We’re excited to introduce Collection Spaces in SureDash 1.2.0! This new space type lets you showcase your spaces in Grid, List, or Stacked layouts – perfect for creating organised hubs or an all-courses space for your community members.
We’ve also enhanced comment management with new controls for copying URLs, editing, and deleting comments, giving you better control over your community discussions.
Also, this update addresses security & code quality enhancements. Make sure to keep your SureDash portals up-to-date.
Core Changelog
New: Introducing “Copy URL” functionality for comments, allowing users to easily copy the URL of a specific comment.
New: Introducing “Edit” functionality for comments, allowing users to edit the comment.
New: Introducing “Delete” functionality for comments, allowing users to delete their own comments.
Improvement: The flow of space creation and setting up has been improved with better user experience.
Improved codebase with best coding practices.
Improvement: Separated the Space Title & Space Icon fields in the Space creation flow for better user experience.
Improvement: Duplicated space name for Posts Discussion space type is restricted for avoiding same forum name conflicting issue.
Fix: Compatibility for Presto Player for their future update to fix paginated posts with media blocks are not rendering properly on the frontend.
Fix: Comments separator line not appearing properly in continuous comment threads.
Fix: Duplicated SureDash post falls under the last paginated page of the post list.
Fix: Google GSI login not working properly in the SureDash Login/Register block.
Fix: Portal spaces & community content’s post comments are not appearing under the user profile view.
Fix: Hidden space creation notification is suppressed.
Fix: SureDash capability user unable to upload image/video from comment box.
Fix: Query Monitor shows “Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly” error.
Tweak: Updated “Failed to Save” error message when non portal-manager user tries to save the space settings.
Tweak: A portal-manager user is deleted from the WordPress user list, then this user is removed from the portal manager list.
This update addressed a security bug. Props to PatchStack for reporting it responsibly to our team. Please make sure you are using the latest version on your website.
SureDash v1.1.0 brings new features, including Hidden Spaces, role-based user filters, and reset password support. It also improves performance, refines user experience.
Core Changelog
New: Introducing “User Roles” filter for Users table in the admin dashboard to filter users based on their roles.
New: Introduced “Override WordPress Registration Setting” option in the Login/Registration settings to allow registration even if the WordPress registration is disabled.
New: Introduced new keyboard shortcut (CTRL+S / CMD+S) to save the space editor & space group settings.
New: Added lost-password & reset-password support for the SureDash Login block.
Improvement: Added better validation notices for images upload in the frontend post editor if image size exceeds the limit.
Improvement: Introduced “Link” option for Reset Password email template setting to allow users to put a custom links in the email.
Improvement: Refactored the code for dashboard app icon library for better performance.
Improvement: Added support for searching posts and pages by their ID in the single space post search.
Improvement: Improvised the flow of user profile form updating and saving process with better user experience.
Improvement: Optimized dashboard application performance for better user experience with improved codebase.
Fix: SureForms form CPT posts getting listed in single space post search results.
Fix: Kadence compatibility: The scroll to top buttons appear weirdly on the portal frontend.
Fix: Profile’s Save button isn’t working on Safari browser.
This update addressed a security bug. Props to PatchStack for reporting it responsibly to our team. Please make sure you are using the latest version on your website.
Premium Changelog
New: Introducing “Hidden Space” feature to hide the space from the public view.
New: Introduced bulk selection option for course lessons to manage bulk lessons comments effectively.
Improvement: Course – Only one course section expands at a time on the overview page to help users stay focused and manage long lists better.
We are excited to introduce SureDash 1.0.2 introduces a few new features as well as some important fixes from our v1 launch last week.
The highlights of this release are:
Cloudflare Turnstile Integration: Websites, including WordPress, have fallen victim to registration spam from bots. It happens. The most popular way to compabat this is by adding Cloudflare Turnstile to your login and registration forms, which is free and GDPR compliant. Its now natively added to SureDash, no 3rd party plugin required.
Date Column: SureDash has a beautiful way to see all the discussion posts in a discussion space, or all combined. However this post view lacked a way to see the date the post was made and to filter the post list by date. We are happy to report that now this is possible!
In addition to this, we are working swiftly to resolve any reported bugs following our v1 launch last week.
Core Changelog:
New:
Introduced Date column for SureDash Posts with sortable support in the admin dashboard.
Introduced Cloudflare Turnstile reCAPTCHA support for the login and registration forms.
We’re rolling out a new version of SureDash yesterday 1.0.0. This update addresses reported bugs associated with stable release. Below are the key changes:
SureDash Core Changelog
Fixes:
Bricks compatibility: WordPress post/pages build with Bricks are not viewable inside the space content.
Kadence compatibility: Theme styles overriding the portal styles which disturbs the portal frontend design.
Under Login/Registration admin settings the reCAPTCHA secret keys were hidden.
Prevent video shortcodes from rendering in lesson excerpts on the course page.
Portal frontend styles conflicts with the page builder styles, which was causing the page builder built design to break.
SureDash Premium Changelog
Fixes:
Page builder built course description not displaying in the course overview.
We’re thrilled to announce that the stable 1.0.0 release of SureDash is now live with brand new admin dashboard & with so many new things & improvements.
If you are an existing user, check out the migration process. Click Here to know more.
New:
Admin dashboard completely revamped with better UI/UX and with lot of new features, improvements.
Onboarding screens for easy setup.
Introduced Enable Feeds community setting to showcase your latest posts.
Tightening the SureMembers <> SureDash Integration.
Introduced “Users” screen in the admin dashboard to check SureDash community users and their activities.
Lesson URL is now cleaner than previous query sd-lesson parameter based URL.
Layout width-style options like Normal, Full Width with Boxed, Unboxed styles.
Improved design UI of cover image & cover embed showcase in posts list frontend.
Notification Block – Introduced a color option for the notification bell icon.
Added “Edit in Full Screen” button in the post-space-lesson editor to open the post in the full screen editor, which will allow third-party page builder plugins to edit the post.
For commenting, sticky login notice for non-logged in users in post quick view modal for better user experience.
Flows of creation spaces, space groups, content posts generation has been simplified.
Getting rid of “Content” & “Topic” CPTs & completely relying on single CPT “Community Posts”, which reduces the complexity of the plugin & ease for users to create community posts.
Fixes:
Astra compatibility – Blog archive Site Builder layout prevents loading of portal profile and bookmarks screens.
We’re excited to announce the first public release candidate for SureDash.
There are a few extra steps to upgrade for people that already started using SureDash.
We built a data migration plugin to go from current versions to the RC and final version.
Due to this, we can’t push the update to your sites, it will be a manual update until the final version is released.
Here is a doc covering the migration process. Click Here
We also released an update to SureMembers to deepen the integration with dynamic icons for protected spaces or spaces that are going to be drip fed.
IMPORTANT: There are some known issues in this release related to tab navigation for accessibility. Our team is currently working on accessibility improvements that will be in the final release.
New:
New: Admin dashboard completely revamped.
New: Onboarding screens for easy setup.
New: Layout width-style options like Normal, Full Width with Boxed, Unboxed styles.
New: Flows of creation spaces, space groups, content posts generation has been simplified.
New: “SureDash User” role introduced for the community.
New: Feeds option for getting the latest updates from community portal.
New: Remove “Content” & “Topic” CPTs & for a single CPT “Community Posts”, which reduces the complexity of the plugin.
New: Lesson URL is now cleaner than previous query parameter based URL (?sd-lesson) to https://site-url.com/lesson/introduction-to-suredash/
New: SureMembers <> SureDash Integration.
Improvement:
Improvement: Straight forward & clutter free 4 space types.
Improvement: Design options like logo setting, colors, layouts are moved to site portal-template editor.
Improvement: Code refactor for better performance & maintainability.
Improvement: Post submission popup improved, which gives extra room for the user to add content.
Improvement: Refined settings, options & features for better user experience.
Improvement: Admin bar enabled for admin user with SureDash quick menu links.
What we all have been waiting for is just about here.
The first release of SureDash.
After working long hours and weekends, the team is excited and energized to get this update in your hands.
In SureDash Progress Report #3, we were aiming to have the release candidate version ready by the end of April, even if it was the last day of April.
The team needed just a few more days to account for some last minute redirection.
Here is our internal timeline:
May 5th: Release candidate package is ready for QA (quality assurance). This is where we identify any bugs, and resolve them. We will also be giving this version to a few real users to gather their valuable feedback.
May 12th: All reported bugs resolved and final UAT (user acceptance testing). This is where we identify any final imperfections in the user interface or anything that does not feel right from a users perspective. To accelerate this process, we will start this on May 5th, but will still need a day on the 12th just to verify everything.
Week Of May 12th: If the UAT goes smooth, we should be able to get the first release candidate in your hands this week, but we will be very communicative this week if any issues arise
Days prior to the final release we will be changing the pricing and introducing our annual plans.
We’re excited to announce the latest update of SureDash: This new release not only introduces powerful new blocks & layout patterns to enhance your portal-building experience, but also has performance improvements to boost the speed of your portal. In this release, our new custom commenting experience.
Plus, we’ve improved our compatibility with page builders like Bricks and Divi, and squashed several bugs along the way.
Check out the full list of updates below!
SureDash Core Changelog
New:
Introducing Identity, Navigation, Notification, Profile, Search, Title, Content blocks for designing the portal.
Introducing Classic & Modern layouts for the portal through the block patterns.
Introducing “Portal” template part for designing the entire portal.
Ability to reply via inline commenting using the minimal comment box.
Added Giphy integration for the comment section.
Improvement:
Improved codebase with best coding practices.
Introduce a new filter “suredash_topic_restriction” to adjust the restriction of the topic.
Animation improvements and bug fixes for inline comment box under posts.
The inline comments now show the comment liked by Author and the logged in user’s latest comment.
Updated the centre position of active space in the side navigation for better UI/UX.
Bricks compatibility: Post/Page built with Bricks will be displayed on the portal.
The course thumbnail is now aligned with the homepage grid instead of the featured image for better visual consistency and user experience.
Ensured compatibility with WordPress 6.8.
Fix:
Presto Player compatibility: Media blocks are not working properly in the portal when FSE theme is active.
Presto Player compatibility: Video space Playlist selection points to sub_content posts instead of PP’s media library posts.
Divi compatibility: There was some HTML markup printed on the frontend while builder post/page/template loaded.
If custom Home Page sets, it results in a blank content area on the frontend.
Marking as Read not working properly & status remains same even after refreshing the page.
If a page designed with Spectra & set as portal homepage, their dynamic styling is not applied on the frontend.
Prefetching space on hover of the side navigation gets tracked in the search’s Recently Viewed section.
We also released a quick hot-fix update after the last 0.0.6 release, which covers the following issues:
Fix:
The home grid layout is narrow when the portal is set as the homepage.
Some UI glitches were fixed with an inline comment box.
The portal template parts have links which open the frontend in the editor.
The console error is related to the Giphy API URL targeting ‘http’ instead of ‘https’.
User Profile & Bookmark links are visible for non-logged-in users under the search quick links.
SureDash Premium Changelog
Fix:
Course Builder – Rearranging lessons in the course section is not auto save.
Course Builder – Deleted lesson still visible in the builder area which is not accessible.
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