0.7.0 2018-06-19

See the release blog post.

Note

Users of pretalx.com are already on the latest version of pretalx and have access to all of the listed new features and bugfixes. Administrators of self-hosted pretalx instances can find upgrade instructions here.

General

  • [Feature] To maintain compatibility with frab XML exports, the schedule XML export now contains a <url> tag. (#430)

  • [Feature] An event’s schedule is now available even if the browser has no internet connection, provided it has opened the schedule before. (#128)

  • [Feature] You can now configure the configuration file with the PRETALX_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.

  • [Feature] Some more context sensitive dashboard tiles include for example a countdown to the CfP end.

  • [Feature] A navigation search allows you to go directly to a range of useful pages.

  • [Feature] Submitters can share a submission via a read-only link.

  • [Feature] Organisers can configure a list of talks as “sneak peek” before they release the first schedule.

  • [Feature] The API now exports links to submission images and speaker avatars.

  • [Fixed bug] When trying to register a user with a nick that already existed in a different capitalisation, pretalx failed to show a clear error message.

  • [Fixed bug] (UI) The button colours when changing submission states were not intuitive. (#443)

  • [Fixed bug] If two organisers set a submission to “accepted” at the same time, two acceptance emails would show up in the outbox. (#444)

  • [Fixed bug] Removing a speaker from a submission could be impossible if their nick contained special characters.

  • [Fixed bug] If an event had a custom domain configured, absolute URLs would still use the instance’s default domain. (#446)

  • [Fixed bug] The “Mark speaker arrived” button is now visible during and slightly before the event, but not during other times. (#441)

  • [Fixed bug] The API always showed the speaker biography as empty.

  • [Fixed bug] When accessing a confirmation link unauthenticated, a 404 page was visible instead of a login page.

  • [Fixed bug] HTML exports failed if a speaker had cancelled their talk.

  • [Fixed bug] Sometimes, empty HTML reports showed up with all talks missing.

  • [Announcement] Add clever release notes.

Administrators

  • [Announcement] Provide better upgrade documentation for administrators.