Hub 6.8

October 15, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

Among other minor fixes and improvements, this release includes following items:

Features

  • Breadcrumb reflects SharePoint navigation within a site.
  • Mega Menu pages and groups can be configured to have a link.

Changes/Improvements

  • Admins can prevent users from configuring multiple languages in the Mega Menu.
  • Several improvements in the rendering of events.
  • Search Data Provider can be configured to not use any implicit wild cards (i.e. append an *).
  • The LiveTiles Reach GraphQL Data Provider supports searching for * as an empty query.
  • Sorting Web Part can be configured to invert colors.
  • Improve layout in "View all"-overlay.

Fixes

  • Mobile
    • Query parameters are maintained on all web parts from the same page in the mobile view.
    • Global search uses the whole screen height.
    • Pages that are not explicitly configured in the Mega Menu are still shown in the mobile navigation, if the user is currently on such a page.
  • Refiners are shown, even if there is only one value available.
  • If there is an error in one section in the Hero Web Part, the layout isn't destroyed anymore.
  • Mega Menu never has a horizontal scrollbar.

Please note that this is a silent release.

Hub 6.7

September 7, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

Features

  • Multilanguage support:
    • Add Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Turkish
    • Support for any custom language in language selector
    • Mui Strings can be defined in custom code
  • List Data Provider: Add customQuery config member in order to specify a view name or a CAML query.
  • No items placeholder can additionally be a complete widget config or have a messageHtmlExpression
  • Enable custom styling of mega menu root nodes using IPageHeaderConfig.additionalRootNodeStyles.
  • Html Web Part: html expression is now a LazyExpressionVariable.

Changes/Improvements

  • Schedule widget: Localize dates in navigation component.
  • Several fixes and improvements for filters/refiners.
  • LiveTiles Reach integration:
    • Support mixed content items (news, posts and events).
    • Additional filter possibilities using the GraphQL API.
  • Hero Widget:
    • Improve styling for Reach tiles.
    • Support swiping to cycle through items.
  • Improve styling for global search results.
  • Support infinite scrolling in additional web parts.

Fixes

  • Fix missing icons.
  • Mobile: Default zone widgets are displayed if user has not selected any own widgets.
  • Mega menu doesn't overlap SharePoint search bar.

Please note that this is a silent release.

Rebranding

June 30, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

We just rebranded all our products so they comply with the LiveTiles products.

The only thing that changes are the names and logos, as well as the font/color palette for the hub. Apart from that we will continue evolving all our products.

NewOld
LiveTiles Intranet HubMatchPoint Hub
LiveTiles Intranet WorkspaceMatchPoint Workspaces
LiveTiles Intranet GovernanceMatchPoint Governance
LiveTiles Intranet MetadataMatchPoint Metadata

Please note that you do not need to upgrade to the newest app packages. But if you do, then you must remove the current ("MatchPoint*") app(s) from the app catalog before adding the new ones. You can get the download link from the corresponding product page.

Hub 6.6

June 30, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

This release contains a number of features, improvements and fixes as well as a rebranding to align with the LiveTiles product family. Please note that existing installations will not be affected by the rebranding.

Together with the rebranding we also changed the names of our apps:

  • MatchPoint O365 Core will now be LiveTiles Intranet Hub
  • MatchPoint O365 Hub will now be LiveTiles Intranet Hub Landing Page

Features

  • Notifications widget can be configured that will add an icon to the top bar.
  • Add grouping options to list layout template / content items widget.
  • Icon-config-options support links to images.
  • Add a SimpleHeroItemTemplate that display less information.
  • Add basic support for the Condense GraphQL data provider.

Changes/Improvements

  • Rebranding: Adjust colors to match the LiveTiles color palette.
  • ExtendedItemTemplate:
    • use itemTypeIcon to configure icon
    • use hideImage to hide the image
  • Our "Hide SharePoint navigation bar on scrolling"-functionality is now also supported on modern pages.
  • Filters/Refiners widget: Configure minimalist filters.
  • "View all"-overlay is responsive.
  • Filter values can be searched.
  • Date values are displayed in the UI language.
  • PropertyType.Link can have other properties as children.
  • PersonItem: department and position properties can be of any type.
  • Improving loading of small images.

Fixes

  • Intercom icon doesn't hide our buttons anymore.
  • Fix issues in TeamsDataProvider.
  • Fix (SharePoint) search behavior, searching for "*.pdf" e.g. works now.
  • JSON editor highlights errors again.
  • Fix bugs related to continuous scrolling.

Please note that this is a silent release.

In order to get the newest app packages (only required if you want the new names and app-logos in the app catalog and the site contents view) you are required to:

  • Remove the old app from the app catalog.
  • Add the new app to the app catalog.
  • You do NOT need to remove and add the app on all site collections. The names of the apps however will still be the old value.

Workspaces & Provisioning 1.5.0

June 17, 2020

Mirko Riesterer

Version 1.5.0 of MatchPoint for Office 365 Workspaces and Provisioning has been released.

In this release we provide the possibility to create Microsoft Teams from "Group" type workspaces using either the Workspace approach by specifying a Microsoft Teams template or using the Provisioning service.

Workspaces

Microsoft Teams support

Teams template names can be configured in the Workspace Creation options (without using our Provisioning service)

Config management

Workspace types can now be searched and ordered in the "Manage" and "Create" user interfaces, improving the user experience when choosing between a lot of different config types.

Provisioning

PnP Tenant Templates

Added support for provisioning of tenant templates.

Documentation

API Permission approval

(Only needed when provisioning of O365 groups/teams is needed):

Upgrade Permissions Link To be able to Provision Microsoft Teams with the Provisioning Service (requires admin consent): Upgrade Provisioning Service

This is a silent release.

Metadata 1.2.0

June 15, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

This is the second update of MatchPoint Metadata for Office 365. It contains some minor bug fixes. Please note that due to changes in the SharePoint Framework app you are required to reinstall the app. You can download it from here and redeploy it to your app catalog.

For more information please visit our official documentation.

Hub 6.5

May 14, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

Changes

  • Provide support for Open Weather Map in the weather widget, due to Dark Sky being terminated sooner or later.

This is a silent release.

Workspaces & Provisioning 1.4.0

May 13, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

Version 1.4.0 of MatchPoint for Office 365 Workspaces and Provisioning has been released.

This version adds the integration to the MatchPoint Metadata Service enabling admins to automatically register a workspace/site collection for the MatchPoint Metadata Service. Please see our documentation for more information on how to enable this for your workspaces.

This is a silent release.

Metadata 1.1.0

May 13, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

This is the second version of MatchPoint Metadata for Office 365 providing some minor UI improvements as well as enhanced configuration options like:

  • break inheritance on fields/targets
  • configure values in directly in the config
  • specify when to write a field (always, only if empty)
  • configure fields that are explicitly inherited on specific targets
  • and several more

For more information please consult our official documentation and the configuration overview.

Hub 6.4

April 22, 2020

Markus Doggweiler

Changes/Improvements

  • Improve scrolling behavior within widgets.
  • Hide dropdown in searchbox when find on type is enabled.
  • Support row limit in Condense Data Providers.
  • Render a "not supported" message when using the Twitter Widget on Internet Explorer as Twitter does not support IE in its Widgets.
  • Some performance improvements related to the initial loading of the page.

Fixes

  • Megamenu doesn't hide hubsites navigation panel anymore in edit mode.

This is a silent release. But please note that in order for performance improvements to take affect, your hub.aspx must be created using version 6. To be sure we recommend following the last step from the major update documentation (recreate the hub.aspx).

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