field slides in or just fades in and out.
• the category types (i.e. Dance, Theatre, etc.) are populated through the xml and can now be pulled dynamically from our lookup table, so if a type changes or is added it will be reflected immediately.
• the entire white area is now clickable for each event.
• the flash rotation will now pause on an event when you hover your mouse over it.
• the background images are now set in the xml so new or replacement images can be set more easily.
• the event images are now contstrainted to 120 pixels wide, so event images are now resized throughout the entire site.
• the new Flash spotlight now fully supports the ‘use org image’ function.
• Please Note: Flash only supports the .JPG image file type. .Gif is not possible in flash; therefore, moving forward all event and org images need to be .JPG. We should no longer be using .GIF images.

FIX: FRONT - left column CMS default font size increased.

ENHANCEMENT: ADMIN - export tool – added a new field in the output to a complete link path to listing detail pages.

FIX: FRONT - Event types showing up in accessibility info section of event detail pages has been resolved.

FIX: FRONT - Spotlight event on category pages italics display bug has been resolved.

FIX: FRONT - Event detail single date range issue where same day events were duplicating in the date range has been resolved.

FIX: FRONT - '/s appearing in the organization name on event listings has been resolved.

FIX: ADMIN - when using the 'use org image' image function on events the primary image was disappearing upon update. This has been resolved.

FIX: FRONT - Event Detail page - "Film Strip" & "Video" icons now link to the media gallery section.

FIX: ADMIN - all preview links have been fixed; preview links inside the image and video tab now link to the record's front end detail page.

FIX: ADMIN - “Save & Next” button now works; each 'save' on that button will take the administrator to the next tabbed window (i.e. data > images > video > back to data).

ENHANCEMENT: FRONT - All directories (Organizations, Venues, Businesses, Public Art, Artists) now include alpha pagination.

ENHANCEMENT: New simplified page redirect function; for example, an event link like this [www.artsopolis.com/event/detail/30537] can be simplified to [www.artsopolis.com/amadeus] for a special campaign.

FIX: ADMIN - Form required field error messages were being obscured by the “!” mark.

FIX: FRONT - Home page featured events columns (Theatre, Music, Dance...) - clickable area for the title bar increased (previously only half of the bar was clickable)

FIX: FRONT - CSS style issue - Weather icon display improved.

FIX: ADMIN - Description field spell check function fixed.

ENHANCEMENT: Member/non-member functionality implemented.

FIX: FRONT - Ongoing event display on category and event detail pages fixed.

FIX: ADMIN - Unused tabs in admin commented out.

ENHANCEMENT: Optimized BeDynamic data import for both new and updated data records and images.

FIX: ADMIN - left column text wrapping / width issue; long event types were bleeding into the main body section, now the text wraps to avoid bleeding.

ENHANCEMENTS & FIXES: CLASSIFIEDS DIRECTORY

• ENHANCEMENT: FRONT - Classified detail pages now reflect the category type in the blue title bar.
• FIX: FRONT - classified submit form - when submitting the form if a required field is missing, the form updates, all entered data was lost.
• FIX: FRONT - classified detail page - breadcrumb nav now links to that category's appropriate main page.
• FIX: FRONT - Tell a friend link on the Classifieds detail page restored.
• FIX: ADMIN - Title field increased to allow 100 characters.
• FIX: ADMIN - URL fields now populates http:// if missing.
• FIX: ADMIN - Title field now allows “quotes” in title without going blank.

 

Version 3.0.4 - 2/5/2008

ENHANCEMENTS & BUGS: ARTIST PROFILES

• implemented a login / registration and email authorization system.
• implemented a forgotten password email and change system.
• implemented a 'pending' and 'review' profile differential where 'pending' status on profiles represent NEW registrations and 'review' status on profiles represents profiles that are already registered and have been edited.

ENHANCEMENTS & BUGS: BUSINESS DIRECTORY

• implemented a business detail page including description field, image gallery and Google mapping.
• implemented business zip code event listing association table that allows all events in the business' zip code to display on its detail page.
• implemented expandable zip code coverage field that supports businesses being listed on event detail pages in zip codes beyond their own.
• implemented a special promotions field that supports a pop up window with printable information; in this field you can list ‘2 for 1’ info or other discount offers for that business.
• implemented data organization hierarchy for category sub-types for businesses; for example: Restaurants > Asian > Japanese.
• modified the blue section title bar to reflect the specific business type (i.e. restaurant, hotel, etc.).

ENHANCEMENTS & BUGS: CMS TOOL

• implemented a left "body" column content section that allows for adding a block of text and/or images at the top of the body section of the page; for example, on a category page just above the Spotlight event section.
• modified the CMS tool display limitation so that it only dispays when accessed from the link in the "CMS" admin tab.

ENHANCEMENT: Description field text editor - an enhanced MS Word style text editor has been added to all admin description fields.

 

Version 3.0.3 - 1/25/2008

ENHANCEMENTS & BUGS: ARTIST PROFILES

• Alpha pagination - replaced the page # pagination with a more intuitive/user friendly alpha sorted pagination.
• New profile detail page layout - Added new profile layout based on org detail page - better layout and more scalable.
• Added address and phone fields to “Contact Info” section.
• Restored image placeholder on directory pages where a primary image is not available.
• Admin - Preview link fixed.
• Admin - gallery images now constrained.
• Admin - pending member date submitted and submitted by information implemented.
• Gallery display bugs fixed.
• Event type selections on the Directory listing page are now built dynamically from the lookup table instead of hard coded.

ENHANCEMENT: AD SERVER INSTALLATION - the new ad server program will now allow for multiple ad banners to be placed into rotation (upon page refresh) in a single ad zone; ads may also now be targeted to specific pages.

ENHANCEMENT: STATIC PAGE CREATION TOOL - this tool allows for the rapid creation and/or editing of static content pages (i.e. contact us, overview, partners).

ENHANCEMENT: NEW SECTION CREATION TOOL - this tool allows for the rapid creation and/or editing of sections on the right column and bottom footer of the website.

ENHANCEMENT: CUSTOMIZED PAGE LAYOUT TOOL - this tool allows for the ability to add new sections of content to any page on the site and to move those items via drag and drop functionality.

BUG: ADMIN EXPORT TOOL - modified the output to include ongoing events that span the range of dates selected.

BUG: FRONT END KEYWORD SEARCH - applied back button functionality for keyword search so the user's search results are retained when returning to the results list from a detail page.

 

Version 3.0.2 - 1/11/2008

ENHANCEMENT: ADMIN EXPORT FUNCTION - an export tool has been added to all admin advanced search results; the tool produces a .CSV file; the events file includes both event and venue/location information.

ENHANCEMENT: ADMIN COPY EVENT FUNCTION - the copy event tool has been modified to now copy ALL event fields; applied redirect so that ID change will reflect in URL address bar.

BUG: PENDING EVENTS - pending events were displaying in the admin display management templates along with approved events.

ENHANCEMENT: CLASSIFIED LISTING ORDER - previously classified listings were ordered from oldest post date to newest; this order has been reversed to make the most recently posted classifieds appear at the top of the list.

BUG: ADMIN CLASSIFIED DELETE FUNCTION - the delete function was missing from individual admin classified pages.

BUG: CLASSIFIED REPORT AN ERROR - the Report an Error link was missing from the Classifieds detail page.

BUG: VENUE DETAIL IMAGE - venues that did not have an primary image were still displaying a placeholder box; this box has been removed.

ENHANCEMENT - ROBOTS.TXT FILE - added file to all Network site for search engines.

 

Version 3.0.1 - 12/21/2007

BUG: COMPLETE ADMIN ADVANCED SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY – you can now search by all advanced search criteria; previously this was limited to a few selected areas of the search function – it was a huge undertaking to get all the search criteria working by this date. This includes search for past events.

ENHANCEMENT: ADMIN QUICK SEARCH FOR EXPIRED RECORDS – along with the advanced search functionality, the upper right orange quick search area now has a check box if you’d like to include past events or classifieds in your quick search; otherwise expired listings are excluded from the quick search since it makes the search go faster and less confusing.

BUG: VIDEO CODE DELETE FUNCTION – previously video that that was removed from the admin record left a residual video placeholder frame on the org and event pages.

BUG: ADD NEW RECORD USING RETURN KEY – previously adding a new record in the admin area required the user to click “add” with their mouse, now you can just hit the return key.

ENHANCEMENT: ADMIN NOTES FIELD SUPPRESSION – previously the admin notes field was fully exposed, wasting form space and requiring more scrolling; now that field is suppressed unless data has been added. The ‘add’ button that was previously not functioning is now functional.

ENHANCEMENT: ADMIN ‘DATE SUBMITTED’ AND ‘SUBMITTED BY’ DISPLAY FIELDS TO ALL PENDING RECORDS – this is a critical content management feature that will tell you WHEN the listing was submitted and by who (from the public or by admin ID number for internal staff)

ENHANCEMENT: ALL COLUMNS SORTABLE – previously you had requested that orgs be sortable; now, ALL columns can be sorted.

ENHANCEMENT: DISPLAY RECORD TOOL BAR ADDED TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF PAGES – previously if you wanted to use featured on the tool bar, like ‘display’, you would only be able to use the top tool bar; now you can use either the top or bottom tool bar, so if you’re at the bottom of a long event form and want to save, you don’t have to scroll all the way back up to the top of the form.

BUG: DELETE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS – previously only events could be deleted from their individual record page – all other records could only be deleted from the Pending page check boxes.

BUG: USE ORG IMAGE FEATURE – it now displays on all category pages and home page feature sections.

ENHANCEMENT: INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATION DETAIL PAGE SPONSOR RECOGNITION – allows you to add a sponsor or partner text recognition to the left column of organization detail pages. There’s also a way to add logos/images, but it takes some HTML know how that I can show you. The entry field appears at the bottom of the admin org detail form.