Linchpin Essentials

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Linchpin Essentials 2.9

Summary & Highlights

Welcome to Linchpin Essentials 2.9!

First of all: We’ve ensured the compatibility with Confluence 8.7 with this release.

As our focus for this release has been on the Linchpin Mobile App, we’ve brought you some improvements and bugfixes for Linchpin Essentials 2.9.

Linchpin User Profiles: In the past, a regular Confluence search that had users as a result randomly showed some of their profile data in the search results. We changed this. Now, the Confluence search will display only those fields that have been configured to be displayed in a profile header as well. Looks much cleaner that way.

Make sure to check out the full release notes!

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Linchpin User Profiles

Improvements

  • In the past, a regular Confluence search that had users as a result randomly showed some of their profile data in the search results. We changed this. Now, the Confluence search will display only those fields that have been configured to be displayed in a profile header as well. Looks much cleaner that way. 🙂

Bugfixes

  • Profile fields tended to break when switching from the field type ‘Cascading Multi Select’ to a regular ‘Multi Select’ field type. We fixed this.
  • We fixed a bug that caused issues when using Language Manager dropdown fields.
  • 2.9.1 We fixed a critical bug which broke the quick search.
  • 2.9.2 We added a missing error flag when configuring and testing LDAP connections.
  • 2.9.2 When using a date filter within the People Search & List macro it didn’t always work correctly. This has been fixed.
  • 2.9.2 We fixed an issue where special characters were occasionally broken when mentioning users.
  • 2.9.2 When using the Confluence Search, some profile field values were broken. This has been fixed.
  • 2.9.3 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240611cvecup1)
  • 2.9.3 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240611cvecup2)
  • 2.9.4 We fixed potential security issues. (https://seibert.biz/20240625cvecup1, https://seibert.biz/20240625cvecup2)
  • 2.9.4 The XML import feature wasn’t resilient enough against corrupted data. It is now.
  • 2.9.4 In some cases, duplicate users were shown in the people directory. We convinced the doppelgangers to stay hidden.
  • 2.9.4 We fixed an issue concerning rollbacks for XML imports.

Linchpin Theme

Bugfixes

  • Some tooltips weren’t working with Confluence 8.8 and higher anymore. We made them work again.
  • 2.9.3 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240611cvemblisu)
  • 2.9.4 User mentions were sometimes invisible in macro previews. This has been fixed.
  • We fixed an incompatibility that could prevent the Linchpin Theme plugin from being enabled when installing in Confluence 8.5 or later.
  • 2.8.1 We fixed a bug that prevented news tiles in Cover Stories and News Hub to show configured text colors properly.
  • 2.8.1 We fixed an incompatibility that could prevent the Linchpin Theme plugin from being enabled when installing in Confluence 8.5 or later.
  • 2.8.1 The latest Confluence security fix releases (see https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-93502) broke every app that has Velocity macros in `.vm.html` files. We renamed all affected template files to `.vm`.
  • 2.8.3 With Confluence 8.5.5 the “saved for later” overview in the sidebar broke. We made it work again.
  • 2.8.3 We fixed a bug that prevented direct links to documents / attachments in a Linchpin Teaser.
  • 2.8.6 When using an “Expand” macro within a Linchpin Teaser, text wouldn’t be wrapped properly and broke the layout. This has been fixed.

Compatibility

  • 2.8.4 We ensured Linchpin Theme is compatible with Confluence 8.8

Improvements

  • In the past, a regular Confluence search that had users as a result randomly showed some of their profile data in the search results. We changed this. Now, the Confluence search will display only those fields that have been configured to be displayed in a profile header as well.

Bugfixes

  • Profile fields tended to break when switching from the field type ‘Cascading Multi Select’ to a regular ‘Multi Select’ field type. We fixed this.
  • We fixed a bug that caused issues when using Language Manager dropdown fields.
  • Some tooltips weren’t working with Confluence 8.8 and higher anymore. We made them work again.
  • 2.9.1 We fixed a critical bug which broke the quick search.
  • 2.9.2 We added a missing error flag when configuring and testing LDAP connections.
  • 2.9.2 When using a date filter within the People Search & List macro it didn’t always work correctly. This has been fixed.
  • 2.9.2 We fixed an issue where special characters were occasionally broken when mentioning users.
  • 2.9.2 When using the Confluence Search, some profile field values were broken. This has been fixed.
  • 2.9.3 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240611cvecup1)
  • 2.9.3 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240611cvecup2)
  • 2.9.3 We fixed a potential security issue. (https://seibert.biz/20240611cvemblisu)
  • 2.9.4 We fixed potential security issues. (https://seibert.biz/20240625cvecup1, https://seibert.biz/20240625cvecup2)
  • 2.9.4 The XML import feature wasn’t resilient enough against corrupted data. It is now.
  • 2.9.4 In some cases, duplicate users were shown in the people directory. We convinced the doppelgangers to stay hidden.
  • 2.9.4 We fixed an issue concerning rollbacks for XML imports.
  • 2.9.4 User mentions were sometimes invisible in macro previews. This has been fixed.

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