We are thrilled to announce that we are releasing ShortPoint SPFx 6.6 for Office 365 & SharePoint 2019, if you have ShortPoint version 6.5.10.21 or higher, you can upgrade by going straight to the ShortPoint Dashboard on your site collection, and click Upgrade and Re-install (as simple as that!), otherwise if you have a lower version than 6.5.10.21 you have to Download and upgrade.

Note that the same release is coming for On-SharePoint On-Premise 2013/2016 in about a week from now, so stay tuned.

So what's in this release?

ShortPoint 6.6 – Improvements and Issues Fixes Release

Major Update – Date: November, 7th, 2019

#NEW

• New Web Service Connection Type
  A new connection type called Web Service has been added to enable connecting ShortPoint design elements with XML based Web Services with Anonymous, Basic, Key-based and advanced authentication
• Connect ShortPoint to user’s Delve profile picture and link
  Now with any user field (from list or people search), you can connect ShortPoint to user’s Delve profile picture and link

#IMPROVEMENTS

• Primary Buttons is now renamed into Primary Color in the Theme Builder
• Fixed SP runtime being loaded when connected ShortPoints in page
• Friendlier license activation error messages
• Added (Hide Header, Hide Footer, Hide Network in Header, Custom Prompt Text & Dark Theme) options for the Yammer element
• Adding “columns to show” feature into the Table element
• Showing warning messages when using large or unknown images in the Page Builder/Theme Builder to prevent common performance issues
• Theme Builder CSS files are loaded from script block
• Dates in connected ShortPoint will now respect SharePoint site’s regional settings
• Added link to open source licenses to dashboard pages
• ShortPoint for SharePoint 2013 / 2016 setup will now support custom ports in DNS name
• ShortPoint will now support column names starting with underscore

#CUSTOMER ISSUES FIXES

• Fixed sorting in People in SharePoint Group connection
• Fixed panel height calculation
• Fixed not found api errors on SharePoint 2013/16
• Fixed Communication site’s logo is duplicated when focus mode applied after republishing the page
• Fixed multiple loading of linked custom CSS file
• Fixed displaying all-day events in Events list
• Fixed spacing issues caused by megamenu
• Fixed focus mode not saving state between page reloads
• Fixed scrollbars displaying when focus mode is on
• Fixed New Window, Dialog and Lightbox options not working properly for Buttons
• Fixed some images not being displayed if they had parenthesis in their file names
• Fixed footer not being displayed on modern system pages
• RSS feed connections works with deprecated TLS/SSL versions and supports feeds with content compression (gzip & deflate)
• Fixed connected tabs inside toggles not being displayed
• Fixed custom footer being inserted in the wrong location
• Fixed image carousel white space and excessive height issues
• In some cases when user was not able to insert links and images to Multiline RichText field when ShortPoint app is installed
• Disabled image upload in content editor

#FIXES

• Fixed ShortPoint connected to a view sorted by a column with name starting with underscore not loading
• Fixed instagram element not working on Internet Explorer
• Fixed calendar Webpart misplaced when visibility applied on section
• Fixed issue with Countdown icons when inserted in Alert or Info elements
• Fixed connected ShortPoints not loading date after switching site language
• Fixed slider not being displayed when visibility settings are applied
• Fixed footer not being loaded on subsite when the Theme Builder settings are inherited
• Fixed SharePoint footer not showing when Theme Builder is open
• Fixed ShortPoint icon appearing in tree view
• Fixed two loading spinners are shown in the table element
• Fixed linking option for image caption on modern pages
• Fixed linking option for counter boxes on modern pages
• Fixed linking options for tiles on modern pages
• Fixed reset Theme Builder to default TryOnline sites settings
• Fixed background contain option not applied to section
• Fixed background image lose its custom size with new sections
• Fixed repeated background image not working
• Fixed blur effect is not working with sections
• Fixed cannot change background image width/height
• Fixed Boxed/Framed Layout not being displayed properly on Internet Explorer
• Fixed padding make the background disappear
• Fixed opening and modern theme builder not failing to open after failed first installation attempt on site level
• Fixed events not display correct time
• Fixed table style is not working
• Fixed Theme Builder changes can now be published from a subsite inheriting customization from parent
• Fixed document previews are not supposed to be displayed as images
• Fixed document preview is link to actual document in preview mode
• Fixed table cannot be connected to a list from another site
• Fixed issue with countdown border radius
• Fixed multi level menu causing extra space on the Internet Explorer
• Fixed hover button style for dialog boxes
• Fixed scrollbars displaying when focus mode is switched on and off
• Fixed Page Builder not loading in sites with apostrophes in name
• Fixed cannot connect to a list contains symbols in its title
• Fixed tiles are misplaced
• Fixed full width footer to work better with layouts
• Fixed not being able to hide the home link if there is only item in the menu
• Fix cannot open table link in light-box
• Fixed ‘Customize My Site’ button is available when the sub site inherits parent’s settings
• Fixed ribbon buttons not showing when first installing on site collection level and reinstalling targeting site level
• Fixed clear cache icon not showing
• Fixed upgrade button was broken inside ShortPoint Dashboard pages
• Fixed generated ShortPoints being rendered twice in the Page Builder
• Fixed issue with Primary color not updating