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Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.8
Summary & Highlights
Welcome to Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.8!
First of all, the Suite itself: We've ensured the compatibility with Confluence 8.6 with this release.
Linchpin Events: You all waited for this: Events can now be recurring! Configure a whole series of events at once, no more copy & paste 
We've also implemented caching to improve the events loading performance. It may be a good idea to increase the available memory on your instance. 
The following rule of thumb can be applied for the maximum recommended additional heap space: "number of users * number of events * 8 bytes". This "worst case" only applies if all users are attending all events and are permitted to edit all events.
Linchpin User Profiles: The macro People Search & List now features an expert mode to select People via CQL statements. Furthermore, you can now insert a birthday list for today or this week using the People Search & List macro!
Linchpin Touch: Images and PDFs can now be viewed in a full screen mode. Tapping on it does not open another detailed dialog with only the image on it, but the image is displayed as large as possible on the entire screen.
Of course, we've also worked on bringing you some quickwins, improvements and bugfixes with this update.
Make sure to check out the full release notes!
New Features
The People Search & List macro now features an expert mode to select People via CQL statements.
Improvements
Bugfixes
- The macro "My Contacts" refused to filter properly when configured with groups to filter. It now does.
- When selecting users by group in the People Search & List macro, we now correctly show all chosen profile fields.
- We fixed a small UI issue in the configuration mask of the People Search & List macro.
- The macro "Content Responsibility" wasn't clickable when no addition information was selected. It now is.
- 5.8.1 We fixed a broken rendering when exporting the People Search & List macro to PDF.
- 5.8.1 With the latest Confluence versions, user profiles and some configuration pages could not be loaded. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 We ensured compatibility with the app Space Privacy when using the People Search & List macro. Please be sure to use Space Privacy version 3.7.2 or higher for this to work.
- 5.8.2 We fixed a bug that made it impossible to configure the People Search & List macro to only show the name and contact columns.
- 5.8.2 When searching for people by date, it could happen that wrong users were shown around the end of a year. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 While editing a profile or configuring the profile contents, category names were not translated. They are now.
- 5.8.3 Using options beginning with # in multi select profile fields didn't work. It does now.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that rendered search and filter functions in the People Search & List macro useless while using the Expert Mode.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a broken link to a user's content responsibilities tab in their profile occurring with Confluence 8.5.5.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a possible "duplicate entry" issue when installing Linchpin User Profiles.
- 5.8.3 We fixed issues with profile background images when running Confluence on Windows Server.
Compatibility
- 5.8.4 We ensured compatibility with Confluence 8.8.
- 5.8.5 We ensured compatibility with Confluence 8.9.
New Features
Improvements
- We implemented caching to improve the events loading performance. It may be a good idea to increase the available memory on your instance.
Bugfixes
- We fixed a bug which created issues when linking a text inside the page editor using the page editor panel.
- We fixed a bug that led to not all events showing in the event calendar.
- Deactivated or deleted users couldn't be removed as attendees from events. This is now possible.
- 5.8.1 After upgrading Confluence to a version not affected by the security vulnerability described in https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-93502, several parts of Linchpin Events stopped working. This release fixes this.
- 5.8.1 Sometimes choosing a frequency for recurring events didn't work properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 People on the waiting list didn't move up in the correct order, this has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 We have fixed a problem with the display of registration numbers that occurred under certain circumstances.
- 5.8.1 We improved compatibility between the Linchpin Event List macro and NaviTabs and Aura macros.
- 5.8.2 In some cases users didn't move up from the waiting list to the event list properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 In some cases the edit event dialog didn't show up properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 We fixed a display issue with the notify creator checkbox.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that sometimes prevented editing a whole series of events.
- 5.8.3 When creating a recurring event from the event macro, it wasn't automatically selected in the macro configuration. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.3 It's now possible again to sign up others to events while the participant list is invisible.
- 5.8.5 We fixed a bug that sometimes prevented event messages to be sent to participants.
- 5.8.5 We fixed the manage participants option that was not always visible when it should have been.
- 5.8.5 It's now possible again to use Linchpin Events as an anonymous / not logged in user.
- 5.8.5 Users who were unsynced from LDAP were spammed with event notifications. They won't be anymore.
- 5.8.5 We fixed an issue with export files that occured when a participant was deleted.
Compatibility
- 5.8.5 We ensured compatibility with Confluence 8.9.
Bugfixes
- 5.8.1 Sending the News Digest failed under certain circumstances. It doesn't anymore.
- 5.8.5 We fixed several errors in the News Digest source configuration.
- 5.8.5 We fixed a bug that prevented news digests from being sent.
Bugfixes
- With Confluence 8.x the link "View more recently visited" in the Confluence quicksearch reloaded the page instead of opening the Linchpin Sidebar. Now it works correctly.
- With Confluence 8.x the Linchpin Sidebar didn't show all entries for "Saved for later". It now does.
- 5.8.1 We fixed a bug that prevented news tiles in Cover Stories and News Hub to show configured text colors properly.
- 5.8.1 We fixed an incompatibility that could prevent the Linchpin Theme plugin from being enabled when installing in Confluence 8.5 or later.
- 5.8.1 After upgrading Confluence to a version not affected by the security vulnerability described in https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-93502, the macro "menu with headline" stopped working. This release fixes this.
- 5.8.1 We added support for viewing the spaces macro in Linchpin Touch.
- 5.8.3 With Confluence 8.5.5 the "saved for later" overview in the sidebar broke. We made it work again.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that prevented direct links to documents / attachments in a Linchpin Teaser.
- 5.8.5 When using an "Expand" macro within a Linchpin Teaser, text wouldn't be wrapped properly and broke the layout. This has been fixed.
Improvements
- We updated the log levels of several log messages.
- 5.8.1 We improved compatibility with Comala App Document Management.
- 5.8.5 We improved stability for Linchpin Enterprise News in case of downgrades. Please make sure to upgrade to Linchpin Enterprise News 2.22.7 before upgrading further.
Bugfixes
- We fixed a bug with date validation in the news metadata.
- We fixed a visually broken select field when selecting spaces for Mandatory News.
- Kicker lines were missing for Mandatory News. Not anymore.
- In some cases the lead paragraph and metadata for news were displayed overlapping. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 We fixed an error regarding the "Create news" dialog.
- 5.8.1 We fixed the default teaser image upload in Confluence 8 and later.
- 5.8.1 Mandatory News were shown on top of the Onboarding Assistant, which was quite annoying for new users. They now wait until the onboarding process is complete.
- 5.8.3 The connection between Linchpin Enterprise News and Language Manager didn't work properly on Confluence 8.x, resulting in missing language filters when managing news subscriptions. We fixed that.
- 5.8.5 Some tooltips weren't working anymore with Confluence 8.8 and higher. We made them work again.
- 5.8.5 On Confluence 8.8 and above the configuration for news editors and authors didn’t work properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.5 Cover Stories and the Linchpin Menu conflicted sometimes, and menu entries were not selectable anymore. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.5 Generating demo content when setting up a Linchpin Suite led to missing images. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.5 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240418cvelen2)
- 5.8.5 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240418cvelen1)
- 5.8.5 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240418cvelen3)
Compatibility
- 5.8.5 We ensured compatibility with Confluence 8.9.
Bugfixes
- 5.8.1 It was possible to create duplicate topics in a space by moving topics from somewhere else, which could lead to further problems. This is no longer possible.
- 5.8.2 We fixed performance issues when using a Microblog timeline macro and draw.io diagram on the same page.
- 5.8.5 Some tooltips weren't working anymore with Confluence 8.8 and higher. We made them work again.
- 5.8.5 We fixed a potential security issue (https://seibert.biz/20240417cvemb)
Bugfixes
- 5.8.1 We fixed a bug that prevented success or error messages to be shown.
- 5.8.2 We fixed a bug that sometimes led to empty search results when there should have been results.
Improvements
Images and PDFs can now be viewed in a full screen mode.
Check out the full screen attachments
- 5.8.1 The Custom User Search macro is not useful in Linchpin Touch, since Touch is intended to be used without a keyboard. Therefore the CUS macro is now hidden in all Touch views.
- 5.8.5 The pdfjs-version has been updated in order to fix a security vulnerability.
Bugfixes
- When using small images in the quadrants, they tended to be rendered weirdly. They no longer do that.
- Headings didn't show the proper color in Linchpin Touch, which they now do.
- 5.8.1 The Custom User List didn't show when embedded in a page that's called up via the sidebar menu. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 The Spaces macro didn't work properly when used within Linchpin Touch. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 We now hide the "Apps" macro from Linchpin Launchpad in Linchpin Touch instead of showing an endless loading indicator.
- 5.8.2 The My Contacts macro was visible in the context of Linchpin Touch, which doesn't make sense, since on Touch there's not an individual user logged in. The macro now is hidden completely from all views.
- 5.8.2 The Subscribe to Spaces macro is now visible in the Touch Sidebar. The Subscribe Button is now hidden, as the Function is not required in Touch.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Microblog or Spaces macro contents from being loaded.
New Features
- The People Search & List macro now features an expert mode to select People via CQL statements.
- You all waited for this: Events can now be recurring! Configure a whole series of events at once, no more copy & paste :)
Improvements
- We ensured that Linchpin Suite is compatible with Confluence 8.6
- You want to insert a birthday list for today or this week using the People Search & List macro? Now you can!
- We implemented caching to improve the events loading performance. It may be a good idea to increase the available memory on your instance. The following rule of thumb can be applied for the maximum recommended additional heap space: "number of users * number of events * 8 bytes". This "worst case" only applies if all users are attending all events and are permitted to edit all events.
- We updated the log levels of several log messages.
- Images and PDFs can now be viewed in a full screen mode.
- 5.8.1 The Custom User Search macro is not useful in Linchpin Touch, since Touch is intended to be used without a keyboard. Therefore the CUS macro is now hidden in all Touch views.
- 5.8.1 We improved compatibility with Comala App Document Management.
Bugfixes
- The macro "My Contacts" refused to filter properly when configured with groups to filter. It now does.
- When selecting users by group in the People Search & List macro, we now correctly show all chosen profile fields.
- We fixed a small UI issue in the configuration mask of the People Search & List macro.
- The macro "Content Responsibility" wasn't clickable when no addition information was selected. It now is.
- We fixed a bug which created issues when linking a text inside the page editor using the page editor panel.
- We fixed a bug that led to not all events showing in the event calendar.
- Deactivated or deleted users couldn't be removed as attendees from events. This is now possible.
- With Confluence 8.x the link "View more recently visited" in the Confluence quicksearch reloaded the page instead of opening the Linchpin Sidebar. Now it works correctly.
- With Confluence 8.x the Linchpin Sidebar didn't show all entries for "Saved for later". It now does.
- We fixed a bug with date validation in the news metadata.
- We fixed a visually broken select field when selecting spaces for Mandatory News.
- Kicker lines were missing for Mandatory News. Not anymore.
- In some cases the lead paragraph and metadata for news were displayed overlapping. This has been fixed.
- When using small images in the quadrants, they tended to be rendered weirdly. They no longer do that.
- Headings didn't show the proper color in Linchpin Touch, which they now do.
- 5.8.1 The Custom User List didn't show when embedded in a page that's called up via the sidebar menu. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 The Spaces macro didn't work properly when used within Linchpin Touch. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 We fixed a broken rendering when exporting the People Search & List macro to PDF.
- 5.8.1 We fixed a bug that prevented news tiles in Cover Stories and News Hub to show configured text colors properly.
- 5.8.1 We fixed an incompatibility that could prevent the Linchpin Theme plugin from being enabled when installing in Confluence 8.5 or later.
- 5.8.1 With the latest Confluence versions, user profiles and some configuration pages could not be loaded. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 After upgrading Confluence to a version not affected by the security vulnerability described in https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-93502, several parts of Linchpin stopped working. This release fixes this.
- 5.8.1 We added support for viewing the spaces macro in Linchpin Touch.
- 5.8.1 We fixed an error regarding the "Create news" dialog.
- 5.8.1 We fixed the default teaser image upload in Confluence 8 and later.
- 5.8.1 Mandatory News were shown on top of the Onboarding Assistant, which was quite annoying for new users. They now wait until the onboarding process is complete.
- 5.8.1 Sometimes choosing a frequency for recurring events didn't work properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 People on the waiting list didn't move up in the correct order, this has been fixed.
- 5.8.1 We have fixed a problem with the display of registration numbers that occurred under certain circumstances.
- 5.8.1 We improved compatibility between the Linchpin Event List macro and NaviTabs and Aura macros.
- 5.8.1 It was possible to create duplicate topics in a space by moving topics from somewhere else, which could lead to further problems. This is no longer possible.
- 5.8.1 We fixed a bug that prevented success or error messages to be shown.
- 5.8.1 Sending the News Digest failed under certain circumstances. It doesn't anymore.
- 5.8.2 We ensured compatibility with the app Space Privacy when using the People Search & List macro. Please be sure to use Space Privacy version 3.7.2 or higher for this to work.
- 5.8.2 We fixed a bug that made it impossible to configure the People Search & List macro to only show the name and contact columns.
- 5.8.2 When searching for people by date, it could happen that wrong users were shown around the end of a year. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 While editing a profile or configuring the profile contents, category names were not translated. They are now.
- 5.8.2 In some cases users didn't move up from the waiting list to the event list properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 In some cases the edit event dialog didn't show up properly. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.2 We fixed a display issue with the notify creator checkbox.
- 5.8.2 We fixed performance issues when using a Microblog timeline macro and draw.io diagram on the same page.
- 5.8.2 We fixed a bug that sometimes led to empty search results when there should have been results.
- 5.8.2 We now hide the "Apps" macro from Linchpin Launchpad in Linchpin Touch instead of showing an endless loading indicator.
- 5.8.2 The My Contacts macro was visible in the context of Linchpin Touch, which doesn't make sense, since on Touch there's not an individual user logged in. The macro now is hidden completely from all views.
- 5.8.2 The Subscribe to Spaces macro is now visible in the Touch Sidebar. The Subscribe Button is now hidden, as the Function is not required in Touch.
- 5.8.3 Using options beginning with # in multi select profile fields didn't work. It does now.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that rendered search and filter functions in the People Search & List macro useless while using the Expert Mode.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a broken link to a user's content responsibilities tab in their profile occurring with Confluence 8.5.5.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a possible "duplicate entry" issue when installing Linchpin User Profiles.
- 5.8.3 We fixed issues with profile background images when running Confluence on Windows Server.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that sometimes prevented editing a whole series of events.
- 5.8.3 When creating a recurring event from the event macro, it wasn't automatically selected in the macro configuration. This has been fixed.
- 5.8.3 It's now possible again to sign up others to events while the participant list is invisible.
- 5.8.3 With Confluence 8.5.5 the "saved for later" overview in the sidebar broke. We made it work again.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that prevented direct links to documents / attachments in a Linchpin Teaser.
- 5.8.3 The connection between Linchpin Enterprise News and Language Manager didn't work properly on Confluence 8.x, resulting in missing language filters when managing news subscriptions. We fixed that.
- 5.8.3 We fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Microblog or Spaces macro contents from being loaded.
- 5.8.5 Some tooltips weren't working anymore with Confluence 8.8 and higher. We made them work again.
- 5.8.5 We added a Dark feature `seibertmedia.linchpin.sidebar.saved-for-later.enforce-search` to disable pagination and enable frontend-based search & sorting in "Saved for later" module, even when Soy-based rendering is used in Confluence 8.5.5+.
Link to this page: https://seibert.biz/linchpinintranetsuite58