As a result of our recent database optimizations, it’s no longer necessary to stop production sites to make database backups required for the weekly staging environment restore.  Previously, this required 30-60 minutes of weekly downtime.  As of 3/10, Flux sites will not be stopped except in the case of full platform deployments.  Also, an added benefit is that the duration of these full platform deployments is now shorter.

New Member Search

On 3/4, Flux released a revised version of the Member Search functionality. This includes a redesign of the page in addition to the following new features:

• Member Search page is now fully customizable via FML
• Users can now choose to search only in current community or across ALL Flux communities
• Users can search for a name, email address, or display name
• Additional privacy features allow users to choose whether to be included in searches
• Users can now send a message and add as a friend directly from search results page
• Improved search performance

New Profiles, User Pages, and User Dashboard

On 2/18, Flux released new user profile pages, revised activity and share functionality in its new “Dashboard” module, and redesigned user subpages such as My Videos and My Friends. Community Admins currently have the choice to maintain the old profile styles, switch over to new profiles across their site, or to maintain old profiles with the ability for users to “preview” the new profiles. Some features of the new release include:

• Dashboard is contextual to community the profile is being viewed on
• Two profile views: user-controlled view and community-contextual dashboard view
• Community Admin can customize and configure entire right column of dashboard view
• Users can filter activity and shares by community, and can view activity of individual user or their friends
• Redesigned UI for all “My” content pages, Friends and Communities