Along with the key changes and other fixes listed below, this release included a large number of maintenance and project backend changes to the Passle platform.
KEY CHANGES
An overview of other enhancements and any minor tweaks to our existing features in this release.
Post Importer Tool enhancements
The original publication date has now been added to the post summary on the Edit post page for imported posts.
You can now preview posts that are 'In review' without needing to make them drafts first. This makes it easier to quickly check formatting or imported media.
We have also updated the draft post preview to show the backdated publication date.
Preview of draft post
ISTATOY notification updates Powered by AI
The ISTATOY emails will now feature a brief post summary for all companies, offering more context and detail than just displaying the first sentence of the article. This improvement aims to give the intended recipient a clearer understanding of the article's content and how it may benefit them.
We have also updated the subject line of these notifications to just show the post title.
Renaming of 'Statistics' to 'Feedback'
We have updated the titles of various pages and links to better reflect ongoing changes we have made - delivering a broader range of feedback and statistics. We have also moved these sections to show higher up on any main navigation, reflecting the importance of feedback to our users.
Option to add timestamp to post publication date
For those companies who wish to display an exact date for any published posts, you can now add a timestamp (with the relevant time zone abbreviation).
To display this for your posts, contact your Client Success contact and they will be happy to enable the settings for you.
Post activity updates now include any 3rd-party views
We have added any details from Lexology, JD Supra or Mondaq to the feedback pages for single posts. For each service, we display readers of that post.
Improvements to mobile design
We've made a series of updates to enhance the dashboard experience on mobile.
The team activity layout has been redesigned to display more posts at a glance, making it easier to switch between your own posts and those from your team. We've also introduced quick links for number of post views and sharing, so you can engage with content more seamlessly.
You'll also notice a new 'Create a post' button in the bottom right corner. This makes it even easier to start a new post.
WHAT WE'VE FIXED
A list of minor UI updates in this release.
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Updates to the Post history view
(1) We have updated the post history details when a post has been scheduled and then published.
(2) For Enterprise clients, there is a new line item to describe when a post is pending publication and then moved back to draft for editing. - Design improvements to our tables: We have updated the behaviour of our selectable tables, with a change in state to show which row is active or hovered over.
- Featured media 'delete' button: We have fixed a bug in the Featured media panel so that the ‘Delete’ button does not automatically delete both media options.
- Display of EI Score page for Administrators: This has been fixed so that administrators are now able to view the correct user EI score page.
- Custom Design Tool preview error: The tool now accepts new Passle with names of length greater than 49 characters. It can also now handle any duplicated names.
- Improvement to mobile dark mode: A new Lexology icon has been introduced, so that it is also visible in dark mode.
- Update to 'What are user admin permissions? info details: The Basic permissions info text has been updated to include reference to managing approval process settings and company guidelines.
- Fixed style for appearance of Tag groups and Competition teams dropdowns: The dropdown no longer pushes the content of the tag group/ Competition team down - it now appears above it, as expected.
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Loading spinner updates:
(1) A double spinner flashing in the dashboard has been fixed.
(2) A loading spinner has been added to the Featured media ‘Content hub view’ tab when an image is loading, or an image crop is processing.
SUNSETTING
A list of any features that will no longer be available.
Passle Button extension
The original Passle Button extension will be retired from use and will no longer work after 31 March 2025. Users will need to upgrade to the Passle Gateway extension. Further details can be found in this article > Passle Button extension retirement: end March 2025.