 

#  OpenScholar Team Progress Report: June 2013 

 





August 08, 2013

 

 

 New release of OpenScholar on 06/20/2013. New feature include

- Any event post can be configured (<http://goo.gl/r1eJM>) to allow users to signup (<http://goo.gl/eF6lI>)
- Expose events as ICal feed that end users can subscribe to (<http://goo.gl/iYhAr>)
- Custom themes: Allow site owners to upload OS themes as zip files or a reference to a git repository
- Web sites visibility options (see <http://goo.gl/QKcnq> )
- Introduce infinite scrolling. Links, News, People, Publications, and Taxonomy pages have gained infinite scrolling.
- This means that when you reach the bottom of the page, the next page will load automatically.
- (Harvard) PIN protected files improvements
- Search - Add facets for taxonomy terms
- Wrap up commenting system improvements. New private comment type only allows site members to add and view comments. Easier to change comment types
- Add a new user role (see also [\#2674](https://github.com/openscholar/openscholar/issues/2674))
- Mailchimp users now have the option of displaying Mailchimp’s custom forms.

 Next release is scheduled for 08/28/2013. New features planed for this release include:

- [List of Posts Widget should be able to filter by two vocabularies](http://getsatisfaction.com/openscholar/topics/list_of_posts_widget_should_be_able_to_filter_by_two_vocabularies)
- [Harvard PIN authentication](http://getsatisfaction.com/openscholar/topics/harvard_pin_authentication)
- [Implement HWP presets](http://getsatisfaction.com/openscholar/topics/implement_hwp_presets)
- [Add ICal export for single events](http://getsatisfaction.com/openscholar/topics/add_ical_export_for_single_events)
- [Import News Items from an RSS feed](http://getsatisfaction.com/openscholar/topics/import_news_items_from_an_rss_feed)

 For a list of all features scheduled for this release please see our new roadmap page at <http://openscholar.harvard.edu/roadmap>



 

 

 



 

 

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