v18.0.0 (August 7, 2018)

Enhancements

• General Changes
  • Added tagline to forum and research pages to better describe the website for
    users visiting from search engine results
  • Updated the team page
  • Added terms and conditions and privacy policy links to footer
  • Added cookie notification to footer
  • Updated framework files to resemble Rails 5.2 defaults more closely
• Admin Changes
  • Team members can now be reordered using drag-and-drop
  • Updated exports interface
  • Improved navigation between admin pages
  • Added admin report for Help Center searches
• Blog Changes
  • Simplified navigation between live blog and unpublished (draft) articles
  • Blogs can now have a cover image
• Dashboard Changes
  • Added navigational tabs to dashboard to simplify navigating between
    dashboard, profile, research, and the forum
• Email Changes
  • Account confirmation and password reset emails now address the recipient by
    first name if present instead of using username to reduce confusion for
    users revisiting the site after several years
• Export Changes
  • Simplified user export
• Forum Changes
  • Added a prominent forum search to the forum index
  • Topics now auto-lock after two months of inactivity
  • Improved bolding and italicizing selected text
• Search Changes
  • Member profile previews are displayed when searching usernames
  • Added customized search results
• Survey Changes
  • Updated events and designs to match new Slice survey API format
  • Consent flow has been improved for logged out new and existing users
• Report Changes
  • Reports now correctly render markdown in graph titles
  • Graphs that display time of day that default to PM are now shifted by 12
    hours to better display responses over the midnight time range

Testing

• Removed dependency on rails-controller-testing gem
• Added tests to check friendly forwarding