Fresh Vine Status Updates

Archive of Updates and Maintenance

Version 2.1 ‘Malbec’ Released

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This is our second major release of 2011 and focuses on improving your ability to understand and track your weekly services. You can now create Groups that are specified by type (basic, or class) to clarify their purpose. Class groups will also automatically create events to coincide with the services they are related to for attendance tracking and follow-up. Our much anticipated Check-In system is here, and utilizes our brand new API for seamless integration with Fresh Vine.

The API is currently in a private Beta but we are open to reviewing requests for free app accounts before we make the API open with version 2.2. At that point anyone who desires to build upon Fresh Vine through our API will be able to. Please note that you will still need to explicitly connect these applications to your account with your username and password for them to be able to access your Fresh Vine data.

In response to the rapidly growing interest in Fresh Vine we have also unified and upgraded our address system to handle addresses from everywhere on earth. We also are able to supply the same mapping and address correction for 71 of the 249 countries/districts.

Update Gallery:

Features

Major Features:

  • Child Check-in System
  • Further integration of the Multi-site system
    • Set for Members and Groups
    • Member Address Syncing will now also sync campuses.
  • International Address support added with members, groups, events, and campuses.
    • Address support for 71 countries (listed below) means that our address correction and mapping features should work as expected.
    • Partial Address support for remaining 178 countries allows you to indicate the country but with out mapping or address correction.
  • New layouts for item pages (Members, Groups, Events, Etc) to further unify the user experience
  • Addition of Classroom Module [for groups meeting during services]

Minor Features:

  • Introduction of the API for use with the Check-In system. Full public rollout with version 2.2
  • Addition of a ‘Special Instructions’ member field for use with the check-in system. Set through the member profile
  • Filtering of Member and Group Member rosters improved with inclusion of custom fields
  • Profile Photos now also available for Groups and Events in addition to Members
  • Updated Removal process for many of the element within Fresh Vine (including the ability to remove related events).
  • Default State and Country now set for new addresses
  • You can now use Fresh Vine through a secure connection and are able to force all users over a secure connection
  • Added social networking to Members, Groups and Events
  • Added Google Plus and Table Project to our supported social networks for linking out.
  • Media Embedding added (for audio and video) and links to media items now apparent

Other Fixes:

  • Up to a 6 time speed improvement on page response times
  • Caching and Compression of CSS and Javascript components to speed load times
  • New Configuration Setting for your organizations URL
  • Remapped all public content (emails, media, notes, etc) to link through your leader site

Other Changes:

  • Updated the redirect system for when you are linked to a page without being logged in, or get logged out in mid session.
  • Addition of ‘Committed’ and ‘Partner’ as an available relationship status to reflect broader cultural shifts
  • Campuses receive the new, more descriptive, icon
  • Content Management System formally removed from Fresh Vine (functionally removed in v2.0)

Countries with Address Support in Alphabetical Order (Address Correction and Mapping):

Albania, Andorra, Antigua And Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Province Of China, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela
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Written by Paul Prins

December 21st, 2011 at 1:50 am