Unreleased
⚠️ Drop support for Internet Explorer 11 and other outdated or discontinued browser versions. Indico shows a warning message when accessed using such a browser. The latest list of supported browsers can be found in the README on GitHub, but generally Indico now supports the last two versions of each major browser (determined at release time), plus the current Firefox ESR.- Rewrite the room booking frontend to be more straightforward and user-friendly. Check our blog for details.
- Rework the event log viewer to be more responsive and not freeze the whole browser when there are thousands of log entries
- Add shortcut to next upcoming event in a category (:issue:`3388`)
- Make registration period display less confusing (:issue:`3359`)
- Add edit button to custom conference pages (:issue:`3284`)
- Support markdown in survey questions (:issue:`3366`)
- Improve event list in case of long event titles (:issue:`3607`, thanks :user:`nop33`)
- Include event page title in the page's
<title>(:issue:`3285`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`) - Add option to include subcategories in upcoming events (:issue:`3449`)
- Allow event managers to override the name format used in the event (:issue:`2455`)
- Add option to not clone venue/room of an event
- Show territory/country next to the language name (:issue:`3968`)
- Add more sorting options to book of abstracts (:issue:`3429`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Add more formatting options to book of abstracts (:issue:`3335`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Improve message when the call for abstracts is scheduled to open but hasn't started yet
- Make link color handling for LaTeX pdfs configurable (:issue:`3283`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Preserve displayed order in contribution exports that do not apply any specific sorting (:issue:`4005`)
- Fix incorrect order of session blocks inside timetable (:issue:`2999`)
- Add missing email validation to contribution CSV import (:issue:`3568`, thanks :user:`Kush22`)
- Do not show border after last item in badge designer toolbar (:issue:`3607`, thanks :user:`nop33`)
- Correctly align centered footer links (:issue:`3599`, thanks :user:`nop33`)
- Fix top/right alignment of session bar in event display view (:issue:`3599`, thanks :user:`nop33`)
- Fix error when trying to create a user with a mixed-case email address in the admin area
- Fix event import if a user in the exported data has multiple email addresses and they match different users
- Fix paper reviewers getting notifications even if their type of reviewing has been disabled (:issue:`3852`)
- Correctly handle merging users in the paper reviewing module (:issue:`3895`)
- Show correct number of registrations in management area (:issue:`3935`)
- Fix sorting book of abstracts by board number (:issue:`3429`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Enforce survey submission limit (:issue:`3256`)
- Do not show "Mark as paid" button and checkout link while a transaction is pending (:issue:`3361`, thanks :user:`driehle`)
- Fix 404 error on custom conference pages that do not have any ascii chars in the title (:issue:`3998`)
- Use webpack to build static assets
- Add React+Redux for new frontend modules
- Enable modern ES201x features
Unreleased
- Fix bug in calendar view, due to timezones (:issue:`3903`)
Released on March 12, 2019
- Add A6 to page size options (:issue:`3793`)
- Fix celery/redis dependency issue (:issue:`3809`)
Released on January 24, 2019
- Add setting for the default contribution duration of an event (:issue:`3446`)
- Add option to copy abstract attachments to contributions when accepting them (:issue:`3732`)
- Really fix the oauthlib conflict (was still breaking in some cases)
Released on January 15, 2019
- Allow adding external users as speakers/chairpersons (:issue:`3562`)
- Allow adding external users to event ACLs (:issue:`3562`)
- Pin requests-oauthlib version to avoid dependency conflict
Released on December 06, 2018
- Render the reviewing state of papers in the same way as abstracts (:issue:`3665`)
- Use correct speaker name when exporting contributions to spreadsheets
- Use friendly IDs in abstract attachment package folder names
- Fix typo in material package subcontribution folder names
- Fix check on whether registering for an event is possible
- Show static text while editing registrations (:issue:`3682`)
Released on September 25, 2018
- Let managers download tickets for registrants even if all public ticket downloads are disabled (:issue:`3493`)
- Do not count deleted registrations when printing tickets from the badge designer page
- Hide "Save answers" in surveys while not logged in
- Fix importing event archives containing registrations with attachments
- Fix display issue in participants table after editing data (:issue:`3511`)
- Fix errors when booking rooms via API
Released on August 09, 2018
- Only return timetable entries for the current session when updating a session through the timetable (:issue:`3474`, thanks :user:`glunardi` for reporting)
- Prevent session managers/coordinators from modifying certain timetable entries or scheduling contributions not assigned to their session
- Restrict access to timetable entry details to users who are authorized to see them
- Improve survey result display (:issue:`3486`)
- Improve email validation for registrations (:issue:`3471`)
- Point to correct day in "edit session timetable" link (:issue:`3419`)
- Fix error when exporting abstracts with review questions to JSON
- Point the timetable to correct day in the session details
- Fix massive performance issue on the material package page in big events
- Fix error when using the checkin app to mark someone as checked in (:issue:`3473`, thanks :user:`femtobit`)
- Fix error when a session coordinator tries changing the color of a break using the color picker in the balloon's tooltip
- Add some new signals and template hooks to the registration module
Released on June 11, 2018
- Show email address for non-anonymous survey submissions (:issue:`3258`)
- Show question description in survey results (:issue:`3383`)
- Allow paper managers to submit paper revisions
- Fix error when not providing a URL for privacy policy or terms
- Use consistent order for privacy/terms links in the footer
- Fix cloning of locked events
Released on May 31, 2018
- Add a privacy policy page linked from the footer (:issue:`1415`)
- Terms & Conditions can now link to an external URL
- Show a warning to all admins if Celery is not running or outdated
- Add registration ID placeholder for badges (:issue:`3370`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Fix alignment issue in the "Indico Weeks View" timetable theme (:issue:`3367`)
- Reset visibility when cloning an event to a different category (:issue:`3372`)
Released on May 16, 2018
- Add event roles, which are similar to local groups but within the scope of an event. They can be used both for assigning permissions within the event and also for quickly seeing which user has which role (such as "Program Committee" in the event
- Add new Participant Roles (previously called Roles) which now shows each person's custom event roles and whether they have registered for the event in addition to the the default roles (speaker, chairperson, etc.)
- Add visibility options to custom abstract/contribution fields so they can be restricted to be editable/visible only for event managers or authors/submitters instad of anyone who can see the abstract/contribution
- Provide new interface to import registations/contributions from a CSV file (:issue:`3144`)
- Rework how access/permissions are managed. Now all access and management privileges can be assigned from a single place on the protection management page.
- Allow specifying a default session for a track which will then be used by default when accepting an abstract in that track (:issue:`3069`)
- Allow marking contribution types as private so they cannot be selected by users submitting an abstract (:issue:`3138`)
- Add support for boolean (yes/no) and freetext questions in abstract reviewing (:issue:`3175`)
- Support event cloning with monthly recurrence on the last day of the month (:issue:`1580`)
- Add support for custom session types (:issue:`3189`)
- Move poster session flag from session settings to session type settings
- Add contribution cloning within an event (:issue:`3207`)
- Add option to include the event description in reminder emails (:issue:`3157`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Pin default themes to the top for event managers (:issue:`3166`)
- Add user setting whether to show future events or not by default in a category. Also keep the per-category status in the session (:issue:`3233`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Keep page titles in sync with conference menu item titles (:issue:`3236`)
- Add option to hide an attachment folder in the display areas of an event (:issue:`3181`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Improve flower redirect URI generation (:issue:`3187`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- When blocking a user account, the user will be forcefully logged out in addition to being prevented from logging in
- Show track-related columns in abstract list only if there are tracks defined for the event (:issue:`2813`)
- Show warning box to inform that reviewer roles do not apply when an event has no tracks (:issue:`2919`)
- Allow specifying min/max length for registration form text fields (:issue:`3193`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Add settings to configure the scale of 'rating' questions in paper reviewing
- Show a nicer error message when entering an excessively high base registration fee (:issue:`3260`)
- Use proper British English for person titles (:issue:`3279`)
- Add event keywords in meta tags (:issue:`3262`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Improve sorting by date fields in the registrant list
- Use the user's preferred name format in more places
- Add "back to conference" link when viewing a conference timetable using a meeting theme (:issue:`3297`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Allow definition lists in places where Markdown or HTML is accepted (:issue:`3325`)
- Include event date/time in registration emails (:issue:`3337`)
- Allow div/span/pre with classes when writing raw HTML in CKEditor (:issue:`3332`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Sort abstract authors/speakers by last name (:issue:`3340`)
- Improve machine-readable metadata for events and categories (:issue:`3287`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Fix selecting a person's title in a different language than English
- Fix display issue in "now happening" (:issue:`3278`)
- Fix error when displaying the value of an accommodation field in the registrant list and someone has the "no accomodation" option selected (:issue:`3272`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Use the 'Reviewing' realm when logging actions from the abstract/paper reviewing modules
- Fix error when printing badges/posters with empty static text fields (:issue:`3290`)
- Fix error when generating a PDF timetable including contribution abstracts (:issue:`3289`)
- Do not require management access to a category to select a badge template from it as a backside.
- Fix breadcrumb metadata (:issue:`3321`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Fix error when accessing certain registration pages without an active registration
- Use event timezone when displaying event log entries (:issue:`3354`)
- Correctly render most markdown elements when generating a programme PDF (:issue:`3351`)
- Do not send any emails when trying to approve/reject a registration that is not pending (:issue:`3358`)
- Rename Roles in ACL entries to Permissions. This especially affects
the
can_managemethod whoseroleargument has been renamed topermission(:issue:`3057`) - Add new
registration_checkin_updatedsignal that can be used by plugins to perform an action when the checkin state of a registration changes (:issue:`3161`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`) - Add new signals that allow plugins to run custom code at the various
stages of the
RHexecution and replace/modify the final response (:issue:`3227`) - Add support for building plugin wheels with date/commit-suffixed version numbers (:issue:`3232`, thanks :user:`driehle`)
Released on March 15, 2018
- Do not show contribution information (metadata including title, speakers and a partial description) in the contribution list unless the user has access to a contribution
- Show more suitable message when a service request is auto-accepted (:issue:`3264`)
Released on March 07, 2018
- Update bleach to fix an XSS vulnerability
- Warn when editing a speaker/author would result in duplicate emails
- Take 'center' orientation of badge/poster backgrounds into account (:issue:`3238`, thanks :user:`bpedersen2`)
- Fail nicely when trying to register a local account with an already-used email confirmation link (:issue:`3250`)
Released on February 6, 2018
- Add support for admin-only designer placeholders. Such placeholders can be provided by custom plugins and only be used in the designer by Indico admins (:issue:`3210`)
- Sort contribution types alphabetically
- Add folding indicators when printing foldable badges (:issue:`3216`)
- Fix LaTeX rendering issue when consecutive lines starting with
[were present (:issue:`3203`) - Do not allow managers to retrieve tickets for registrants for whom ticket access is blocked by a plugin (:issue:`3208`)
- Log a warning instead of an exception if the Indico version check fails (:issue:`3209`)
- Wrap long lines in event log entries instead of truncating them
- Properly show message about empty agenda in reminders that have "Include agenda" enabled but an empty timetable
- Fix overly long contribution type names pushing edit/delete buttons outside the visible area (:issue:`3215`)
- Only apply plugin-imposed ticket download restrictions for tickets, not for normal badges.
- Fix switching between badge sides in IE11 (:issue:`3214`)
- Do not show poster templates as possible backsides for badges
- Convert alpha-channel transparency to white in PDF backgrounds
- Make number inputs big enough to show 5 digits in chrome
- Sort chairperson list on lecture pages
- Remove whitespace before commas in speaker lists
- Hide author UI for subcontribution speakers (:issue:`3222`)
Released on January 12, 2018
- Add
author_typeandis_speakerfields for persons in the JSON abstract export - Add legacy redirect for
conferenceTimeTable.py
- Fix unicode error when searching external users from the "Search Users" dialog
- Fix missing event management menu/layout when creating a material package from the event management area
- Fix error when viewing a contribution with co-authors
- Fix sorting of registration form items not working anymore after moving/disabling some items
- Fix error after updating from 2.0rc1 if there are cached Mako templates
- Fix error when retrieving an image referenced in an abstract fails
- Fix rendering of time pickers in recent Firefox versions (:issue:`3194`)
- Fix error when trying to use the html serializer with the timetable API
- Fix error when receiving invalid payment events that should be ignored
- Fix last occurrence not being created when cloning events (:issue:`3192`)
- Fix multiple links in the same line being replaced with the first one when converting abstracts/contributions to PDF (:issue:`2816`)
- Fix PDF generation when there are links with
&in the URL - Fix incorrect spacing in abstract author/speaker lists (:issue:`3205`)
Released on December 8, 2017
- Allow changing the reloader used by the dev server (:issue:`3150`)
- Do not show borders above/below the message in registration emails unless both the header and body blocks are used (:issue:`3151`)
- Roll-back the database transaction when an error occurs.
- Fix rendering of the LaTeX error box (:issue:`3163`)
- Fix "N/A" being displayed in a survey result if 0 is entered in a number field
- Fix "N/A" not being displayed in a survey result if nothing is selected in a multi-choice select field
- Fix error when using
target_*placeholders in abstract notification emails for actions other than "Merged" (:issue:`3171`) - Show full track title in tooltips on abstract pages
- Show correct review indicators when a reviewer still has to review an abstract in a different track
- Fix unicode error when searching external users in an LDAP backend
- Remove
SCSS_DEBUG_INFOconfig option.
Released on November 10, 2017
- Hide category field in event creation dialog if there are no subcategories (:issue:`3112`)
- Remove length limit from registration form field captions (:issue:`3119`)
- Use semicolons instead of commas as separator when exporting list values (such as multi-select registration form fields) to CSV or Excel (:issue:`3060`)
- Use custom site title in page title (:issue:`3018`)
- Allow manually entering dates in datetime fields (:issue:`3136`)
- Send emails through a celery task. This ensures users do not get
an error if the mail server is temporarily unavailable. Sending an
email is also retried for a while in case of failure. In case of a
persistent failure the email is dumped to the temp directory and
can be re-sent manually using the new
indico resend_emailcommand (:issue:`3121`) - Reject requests containing NUL bytes in the query string (:issue:`3142`)
- Do not intercept HTTP exceptions containing a custom response. When raising such exceptions we do not want the default handling but rather send the custom response to the client.
- Do not apply margin for empty root category sidebar (:issue:`3116`, thanks :user:`nop33`)
- Fix alignment of info-grid items on main conference page (:issue:`3126`)
- Properly align the label of the attachment folder title field
- Fix some rare unicode errors during exception handling/logging
- Clarify messages in session block rescheduling dialogs (:issue:`3080`)
- Fix event header bar in IE11 (:issue:`3135`)
- Fix footer on login page (:issue:`3132`)
- Use correct module name for abstract notification emails in the event log
- Remove linebreaks from email subject in paper review notifications
- Fix extra padding in the CFA roles dialog (:issue:`3129`)
- Do not show an extra day in timetable management if an event begins before a DST change
- Disable caching when retrieving the list of unscheduled contributions
- Process placeholders in the subject when emailing registrants
- Fix Shibboleth login with non-ascii names (:issue:`3143`)
- Add new
is_ticket_blockedsignal that can be used by plugins to disable ticket downloads for a registration.
Released on October 20, 2017
This is the first release of the 2.0 series, which is an almost complete rewrite of Indico based on a modern software stack and PostgreSQL.