This is an evolving list of release notes that include fixes to known issues, updates based on feedback and suggestions, and other improvements to the site.
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11-FEB-2016
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Reported threads and posts now indicate the reason for being reported.
- Threads and posts can no longer be reported more than once.
- Process improvements in moderating reported threads and posts.
- Changes in moderation rights.
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16-OCT-2015
An major update to the site, the largest since the launch of the site, was made that includes:
- A new site structure (Atmel Community) that includes other forum areas in addition to AVR Freaks.
- A workflow process to review and approve new wikis and wiki updates before they are published on the site.
- Revision history and version rollback for wiki articles.
- WYSIWYG improvements for private messages.
- WYSIWYG improvements for forum posts.
- Bug fix for intermittent duplication of forum posts.
- Bug fix for post edit timestamps that pre-dated the timestamp of the post.
- Bug fix for issue causing embedded resized images to revert to their natural resolution after editing a post.
- Added a button to split a thread at the last post.
- Bug fix for issue preventing the last post of a thread to be deleted.
- Bug fix for issue preventing the "View All" button from working properly.
- Added a "Wiki" link to the hamburger menu for mobile users.
- Fixed formatting issue with batch moderation controls in Firefox.
- Bug fix for issue sending the user to the home page after making a new post.
- Bug fix for issue causing the "read" status of a user's new post to not work correctly.
- Updated the "Quote" button in a thread to serve two purposes:
- Clicking on the "Quote" button copies the entire post into the editor at the end of the thread.
- Highlighting a portion of a post and then clicking on the "Quote" button only copies the highlighted text into the editor at the end of the thread.
- Bug fix for issue causing split topics to not inherit the "follow" settings of the original thread.
- Updated the "View n New" link for threads so that if a user has never viewed the thread, the user will be taken to the top of the thread rather than the first reply post.
- Increased the character limit of signatures to accommodate HTML mark-up and give access to a full 256-character signature.
- Bug fix for issue causing links to legacy threads to break.
- Bug fix for issue causing line breaks (CRs) to be removed when editing a post.
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1-JUL-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Moderation features have been redesigned.
- PMs for reported posts now include the topic title and the link to the post opens in a new window.
- Fixed the issue with not being able to delete the last post of a thread.
- Rules for hot topics have been changed and now include a "cooling off" period
- A topic becomes "hot" if there are 15 posts made within 12 hours.
- A topic returns to normal status if there has been 72 hours of inactivity.
- The "Jump to" forum list is now based on user roles.
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15-APR-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- New home page design that replaces the Community Overview and My Overview pages with a single table that shows recent community activity based on user-defined filters.
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3-APR-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- The email notification process has been completely redeveloped.
- Only one email notification is sent to indicate a thread has been updated regardless of the number of replies to the thread (you must enable notifications for the thread). After visiting the thread, not just the site, a new email notification will be sent, again, when the thread is updated by another user.
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19-MAR-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Bug fixes with shadow copies of moved topics
- No longer affect the read/post counters of the moved thread
- Indicator clearly identifies shadow copies
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13-MAR-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- The process of splitting topics, for moderators, has been improved
- The title of the post-split portion of a topic now defaults to using "Split from:" followed by the original thread title
- The time stamps for all posts in the split remain unaffected
- A tool tip has been added to the "Commented" link, when viewing a list of topics, so that users can see a preview of the last comment
- The sticky topic icon has been fixed to show new activity in a thread
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18-FEB-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Icons, following discussion titles on the forum pages, indicating if a discussion contains a solution, an attachment, and if you've contributed
- Performance related updates
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21-JAN-2015
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Last edit time stamp added to posts after editing
- For topics spanning more than a single displayed page, a View All button can be used to view all posts in a continuous list
- Improvements to search logic
- Default: Search results are based on matching all of the words submitted (no emphasis is placed on the order, context, or relation of the words to each other)
- Option 1: Search results can be refined, on the results page, based on matching the exact phrase submitted (similar to enclosing a phrase with quotes)
- Option 2: Search results can be refined, on the results page, by matching any of the words submitted (results are only required to contain at least one of the words)
- Filters on the search results page have been reorganized so the most useful filters appear higher on the page
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23-DEC-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Responsive design updates for mobile devices that include:
- Plain text editor used for posting
- Breakpoints changed for tablet portrait and landscape modes
- Header navigation adjusted for tablets
- Sticky topics visually separated from regular topics with different background colors
- Breadcrumb styling fixes
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18-DEC-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed the double-tap issue with touchscreen devices
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12-DEC-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Responsive design changes made to improve the site for mobile devices
- Font family for code changed to "Courier, monospace" to improve how code appears for client devices that do not have Courier installed
- Tags within a forum topic moved below the OP's signature
- Jump navigation (dropdown menu) added to the bottom of the forum pages to quickly move between forums
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3-NOV-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Icons for sticky topics now indicate read status
- Titles of unread topics now appear in bold
- Pagination controls added to the top of each page in a forum topic
- Increased the number of posts displayed per page to 50 in a topic
- Login sessions should remain active for 4 months when "Remember me" is checked
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1-NOV-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Changed how topic solutions are indicated for the original post of a thread (a copy of the solution no longer follows the OP).
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21-OCT-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- New toolbar features in the forum editor (strike through, super/subscript, font color, increase/decrease indent, paragraph alignment, undo/redo, search/replace, horizontal line, symbols, and maximize editor)
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13-OCT-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed an issue which caused projects to appear as discussion topics when viewing a user's post activity
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6-OCT-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Implemented redirects for legacy reply post URLs
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2-OCT-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Changed the font color of code to match the legacy site
- Fixed the issue with Top Participants listing different users based on session status and user roles
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30-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Additional date filters have been added for search results
- Topics that became unlocked in the migration are now locked
- Fixed the issue with the broken page formatting and breadcrumbs for certain topics
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29-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed an issue with displaying special characters in migrated posts
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24-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed an issue with a solution post displaying at the top of all pages in a thread
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23-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed an issue with the time stamp of the last comment in a thread not appearing on the forum page
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22-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed an issue with new topics not appearing in My Discussions
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16-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Fixed how a user's post counter calculates total posts
- Fixed the Follow Topics page so it displays all topics being followed (excluding topics started by the user)
- Changed the post editor's font color to black
- Updated the code editor to default to C/C++
- Updated the code editor so that text entry can begin without needing to click in the text-entry area
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5-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Changed the color of forum icons to better indicate activity (new/unread vs. old/read)
- Changed grey text to black and making blue text darker
- Added account-based anti-spam measures
- Removal of source URL that was being appended to copied content upon pasting
- Redirects for the old site's "printview" URLs (indexed by search engines) now go to the top of the topics
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1-SEP-2014
An update to the site was made that includes:
- Moving topics to a different forum (moderators)
- Added a PM notification indicator at the top of all pages (will link directly to your PM box)
- Changed code text to green on grey
- Mark all forums as read feature
- Mark all topics as read feature
- Improvements to the placement of the rating stars
- Better differentiation between forum activity icons