Hi everyone!

Totara Social 2.8 release is out! This version is a "security" release. It includes bug fixes, improvements, and several security fixes. We recommend upgrading to this version.

The highlight on this release is a new admin command line tool that allows string replacements in database text fields. If you ever need to change a domain name of your site, this is a script that can help you with migrating all your embedded images and other URLs that might have been used in forums posts, ideas, status updates, etc. to a new domain name. We recommend to always pefrom backups of your database before executing this script and never run it on a production site.

Here is the changelog for Totara Social 2.8 releases:

Release 2.8 (3rd June 2016)
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New features:
    TS-889    Added a CLI tool that allows the finding and replacing of strings in database text
              fields. This tool can be used for site URL migration in cases when, after changing
              a site domain name, embedded images and other local URLs to the old domain name

Improvements:
    TS-857    Various improvements to the file browser:
              - Users can only select images when uploading files for the "Image" block in pages
                or embedding an image in the HTML editor
              - Clicking on an image name link in the file browser now selects this file instead of
                downloading it
              - File count has been corrected in "Folder" block in pages and when browsing tenant/
                site/group files
              - If there are no files to select in the file browser, the 'Select' button will not
                be displayed
              - The file license metadata is now saved correctly when uploading a new file with
                license metadata enabled

Security fixes:
    TS-898    Made sure that group names are properly escaped in forum activities
    TS-905    Made sure that text is properly escaped in the "mentionable" form fields

Bug fixes:
    TS-885    Fixed a PHP 5.4 error when clicking on the icon to quick post status updates
    TS-887    Fixed a regression where iframes were hidden on pages
    TS-883    Fixed HTML tags appearing in the tooltip text in the sharing fields
    TS-888    Made sure pages for quick posting of status updates are opened in a new window
    TS-897    Fixed an error when saving site/tenant/group files if license metadata is enabled
    TS-872    Fixed the mentions pattern being displayed in RSS feeds
    TS-894    Made sure that a group's activities are cleaned up when the group is deleted
    TS-891    Improved the date range of the "Date of birth" field displayed in personal information
    TS-878    Made sure that users accept terms and conditions if the option is enabled site-wide
    TS-884    Fixed HTML tags not being handled correctly when displaying mentions on the search page
    TS-890    Fixed the description field not displaying the content when editing site/tenant/group
              files

Third party libraries updates and changes:
    Updated VideoJS HTML5 media player to version 5.10.3
    Updated TinyMCE editor library to version 4.3.12
    Updated jQuery library to version 2.2.4
    Updated Mobile Detect library to version 2.8.22
    Updated PHPMailer library to version 5.2.15