Everyone is talking about OnSemble 7!

So what's the deal anyways?

7.1 - Structures - the best way to build pages EVER, plus Workgroup Essentials 

• Structures - check out this recording for a quick overview.
• Structures - check out pages 18 - 29 of this Guide.
• Workgroup Essentials - check out this mini article.
• Workgroup Essentials - check out page 12 - 30 of this Guide.
• The Version 7 Theme - Mini Guide to changes is here.
• We also had a Calendar Release - read about it here.
• Overall release notes (including list of bug fixes) click here.

7.2 - Alerts, Announcements, and a whole new look for the Document Repository! 

• Alerts - check out this recording for a quick overview.
• Alerts - check out this new Guide.
• Announcements - all new permissions! Mini Guide is here.
• Announcements - improved Read Receipts! Mini Guide is here.
• Announcements - check out this new Guide.
• Document Repository - check out this recording for a 15-minute review of the new features.
• Document Repository - mini article on How to Move Documents.
• Document Repository - check out this new Guide.
• Document/Folder naming - important information mini article.
• Overall release notes (including list of bug fixes) click here.

7.3 - Birthdays, Anniversaries, 'Clear' Page headers and lots of 'quality of life' improvements! (Nov 30, 2020)

Mostly, these are improvements based on feedback from 7.1 & 7.2 - so if you're going RIGHT TO 7.3, you won't even "notice" most of this stuff; you're just getting the improvements!

• Expanded drop-zone for moving islands in structures.
• Better navigation to/from Workgroup Essentials.
• Expanded ability to manage members/assistant managers from Workgroup Essentials.
• Better usage of Alerts and Announcements from Workgroup Essentials.
• Set all users to have "clear" page headers via User Interface Settings. 
  • All of this info (plus Bug Fixes and a downloadable "checklist") is at your fingertips. Click here.
• Modernized Birthday Island - check out this new Guide.
• Modernized Anniversary Island - check out this new Guide.

7.4.0/7.4.1 - The new (super-beefy) List Island, updated root folders in the document repository, feedback from 7.3, "quality of life" and more! (March 2021)

• Complete new look and feel for the List Island!
• Root Level folders in the document repository have been modernized.
• TONS of bug fixes and Quality of Life Improvements
• All the full details can be found here!

There is one known issue with this update. Link Items containing a semi-colon ( ; ) will not work properly in the new List Island. (Honestly, they are pretty rare in URLS.) We will fix this issue in 7.4.3.  In the meantime, we suggest you adjust the link, if you can, or wait to update.

If your organization has "self updated" to 7.4.1 and you are experiencing any other issues, please apply the 7.4.2 release, as detailed below.

Announcements 7.4.0 - Feedback Release (March 2021)

(This comes with the Framework 7.4.1 Release)

We updated Announcements back in November 2020 with the 7.2/7.3 release. We got some great feedback from you, and are incorporating some of that now!  The new 7.4.0 Guide is here.

• When exporting the Read Receipt excel file, the Subject, Author, and Date of the announcement are now part of the Excel file. If there was an attachment, the name of the attachment is included as well.
• Announcement "preview text" was just too light of a grey. This has been made darker, and has been added to our design standards.
• If an announcement is  is edited by someone other than the original author, the editor now becomes the new author. (This is important to track who made what changes!)
• The four announcement 'default' sending options can now be set for the entire Workgroup. These boxes can still be overridden by the Announcement Sender at the time of the Announcement creation.

7.4.2 - The Rackspace Time Zone Release (April 2021)

This release primarily impacts our Rackspace users, as it allows them to choose a "Home Time Zone" that will allow the portal to use the time zone you set instead of the default Central Time Zone. However, even if you are NOT on Rackspace, you should STILL update, as it also contains a few important bug fixes from 7.4.0/7.4.1.

• The Time Zone Release works for all parts of Framework (documents, pages, alerts, and more.)* 
• It ALSO now applies to Announcements and Help Desks (as of 4.22.21)
• It already works for Calendar and Reservations.

• *It does not work yet in one known area: Page Hit By Hour Report (Usage Traffic) - we missed that one! We will add it as soon as we can.
• **Right now, Help Desks is the only add-on application chosen to receive this update. If you are a RackSpace user and feel this update should be applied to another add-on application, please open a Product Change Request ticket and let us know!

7.4.3 - Fixes, Feedback, and Quality of Life (expected late May/Early June 2021)

{This will be our last release before 7.5 (Policies and Procedures.)  We are squeezing in a few highly requested Bug Fixes (.pdf downloading instead of opening in the List Island, public page subscriptions & more) plus a few other small requests.}

7.5.0 - Policies and Procedures (late Q2 / early Q3)

{This will be the P&P 'base' release - our first completely new innovation in a LONG TIME. Chock full of new features, new tools, and great reporting... we can't wait to show you what we've done!)

As always, if you are on a full version or more (v5, v6, etc) below current, or if you have custom projects installed, please contact your Customer Success Manager before attempting a self-update!