ShortPoint 5.3.4 Release Notes

Released 28th Feb, 2018

New release from the ShortPoint team, and as the usual we have amazing features:

  • ShortPoint can now be activated on the Site Collection scope on On-Premise environments.: You can activate all your sites just in one click
  • Footer Element: Now you can create a Footer from Generator Page, and apply it to the whole site from Theme Builder.
  • New Pages Elements in Theme Builder
  • New Connection Types Filters: People Search – Upcoming Birthdays, Birthday Today, Anniversaries and much more
Download ShortPoint 5.3.4.12

Improved perfomance on IE and Edge browsers

Now you can works with ShortPoint even faster on IE and Edge browsers! Enjoy it!

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Add your footer to the whole site without any efforts

Finally, you can create a Footer from Generator Page, and apply it to the whole site from Theme Builder. Check these articles how to do this.

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You can build new footer or edit the current one the way you want.

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Move to top feature

No need to scroll long pages over and over again. Just click on this button – and you will reach the top of your page.

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New connection types filters

Now You can show people by Upcoming Birthdays, Birthday Today, Anniversaries and other filters.

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Here we put connected image-list inside the panel, so you can see upcoming birthdays.

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New Site and Pages Elements Control in Theme Builder

You can easy predefine where you want to show your site elements and where to hide. just select the category where you want your element to be visible or hidden.

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Hide or show your elements on sub sites or on the root site. You can even make the element visible for all your sites just in one click.

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ShortPoint site collection activation

ShortPoint can be activated on the Site Collection scope on On-Premise environments. For this go to the Site Settings – Site Collection Features and activate ShortPoint item.

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New Demo Pages

We always adding new demo pages so you can easy copy and use our ideas on your sites. To check more awesome pages visit our Demo Site

NEW

  • Users not assigned to ShortPoint license can check out branding tool but can’t publish.
  • Now ShortPoint can be activated on the Site Collection scope on On-Premise environments.
  • Footer: Now you can create a Footer from Generator Page, and apply it to the whole site from Theme Builder.
  • New Site and Pages Elements Control in Theme Builder
  • New Connection Types Filters: People Search – Upcoming Birthdays, Birthday Today, Anniversaries and much more

FIXES

  • Buttons and links sometimes did not have the correct color
  • Custom css sometimes was not applied correctly to ShortPoint elements
  • Backgrounds on Theme Builder was not shown on IE / Edge browsers/li>
  • Footer will no longer be rendered inside lightboxes
  • Sometimes on Internet Explorer, Web Parts will not be rendered and might break it’s containing ShortPoint element. if a webpart contains an iframe, it won’t get rendered, and parent shortpoint element will be broken
  • Publishing pages spellcheck sometimes caused the loss of non-English links.
  • Fixed conflict between ShortPoint Site Collection feature and ShortPoint Site feature.
  • Fixed support of expand\collapse feature of web parts inside ShortPoints.
  • Fixed issue with Lazy sections rendering conflicting with footer.
  • On rare cases, mobile menu used to be activated even though top navigation did not contain much items.
  • Copy tabs from demos website were not working.
  • Fixed usage of Generated ShortPoints with connections on subsites. Footer with dynamic content will work on all sites and sub sites.
  • Publishing fields were lost on page save, if page contained ShortPoint elements.
  • Sometimes tiles did not fit into their container on Internet Explorer browser.
  • Fixed issue when user clicks Publish he can see customization, but after page refresh, all customizations are gone.
  • Sometimes on Internet Explorer, Web Parts will not be rendered and might break it’s containing ShortPoint element. if a webpart contains an iframe, it won’t get rendered, and parent shortpoint element will be broken
  • ShortPoint framework Upgrade did not work if any Dashboard page settings changed.
  • Sometimes upgrade button will appear inside Upgrade page in ShortPoint Dashboard, even if the user did not upload the latest package to App Catalog.
  • Preloader image sometimes blinks.
  • In some cases sections with full-screen option did not render correctly on FireFox browser .if the section had some visibility settings applied.
  • Heading styles was not shown inside ShortPoint Page Builder Editor.
  • All Colors defined in Theme Builder Color palette, are now available in Page Builder editor.
  • Sometimes on Internet Explorer browser if the user scrolls while the page is not yet fully loaded, part of the page won’t get rendered.
  • Tab content might go out of tabs border on small screens if tab height was specified.
  • Demo link in page builder color gets changed when clicked.
  • Demo link in page builder color is not pure white.
  • Sometimes slideshows occupied more height in Page Builder preview.
  • In rare cases, in generator page, pasted content might break the Shortpoint elements.
  • Hide ribbon is now disabled inside lightbox dialog.
  • Some out of the box web parts were not working when ShortPoint is activated.
  • In rare cases, selecting some text from Page Builder title, and pasting it inside might break the page builder.
  • Paste sometimes did not work.
  • Could not check the page without saving.
  • Upgrade to beta checkbox was misplaced in dashboard upgrade page.
  • Fixed copying of ShortPoints from Demo site.
  • Sometimes default style of tiles got stuck on mouse over.
  • Sometimes tile shape square was not an actual square.
  • Fixed dynamic values used in href and src attributes on Generated ShortPoint template.
  • Fixed Item Limit saving for RSS and REST connections.
  • Fixed View Item URL for External Content Type connection.
  • Nested structure in REST query result is now Plainfield and can be used by connected ShortPoints.
  • Publishing Image can be used by Connect Feature.
  • Typography settings were broken on managed metadata submenu item.
  • The section force top option is no longer copied from our demos website.
  • Copy tabs from demos website were not working.
  • Reset to site default in theme builder was broken.
  • Fixed Item Limit saving for RSS and REST connections.
  • ShortPoint upgrade is enabled when the license has expired.
  • Fixed performance issue with specific content.
  • Fixed: sometimes Generated parts were not showing on a subsite on Foundation.
  • Fixed dynamic values used in href and src attributes on Generated ShortPoint template.Developers can use ShortPoint API to rep

IMPROVEMENTS

  • Footer help links in generator/theme builder now points to the whole footer folder on our knowledge base, and not on a single article
  • Preloader will no longer appear on the screen for more than 2.5 sec
  • Performance improvements. Edit and save the page again, ShortPoint will clear out all bad-hidden characters.
  • Improving tabs rendering on mobile devices.
  • Now you can download the ShortPoint product without submitting a form. The form is required only for requesting a Free Trial.
  • Developers can use ShortPoint API to replace dynamic content on the page.
  • Improved Events ShortPoint User Experience.
  • Now any list type connected to Table ShortPoint will have a clickable title.
  • Now you can specify items limit for SharePoint List connection.
  • Publishing Image can be used by Connect Feature.
  • Additional Performance Improvements to ShortPoint Engine

New Elements Changes:

  • Important: ( Breaking Change ) If you had any change applied to ( Page Elements or Homepage Elements ), next time you open ShortPoint Theme Builder, make sure to go to ( General Settings > Elements > All Sites ) and re-enable your desired elements again.
  • Page Elements and Homepage elements are moved under Elements category.
  • Page Elements are now called “Root Site”, and will no longer affect subsite pages ( there’s a special category for called “Subsites” ).
  • Homepage elements are now called “Homepage” and will only affect root site homepage ( subsites homepages are no longer affected, there’s a special category for them called “Subsites Home Page” ).
  • Enabling an element (e.g: Hide Ribbon ) in “All Sites” will enable the element in all other categories ( Root Site, Sub Sites, Home Page, Subsites Home Page, System Pages & Mobile Elements ), optionally you can go to any of these categories and disable the desired element for your flexibility.
  • Enabling an element in “Root Site” will enable the same element in “Home Page”, in which you can optionally disable it.
  • Enabling an element in “Sub Sites” will enable the same element in “Subsites Home Page”, in which you can optionally disable it.

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