SNAPPS Quickr Templates updated - fixes and a cool new feature
Category SNAPPS Quickr Templates
The SNAPPS Quickr Templates at QuickrTemplates.com have been updated with various fixes and a new feature I'll describe here. But first, a note on versions.
We elected to match version numbers with Quickr when 8.1 shipped, so 90 days ago when they were posted, our versions revved to 8.1. Now we also have fixes to the templates unrelated to the Quickr version number or hotfix level, so have taken our versioning out two decimal points - the new version is 8.1.0.1. If we have another release before IBM revs to 8.1.1 (or whatever's next), our version will be 8.1.0.2. Clear? Good.
Fixes in 8.1.0.1:
1. Various UI fixes in QSurvey and QIssues to align the preview of questions, and to drop the secondary information (description, explanatory text or translation) about the question to the line below the question. This was caused by CSS changes in Quickr 8.1.
2. A fix to QProject - only Managers could see content in Firefox, and IE threw an error. The link to create a new Enhanced Task was in a section of the page that was not visible to Authors or Editors, causing an error - and in Firefox, the error stopped processing of further JavaScript (the Gantt chart). The link has been moved to use a standard Enhanced View Form.
New feature:
The Enhanced View Form in 8.1 had a selector to show a particular default form as a link - similar to Quickr Folders. New in 8.1.0.1, you can decide which level of access is required in order for a user to see the link. For instance, in QSurvey, you may want only Editors to create a new survey, while all Authors can complete the survey (and specific to QSurvey, this is now the default). This is now possible. In order to use the new feature this way in other templates or in your own applications, you'll want to hide the form in Customization-Forms so people don't create new documents using the "New Page or Folder" link and selecting it from the list.
Here's how it works:
Once you're in edit mode, about halfway down the form you can choose the default form, then the new feature:
The end result:
But only for Editors. Authors and Readers can't see the link.
Now for the less than perfect bit. If you're upgrading, due to a bug in Quickr that's been around since the dawn of time (but is being fixed now), you'll need to re-save the Enhanced View Forms in your templates and places. Quickr doesn't like forms being imported with new fields if them if documents without those fields already exist. So it's a one-time inconvenience. We've written agents to update these in the past, but figured that was a little too technical for many of the template users. It's all in the documentation.
Enjoy!
The SNAPPS Quickr Templates at QuickrTemplates.com have been updated with various fixes and a new feature I'll describe here. But first, a note on versions.
We elected to match version numbers with Quickr when 8.1 shipped, so 90 days ago when they were posted, our versions revved to 8.1. Now we also have fixes to the templates unrelated to the Quickr version number or hotfix level, so have taken our versioning out two decimal points - the new version is 8.1.0.1. If we have another release before IBM revs to 8.1.1 (or whatever's next), our version will be 8.1.0.2. Clear? Good.
Fixes in 8.1.0.1:
1. Various UI fixes in QSurvey and QIssues to align the preview of questions, and to drop the secondary information (description, explanatory text or translation) about the question to the line below the question. This was caused by CSS changes in Quickr 8.1.
2. A fix to QProject - only Managers could see content in Firefox, and IE threw an error. The link to create a new Enhanced Task was in a section of the page that was not visible to Authors or Editors, causing an error - and in Firefox, the error stopped processing of further JavaScript (the Gantt chart). The link has been moved to use a standard Enhanced View Form.
New feature:
The Enhanced View Form in 8.1 had a selector to show a particular default form as a link - similar to Quickr Folders. New in 8.1.0.1, you can decide which level of access is required in order for a user to see the link. For instance, in QSurvey, you may want only Editors to create a new survey, while all Authors can complete the survey (and specific to QSurvey, this is now the default). This is now possible. In order to use the new feature this way in other templates or in your own applications, you'll want to hide the form in Customization-Forms so people don't create new documents using the "New Page or Folder" link and selecting it from the list.
Here's how it works:
Once you're in edit mode, about halfway down the form you can choose the default form, then the new feature:
The end result:
But only for Editors. Authors and Readers can't see the link.
Now for the less than perfect bit. If you're upgrading, due to a bug in Quickr that's been around since the dawn of time (but is being fixed now), you'll need to re-save the Enhanced View Forms in your templates and places. Quickr doesn't like forms being imported with new fields if them if documents without those fields already exist. So it's a one-time inconvenience. We've written agents to update these in the past, but figured that was a little too technical for many of the template users. It's all in the documentation.
Enjoy!
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