10/16/20 - Software Updates

Link: https://support.brilliantdirectories.com/support/solutions/articles/12000075138-10-16-20-software-updates

We made updates to several Default Widgets this week. If you have customized any of these widgets and would like to update your customized widget, you can find the latest code in the corresponding Default Widget. Please remember that if you have a custom version of any of these widgets, our latest updates have not been pushed to your website.


  • We updated the Form Manager to auto-fill the System Variable field value based on the data entered on the Label Name field.

  • We updated the robots meta tag on Post Details pages to set the content attribute to "noindex,nofollow" when the post's status is set to "Not Published".

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - HEAD

  • We updated the Google Map display in order to have a uniform layout across the platform.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Form - Member Google Location

  • We fixed an issue with the sub-account creation logic which was causing the system to generate a 301 Redirect for the parent account's profile page URL when the parent and sub-account's profile page URLs would be the same based on the information saved for the accounts.

  • We updated the validation of the "Price To Purchase Leads" Membership Plan setting in the Admin to only allow numerical values.

  • We moved the "Homepage with Maps" sidebar alignments settings from the "Sidebar Alignment Option" section in the Design Setting tab to the "Homepage Search Setting" section in the Homepage Layout tab on the Design Settings page in the Admin.

  • We fixed an issue with the Member Category Import logic which was causing the system to assign all of the Sub-Level categories to the first Top Level category in some cases.

  • We implemented an update in order to convert any punctuation to dashes when saving member filenames and post filenames in the member dashboard area.

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the Hero Section from being displayed on Post Search Results pages when the "Page Title (H1)" field contained an "&" symbol.

  • We fixed an issue which was affecting the ability to save custom data through the Newsletter form in some cases.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Module - Newsletter Actions

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing icons in modals from loading properly in some cases.

  • We updated the Service Area selection page in the Member Dashboard to hide a location type field if its corresponding text label is empty.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Account - Select Locations

  • We implemented an update to display 4 columns instead of 3 when using the Grid View option on Post Search Results pages that don't have a sidebar.

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the "Property Type" option selected in Properties Search Features from showing as selected on the search results page.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Module - Property Search
    Search - Group - Search Query

  • We fixed an issue which was preventing the "Forms Not Submitted" option on the Search Members page in the  results in the Admin from working properly in some cases.

  • We added a new dynamic category filter widget called "Dynamic Category Filter - Top + Sub + Sub-Sub Level Category", which can be used on any site that has the Dynamic Category Filter Add-On activated. Also, all Dynamic Category Filtering Add-On widgets are now compatible with the "Display Categories with No Members" Advanced Setting.

    Widget Involved:

    Search - Member - Search Query

  • We updated the Payment History link on the member menu in the Transaction History page in the Admin to open in a separate browser tab.

  • The "froala-editor-admin" class on the Front-End will match the same toolbar options of the Froala WYSIWYG used in the Edit Web Pages section of the Admin.

    Widget Involved:

    Form - Froala Editor Javascript

  • We updated the colors of the buttons used in the modal when accepting reviews in the Member Dashboard to make them uniform with the other modal buttons on the fontend of sites.

    Widget Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Account - Reviews Details Page

  • We updated the Activity Tracker to log both successful and failed Pay Per Post transactions.

  • We updated the logic of the member breadcrumbs in order to display more accurate location breadcrumb links to prevent 404 errors.

  • The invoice status shown in the Billing Information section in the Member Dashboard now uses Text Labels.

    Text Labels Involved:

    paid_label
    unpaid_label
    cancelled_label
    overdue_label
    refunded_label

  • We updated the Pretty URL system when using the Country + State combination in order to return results that match by both state and country.

  • We fixed an issue which was causing the system to add additional line breaks when displaying custom member data on member profile pages in some cases.

  • We updated page titles to use the page's H1 value as a fallback when there is no title set for the page.

  • We updated all streaming homepage widgets to improve their aesthetic when multiple rows of content will be displayed.

    Widgets Involved:

    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Articles
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Audios
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Blog Articles
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Classifieds
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Coupons
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Digital Products
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Events
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Jobs
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Photo Albums
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Products
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Properties
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Recent Videos 
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Sub Level Categories
    Bootstrap Theme - Display - Top Categories 
  • We moved the "Bulk Actions" to the table header on the Member Categories page to make it uniform with other Admin pages.
  • The "Signup Page" button link will now be hidden automatically after setting the "Account Type" to "Claim" when editing Membership Plans.

  • We released the Theme Installer feature, now available on the Design Settings page in the Admin. Also, we added the ability to roll back the 10 most recent saves of the Design Settings.