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  • Monthly Bug Scrub Notes May 2018

    Issues Summary

    • Discussed: 13
    • Closed: 2
    • Raised: 2
    • Participants: 2

    May 2018 Milestone on GitHub

    Issue & Pull Request Notes

    JS & CSS Assets, Dependencies, & Performance

    Iss. #146 & Iss. #520 (& Related PR #484)

    • JS (and CSS) dependencies must be defined and improved
    • Scripts should not load on non LifterLMS Pages except when a LifterLMS shortcode or widget exists
    • JS errors resulting from improperly defined JS dependencies
    • Assigned to Thomas to review & merge #484
    • Assigned to Saurabh for implementation
    • Assigned to May 2018 Milestone

    BuddyPress Enhancements

    Iss. #164

    • Feature enhancements clarified
    • Moved to Future Milestone
    • Unassigned

    Metaboxes Cleanup and Gutenberg Prep

    Iss. #191 & Iss. #244

    • Finalize cleanup from LifterLMS 2.x to 3.x metabox transitions
    • Identify updates required for Gutenberg forward compatibility
    • #244 closed as duplicate of #191
    • Assigned to Saurabh (who will recruit additional contributors for Gutenberg research)

    Conflict with Contact Form 7

    Iss. #223

    • Reported in 2016 & never reproduced
    • Closed as wont fix

    Checkout Fields UI for Logged when Checkout Fields Disabled

    Iss. #235

    • Billing Info area on checkout / enrollment is blank for logged in users when all registration fields are disabled
    • Unassigned & help wanted

    Vouchers Admin Screen UI Update

    Iss. #239

    • CSS / SCSS color scheme updates required
    • Unassigned & help wanted

    Free Lesson Stamp UI Issues

    Iss. #253

    • “FREE” stamp on lesson syllabus doesn’t make sense to display to users who already have access to the course content
    • Clarified issue language & added potential solutions
    • Unassigned & help wanted

    Add Current Item classes to WP Nav menus for catalogs

    Iss. #257

    • May not still be an issue (needs some better reproduction steps)
    • Ensure themes can control the current menu item highlight on nav menus when viewing course / membership catalogs
    • Unassigned & help wanted

    Prerequisite Checks on Post Trash

    Iss. #263

    • Clarified language
    • Added additional conditions to check
    • Discussed possible strategies and solutions
    • Unassigned

    (NEW) Course Level Drip & Prereq Settings

    Iss. #521

    • Raised as a possible helper solution to #263
    • Unassigned and added to future milestone

    (New) Course “Elements”

    Iss. #522

    • Notes on ongoing refactoring / functionality expansion discussion to increase the flexibility of courses
    • Unassigned and added to future milestone

    Notes

    • Created additional labels to be added to issues to help identify the languages required to resolve the issue: PHP, Javascript, CSS/SCSS
    • Join us for our next scrub on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 9am – 10am PST

     

     

    Read more: Monthly Bug Scrub Notes May 2018

  • LifterLMS Assignments Version 1.0.0-beta.3

    • Fix issue preventing assignment passing grade requirement from preventing lesson completion
    • Use llms_course_children_post_types to define assignments as a child of courses
    Read more: LifterLMS Assignments Version 1.0.0-beta.3

  • LifterLMS Version 3.17.7

    • Fix issue preventing assignments passing grade requirement from saving properly
    • Fix issue preventing builder toggle switches from properly saving some switch field data
    • Fix with “Launch Builder” button causing it to extend outside the bounds of its container
    • Fix issue with builder radio select fields during view rerenders
    • Course Outline shortcode (and widget) now retrieve parent course of the current page more consistently with other shortcodes
    • Added ability to filter which custom post types which can be children of a course (allows course shortcodes & widgets to be used in assignment sidebars of custom content areas)
    Read more: LifterLMS Version 3.17.7

  • LaunchPad Version 2.4.2

    • Support for LifterLMS quiz custom fields on the builder
    • Update lesson & assignment layout fields to use images
    Read more: LaunchPad Version 2.4.2

  • LifterLMS Version 3.17.6

    • Updated language on recurring orders with no expiration settings. Orders no longer say “Lifetime Access” and instead output no expiration information
    • Quiz editor on builder updated to be consistent visually and functionally to the lesson settings editor
    • Improved the builder field API to allow for radio element fields
    • Fix issue causing JS error on admin settings pages
    • Updated CSS for Certificates to be more generally compatible with theme styles when printed
    • Allow system print settings to control print layout for certificates by removing explicit landscape declarations
    • Now passing additional data to filters used to create custom columns on reporting screens
    • Remove unused JS files & Chosen JS library
    • Added filter to allow opting into alternate student dashboard order layout. Use add_filter( 'llms_sd_stacked_order_layout', '__return_true' ) to stack the payment update sidebar below the main order information. This is disabled by default.
    • Achievement and Certificate basic notifications now auto-dismiss after 10 seconds like all other basic notifications
    • Deprecated Filter llms_get_quiz_theme_settings and added backwards compatible methods to transition themes using this filter to the new custom field api. For more information see new methods at https://lifterlms.com/docs/course-builder-custom-fields-for-developers/
    • Increased default z-index on notifications to prevent notifications from being hidden behind floating / static navigation menus
    Template Updates
    Read more: LifterLMS Version 3.17.6

  • Develop LifterLMS

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    Read more: Develop LifterLMS