New Release – Ocelot.Social v3.18.0
Version 3.18.0 brings improvements and new features for users and operators of ocelot.social networks. Users get a list of their groups on their profile page and better hints for creating posts. Operators can now configure features and parts of their network’s look and feel directly.
Here you can find out more about the new features, with a highlight for network operators.
Group List on the User Profile
A list of the user’s groups is now visible on their profile page (can be turned off). The design and functionality of these lists, including on group profiles, has also been improved.
Profile Preview
Hovering over a user or group name now shows a reworked profile preview – newly also for groups.
Highlight: Introduction of the New Branding System
Until now, operators could not customise the appearance of a network themselves. For changes they depended on a server administrator. With this new version, the first major foundation has been laid for changing the design and other settings live on your own. 💚
Detailed description for the technically curious:
- Branding as its own package – schema, defaults and resolution live in one place shared by backend and webapp. Values such as group limits, metadata, logos, menus or theme colours can no longer drift apart.
- Branding packages instead of fixed configuration – a brand is built into an archive and loaded into the running network.
- Compose it in the administration – a complete package serves as the base, while individual areas (logos, theme, menu, texts …) can be overridden independently or reset to the framework defaults.
- Per-brand translations – whole locale files or individual feature areas can be overridden.
- Schema check – if a branding package doesn’t match the running version, you get told instead of it silently breaking.
- Maintenance page and emails now use the same branding as the rest of the network.
For Network Operators
- 🚫 Groups can be disabled – networks without a group feature now hide it completely
- 🔗 Social media links can be disabled – linking external profiles is optional
- 🏷️ Rename roles – roles can be adapted to your own community’s wording
- ⚠️ Edit conflicts – simultaneous changes to roles and policies are detected and resolved cleanly instead of overwriting each other
- 🔧 The system configuration tab works correctly again
For Developers
- 📖 API documentation – the GraphQL interface is now documented
- 🧪 Higher test coverage in the webapp and a dedicated CI pipeline for the branding package
Bug Fixes
- Video avatars are displayed correctly, navigation around them fixed
- Location fields and their menus corrected, duplicate text hints removed
- Lists on profile pages are filtered correctly
- SSR timeouts added and brand IDs are validated
- Webapp Docker file and cache resolution repaired
Under the Hood
- Numerous dependency updates for security and stability, including Node 26 compatibility
Changelog
Version 3.18.0.
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