Release Announcements

Release 1.6.0 -- Fix Release -- 17 July 2009

• Data fixes to add missing OUs (done with migrations) (we got far out of date -- sorry)
• Small UI tweaks
• Revert permission clamping (once you have a role, you keep if you stay within section
• Allow Chapter/Affinity Group Volunteers to use tool (multiple requests)
• Accommodate use for Region Meetings (multiple requests)
• Enable subsections
• Change copyright notice for 2009
• Add ability to delete a registrant (by volunteer) (per request from users)
• Moved images/javascript/stylesheets into our server rather than refer to other machines (per Khanh Luu request)
• Change room number field to 48 chars (per request from user)
• Add link back from meeting statistics page (per request from user)
• Add link to help materials for volunteer used pages
• Remove cancel meeting button
• Signal error if registration not selected AND max registrations set non-zero (user request)
• Change default on publish flag, add help text for both publish and cancel
• Create favicon.ico for vTools products.
• Change to new repository source

• L31 (and actually meeting tool) did not allow one to go back to prior years
• Fix ability to edit registrations
• Logged in members saw more options than they could choose
• Make cosponsor field visible on meeting display
• Maximum registrations over 999 allowed
• IEEE in error messages should be in all caps
• "add speaker" button misleading, changed to "show"

Release 1.5.0 Features -- Post Sections Congress Release (approx 24 December)

• IEEE Staff Interface to L31 reports for end of year rebate computation activities
• Support for staff download to IEEE Access db
• Add note to field stating external registration URL to disable internal registration system. (Doc only)
• Add note to field about URL needing http://
• Changed width of number of registrations allowed
• Add note about turning off registration by start and end time being same
• Add note about acceptable picture formats
• Use vtools instead of ewh-webmaster in @ieee.org e-mail address
• Added version number to about page
• Change from EM14 to TMC014, add TMC014 Chapter to Spain Section
• Add change tracking on user accounts added to system
• Change vTools logo to IEEE 125th Anniv
• Bugs:
  • Speaker1 and Speaker2 information now saved on create meeting reports
  • Better error detection on number of guests and members
  • Allow update of map url, postal code, meeting contact information on meeting report
  • Fix logo reference to new vtools in some place
  • Preclude registration on cancelled meeting
  • Changed Branding
  • Fixed spelling of Colombia
  • Fixed problem with creating PDF files with joint chapters
  • Fixed problem with registration closing too soon (amount based on timezone)
  • Fixed problem with creating an L31 meeting (without existing meeting)

Release 1.4.0 Features -- Production Release (due 5 Sep 2008)

• Rebranding to vTools.Meetings
• Add eventDate into RSS feed for MyIEEE
• Search that finds nothing now says "No Records Found"
• Meeting updates in feed
• Admin editing features
• Cancel a meeting started by "create from existing" no longer leaves a meeting in system
• Add back link from view meeting statistics
• L31 Date Widget now matched Meeting Date Widget
• Catch e-mail failure issues
• Change links available to non-volunteer logged in user (expected)
• Solicit member number from meeting registrants
• Removed project logo from badges
• Improved some error messages
• Bugs:
  • Added more length notes to text boxes
  • Repair logic associated with number of members/guests
  • Fix link to Shop IEEE (IEEE broke this)
  • Stop registration for meetings that are canceled
  • VCal links now more likely to update existing calendar entry rather than make a new one.
  • Fixed bug in feeds that have special characters like "/" in their their text
  • Fix time logic in several feeds including the .ics calendar feed

Release 1.3.0 Features -- Third Beta Release of OUMgt.Meetings (deployed 5 Aug 2008)

• Bug Fixes
• Improve look in IE7
• Fixed visible hints on some field sizes
• Repair privilege escalation bug
• Improve security between maintainers of different sections
• Fix send meeting registration statistics bug when no mail address furnished
• Tighten registration deadline rules relative to meeting schedule
• Fix several bugs related to joint chapters (multiple societies in one chapter)
• Fixed Registration time (it was enforcing GMT not local time limits)
• Bug in printing badges
• Fix headers on meetings pages
• Fixed some %20 instead of spaces issues
• URL error messages now hint that URLs must have a protocol to be valid
• Remove OUMgt from the meeting badge, remove HTML badges/tickets
• Added support for canceling meetings
• Add visual indication of meeting registration closed
• Added support for limiting number of registrations for meetings
• Paginate lists of meetings
• Send confirmation e-mail to registration participants
• Add RSS links for L31 reports
• Add pagination and simple query to L31 reports
• Add L31 e-mail confirmation
• Reduced #digits on fraction of hour re duration of meeting
• Move system entry page to /main by code (/development.html available if needed)
• iCal feed for Sections/Regions
• Allow editing of registrants by Section volunteer

Release 1.2.0 Features

• ReleasePlan1r2e0.pdf: Version 1.2.0