Summary & Highlights

Welcome to Linchpin Essentials 2.6!

For this release we put the emphasis on new features in Linchpin Theme as well as improvements, to be more specific on the gender neutral language in the German version.

For Linchpin User Profiles we've added an info message concerning LDAP filled profile fields as well as improved the display of the profile macro when the column, in which it's in, is not wide enough. Information won't be cut off anymore in this case.

For Linchpin Theme we've extended the footer configuration, so you can now add a custom rich text footer column, change the order of the columns as well as show and hide any existing column, including the default columns. We've also worked on the Linchpin Teaser macro: They can now use anchor links, have fixed height and width in all three variants and links will now be registered as incoming links on the targeted pages.

And of course this release also brings a lot of other improvements and bugfixes.

Make sure to check out the full release notes!

Linchpin Essentials

Improvement:

• Gender Neutral Language: We changed the user interface to be gender neutral in the German version.

  
  

Linchpin User Profiles

Improvements

• We stabilized updates from older Linchpin User Profiles versions.
• We added an info message concerning LDAP filled profile fields back in that got lost some versions back.
• We improved the display of the profile macro when the column it's in is not wide enough. Information won't be cut off anymore in this case.
  Read more here
• 2.6.1 We improved the performance when a select field option update affected many users.
• 2.6.1 Users with spaces in their usernames can now edit their profiles. Please note that usernames containing spaces are not recommended and can only be created in Confluence by importing users from a directory.
• 2.6.1 We improved compatibility with assistive technologies.

Bugfixes

• We solved a problem that arose from user info being imported from different directories, which sometimes made profile fields editable that shouldn't have been. 

• Corrupted profile images can no longer prevent you from accessing a profile page.
• We don't index linked text fields anymore because this information is redundant and updating such fields caused performance impacts in large instances.
• We fixed some potential Confluence 8 issues.
• 2.6.1 In the administration area, we stopped the help box from moving into the next line.
• 2.6.1 We fixed a JS error that could occur when opening the Customized User List macro configuration. The problem only existed if a third-party app uses the JavaScript library Lodash incorrectly.

Linchpin Theme

• We extended the footer configuration, you can now add a custom rich text footer column, change the order of the columns and show and hide any existing column including the default columns. 
  Read more here
• Linchpin Teaser macros can now use anchor links.
• Linchpin Teaser macros can now have fixed height and width for all three teaser variants.
  Read more here
• Links from Linchpin Teaser macros will now be registered as incoming links on the targeted pages.

Improvements

• All footer content will be included in your Linchpin Theme import and export.
• 2.6.1 Enable basic Layout Box macro preview (nested macros can't be previewed).
• 2.6.1 Improved screen reader compatibility for the footer by removing empty links instead of rendering broken links.
• 2.6.1 Improved compatibility of Linchpin Theme with Aura Cards by not overwriting Aura card title colors anymore.

Bugfixes

• The preview of Linchpin Teaser macros now shows the correct background color.
• We added unique ids to links in the intranet tools section.
• When a screen is too small and the menu consists of two lines instead of one, the second one lost its color. This is fixed now.
• We fixed an issue in the Linchpin Sidebar that didn't show some contents on Confluence 8.
• 2.6.1 Fixed image display when using Linchpin Teaser macros inside section/column macros.
• 2.6.1 Don't ignore Confluence Custom HTML "at the end of the body" anymore.
• 2.6.1 Remove unnecessary scroll bars when nesting Layout Box macros.
• 2.6.1 Fix footer position on pages with little content.
• 2.6.1 Fixed misleading German field label in the footer configuration.
• 2.6.1 Fixed custom JS/CSS editor display when Confluence Source Editor is enabled.

Complete changelog

Here is a complete overview of all of the changes that we've implemented in our Linchpin Essentials release.

New features

• We extended the footer configuration, you can now add a custom rich text footer column, change the order of the columns and show and hide any existing column including the default columns. 
  Read more here
• Linchpin Teaser macros can now use anchor links.
• Linchpin Teaser macros can now have fixed height and width for all three teaser variants.
  Read more here
• Links from Linchpin Teaser macros will now be registered as incoming links on the targeted pages.

Improvements

• We changed the user interface to be gender neutral in the German version.
• We stabilized updates from older Linchpin User Profiles versions.
• We added an info message concerning LDAP filled profile fields back in that got lost some versions back.
• We improved the display of the profile macro when the column it's in is not wide enough. Information won't be cut off anymore in this case.
  Read more here
• All footer content will be included in your Linchpin Theme import and export.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin User Profiles: We improved the performance when a select field option update affected many users.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin User Profiles: Users with spaces in their usernames can now edit their profiles. Please note that usernames containing spaces are not recommended and can only be created in Confluence by importing users from a directory.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin User Profiles: We improved compatibility with assistive technologies.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Enable basic Layout Box macro preview (nested macros can't be previewed).
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Improved screen reader compatibility for the footer by removing empty links instead of rendering broken links.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Improved compatibility of Linchpin Theme with Aura Cards by not overwriting Aura card title colors anymore.

Bugfixes

• We solved a problem that arose from user info being imported from different directories, which sometimes made profile fields editable that shouldn't have been. 

• Corrupted profile images can no longer prevent you from accessing a profile page.
• We don't index linked text fields anymore because this information is redundant and updating such fields caused performance impacts in large instances.
• We fixed some potential Confluence 8 issues.
• The preview of Linchpin Teaser macros now shows the correct background color.
• We added unique ids to links in the intranet tools section.
• When a screen is too small and the menu consists of two lines instead of one, the second one lost its color. This is fixed now. 
• We fixed an issue in the Linchpin Sidebar that didn't show some contents on Confluence 8.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin User Profiles: In the administration area, we stopped the help box from moving into the next line.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin User Profiles: We fixed a JS error that could occur when opening the Customized User List macro configuration. The problem only existed if a third-party app uses the JavaScript library Lodash incorrectly.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Fixed image display when using Linchpin Teaser macros inside section/column macros.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Don't ignore Confluence Custom HTML "at the end of the body" anymore.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Remove unnecessary scroll bars when nesting Layout Box macros.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Fix footer position on pages with little content.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Fixed misleading German field label in the footer configuration.
• 2.6.1 Linchpin Theme: Fixed custom JS/CSS editor display when Confluence Source Editor is enabled.