Changelog
The Local Contexts Hub is a web portal that allows Indigenous communities to customize the Local Contexts Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Labels, and institutions and researchers to generate Local Contexts Notices.
The Local Contexts team appreciates user questions and feedback as we continue to develop the Hub into a useful tool! Please get in touch with us by emailing support@localcontexts.org.
February 2024 Updates
Major Update
On February 14, 2024 (US Pacific Time), the Local Contexts Hub received a few new features: Label and Notice embedding, Label template translations, new registration options, and buttons on account cards, in addition to improved general functionality and bug fixes. Read the latest post on the changes here. If you encounter any issues, please let us know at support@localcontexts.org.
Important Changes
- The option to embed a project’s Labels and Notices has been added to the Share modal.
- Template text now prefills in the Label text field during the Label customization process for English, Spanish, French and Māori.
- During the registration process, communities can now use the Native Land Digital database or upload a shapefile to define their community boundary.
- Users can register using their Google account or link their current account with their Google account in profile settings.
Other Changes
- Buttons have been added to account cards on the dashboard for quick access to that account’s notifications and settings.
- General UI updates for hyperlinks.
- Users can now only register with unique usernames – previously not case-sensitive.
- Confirmation contact name and email removed from Institution and Community account settings.
- Alt text added for all Notice and Label icons.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed UI for audio files that are added to Label customizations.
- Fixed issue with “Forgot Password” email not sending.
- Updated Profile Settings to prevent user from saving without an email provided.
- Unverified users trying to login now have the “Verify” email resent – previously not able to login.
- Users who deactivated their accounts cannot login, error message shows to contact support for help.
- Fixed bug where multiple communities could not be notified of a Project at once.
- UI fix where long URLs added to Projects were coming off the page.
- Fixed bug where public Project View page links were visible although the account that created the project was unconfirmed.
January 2024 Updates
Major Update
On January 17, 2024 (US Pacific Time), the Local Contexts Hub will have scheduled service that could put it into maintenance mode for an extended time. Read the latest post on the update here. If you encounter any issues, please let us know at support@localcontexts.org.
Important Changes
- Added validation for accounts where, if a project has not been created, the account landing page is Notices or Labels. If a project has been created, the account landing page is Projects.
- Added a disclaimer for Safari and Internet Explorer browsers.
- Moved the Invite User workflow from a separate page into a modal.
- If user goes to a page that requires login, once logged in, user is redirected to the original page they were going to instead of being directed to the dashboard.
Other Changes
- UI updates to newsletter subscription page and pagination.
- Collections Care Notices content updates.
- Added option to search Project in the Projects Board by description.
- In the Projects Board, added a link to the Project creator’s Public page from the project.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed bug with the reCAPTCHA not working properly.
- Fixed bug where users were not getting invite emails.
