Change log – April 14, 2017

New Items

• New Artisan Teacher Talent video submission process for PETLL.theholler.org
  • Users can submit logged in or logged out
  • Email sent to site admin and person who submitted a video for receipt acknowledgment and whether the post was approved or rejected
  • Approved stories are automatically posted on the PETLL home page and a new page was created to collect ALL stories, filterable by teacher talent.
  • Viewable at this link
• Digital Story Submission on theholler.org
  • Users may now submit stories
  • Non-logged in users or users without an account may now submit stories
  • Viewable at this link
• Video Request
  • Users may submit a video request for items they would like Holler staff to produce video content about
  • All information must be filled out for request to be considered
  • Viewable at this link
• Auctions on The Holler
  • Full auctioning service built into the main Holler site
    • Tiny house auctions are live for 60 days
    • Photos can be added, auction rules can be controlled
    • Users must have a Holler account and be logged in to bid
    • Emails are sent for successful bids and auction updates for those who sign up for them or join the auction as a participant
    • Added Auctions to the top menu of social network
    • Viewable at this link
• News and story aggregation
  • Deprecated old system – removed entirely for Javascript errors (old system in place for 13 months)
  • New system implemented – faster load times and cleaner user interface – provides more options for showcasing digital stories on the Holler
• 2nd Gen Holler servers deprecated
  • Backed up on the cloud
  • removed from the system entirely

Bugs Fixed

• Not being able to log in from the homepage of theholler.org
• Form submission issues
• Homepage slider, not auto-rotating images
• Period removed from Breadcrumbs navigation
• Icon overlapping documents number in Holler documents
• Word breaks in strange places on text – breaks in a logical way now
• Entire badging system deprecated in favor of a new system currently in development
  • will allow for different levels of users as well as individual badges
  • better for long term tracking
  • old system in place for 2 years, Javascript errors growing – needed attention
• Navigation system dialed back to a simple method on theholler.org
  • a new system being developed to include new dynamic main navigation and a more robust footer application

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