Product Updates

InReach Product Update (04.30.2021)

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See below for a log of technical enhancements made to the InReachΒ Catalog during April 2021. Follow our blog’s change log series for future monthly product updates.Β Β 

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  • Initiated work on audit log featureΒ 
  • Addresses mismatch of language properties between the backend and frontend (to ensure “Language Services” displays correctly)Β 
  • Adds new ‘Spiritual Support’ service subcategory (under the existing ‘Community Support’ category) for all countries (USA, Canada Mexico) to help users easily connect with nearby LGBTQ+ affirming congregations, ministries and other welcoming spiritual support opportunitiesΒ 

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  • Completed revamp of the β€œShare Favorites” feature
    • Users can now share their personalized favorites lists as well as individual resources they find listed on InReach for free via email

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Web View

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Mobile View

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Email Notifications

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View for person with whom list was shared

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  • Increases testing code coverage to 84%Β 
  • Adds requirement for slugs (URLs) to be unique for Organization pages and Service pages (to prevent future broken links on the live Catalog frontend)
  • Adds Delete endpoints to reviews, Org comments, Services comments, suggestions and ratingΒ 
  • Adds functionality to support sharing of favorites lists and individual resources
  • Addresses mismatch of language properties between backend and frontend

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  • Adds new ‘Spiritual Support’ subcategory for all countries in the Catalog’s backend data portal (to match new subcategory added to frontend, see above)
  • Adds new verify data functionality to Service pages in addition to Organization pages in the data portal (to remind InReach’s trained volunteers and interns working on data entry to mark when they last updated the information)Β 

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  • Initializes implementation of testing infrastructure

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