In an effort to speed up things even more, we've done a bunch of changes to the way you activate the WordPress plugin to make it as fast as possible, so you don't have to wait around when getting your projects added to the Atarim Dashboard.

We've also got a few bug fixes with this release, here's the full list:

Bug Fixes On The Dashboard

• Assign users list empty - Sometimes, when going to a new page inside project added via URL, new tasks were not displaying the user list, this is now fixed.

• Refresh button on collaborate - The refresh button inside collaborate was not fully updating websites due to issues with caching, this has now been fixed by completely rescraping the page you're on, to show you the latest version and fix any CSS issues caused by caching.

• Going to profile - When going to your profile from the bottom left hand menu, the menu would stay open so you had to click twice to access the page, this is now fixed.

• Tasks not loading on graphics - On some graphics inside the Atarim Dashboard, tasks were not loading correctly, this is now fixed.

• Bulk action on boards - When trying to bulk add users to tasks inside the board, it was throwing an error, this is now fixed.

• Link to projects on boards - Clicking on boards from the project screens was not taking you to the correct project, this is now fixed.

• Retry fetching button - The retry fetching button was showing way too soon even if the website was loading as expected, this has been fixed.

New On The WordPress Plugin

• Activation Flow - We have stripped loads from the activation flow to make it super fast to get started, no more wizard and no more role selection on the front-end.

• Automatically assigning roles - When you invite users via the front-end share, they will be automatically assigned as a client inside the plugin.

• Removal of graphics - Graphic feedback has now been completely removed from the plugin, you can collaborate visually on designs inside the Atarim Dashboard.

• Reduced triggers on page load - We've reduced the number of action triggers on page load when collaboration is enabled, to make everything faster!

• CSS fixes - Some minor CSS fixes across the board.

We've got an exciting update on collaborating via URL inside the Atarim Dashboard, including new functionality and design updates, as well as some bug fixes!

New On The Dashboard

• New setting inside notifications - We have added a new setting inside your profile on the Atarim Dashboard, which will add you to tasks by default to receive notifications if you are assigned to the website, making sure you are up to date on everything.

• New scraping method - In an effort to improve the way we are scraping websites, we have added an additional method, which will attempt to ensure that everything loads correctly, using our previous method as a back-up.

• Design updates - We've given a makeover to the task pop-over, tidying up the amount of icons that are there and making it smoother to use. We've also made a few changes on the comment box on the inbox and boards.

• Tooltips and more tooltips - We've added a bunch of tooltips to the task pop-over to ensure you know what each feature is for, we are continuing down this path for the entire dashboard in the near future.

Bug Fixes On The Dashboard

• Inviting contributors - When inviting contributors to your dashboard, they were assigned to WordPress websites by default, this has now been changed.

• Inviting collaborators - There was an issue with inviting collaborators through the share modal where you couldn't copy the link, this has been fixed.

• Invite email - If someone clicked on the invite link inside an email multiple times, it would add them to tasks more than once, this has been fixed.

• CSS fixes - We've fixed a bunch of CSS on the dashboard, putting things in their proper place and making the overal experience better.

New On The WordPress Plugin

• Design update - To keep the plugin in line with the dashboard, we have updated the pop-over design to match. It's now a lot less busy and nicer to use.

• Date and time - Time is now calculated based on the time set by your browser (which is taken from the timezone set on your computer), this ensures that times always show correctly for your timezone.

Bug Fixes On The WordPress Plugin

• Tag CSS - The alignment of tags were not pretty, we've fixed the CSS.

 

• Task center CSS - There were some issues with image alignment and size control on the task center, this is now fixed.

 

• PhP errors - On some websites, php errors were showing, this is now fixed.

• User invite security - To increase security, we've sanitized the values used when inviting users.

• Login pop-up - Added proper validation and message on the pop-up when logging into a WordPress website using the Atarim modal.

• Variable names - We've changed variable names to make them visibly relevant in some places.

• Optimizing loading - To decrease load times, we've optimized some API calls.

• Inviting from the back-end - When inviting from the back-end of the website, the invite link has been changed to the homepage of the website.

• Uploaded files - Sometimes the author name of comments inside the task center was incorrect, this is now fixed.

We are quickly chipping away and optimizing everything that we can find inside Atarim at the moment. Thank you to everyone that continues to provide us with feedback, it's super helpful!

Here's the list for this release:

• Screenshot annotations - We have changed our approach to taking screenshots when you want to do an annotation, and made it way more solid. Now, the screenshot will be accurate every single time.

• Automated screenshots - We have improved automatic screenshots where it will now replay actions such as opening accordions, and take a screenshot.

• Thumbnails missing on Projects screen - Previously, if a thumbnail was missing for whatever reason on the projects screen, a broken image link would show, we have changed this to a placeholder instead.

• Retry fetching button - When browsing a website inside visual collaboration, sometimes the "Retry Fetching" button would show way too soon when it didn't need to, this is now fixed.

• Group notification CSS - If you copy and pasted text from a website into a task, the CSS would not show on the comment, but it would still be visible inside the grouped notification, this is now fixed.

• Adding projects - Sometimes when adding a project via URL, if you go back to the projects screen without refreshing, the new project would not display correctly, this is now fixed.

 

• Time calculations - We have completely revamped the way we are calculating the time tasks were created. Now, we take the local time from the computer/browser you are on, to ensure you see the time in the correct timezone.

 

• Projects screen loading - The pagination of projects on the projects screen was loading it in groups of 7, we have made this 8 to be even.

 

• Adding tasks on boards - Clicking on add task inside columns on the boards was causing the whole page to refresh, this is now fixed.

• Network error when going from boards to inbox - Navigating to the inbox screen from the boards and back again was causing a network error, this is now fixed.

• Bug when uploading images to graphics: There was a bug when uploading images to graphics collaboration because of a size issue, this has now been fixed.

 

• File uploads to Forms - There was an issue when trying to upload files to forms, this is now fixed.

• Search not working inside "Assigned to Project" - Search was not working when searching for users assiging to projects, this is now fixed.

• Writing emails - There were some small CSS issues when writing emails inside the inbox which was making it difficult to do, this is now fixed.

• Add Collaborators to Notify Users - Previously, you could not assign collaborate accounts to created tasks, this is now added!

Since the start of July, we have been on a mission to kill as many bugs as possible, while optimizing everywhere we can.

This is our third push this month, totalling 70+ bug fixed over the past 3 weeks!

With the increased usage we've seen, growing pains have been hard to avoid, but stability has been dramatically increased, along with annoying pesky bugs!

Dashboard Improvements

• Sharing upgrade: Inside the share pop-up on a website added via URL, after you have invited someone via their first name and email, you can now reshare the link that contains their token. Meaning that you can send them a direct link to collaborate, without them needing to login.

• Collaborator passwords: When you invite someone to collaborate with you on a website, after they have clicked on the link to create their account, they will also receive an email afterwards to setup their new password.

• Individual graphic links: We have now added an ID to each design within a graphic, meaning that you can now link to specific designs inside a graphic, making it easier to share with your team and clients.

• Tasks on collaborate: When creating a task on a graphic inside the dashboard, it would not automatically focus on the comment box of the task, this is now fixed

• Replacing errors: In an effort to make errors clearer, we have gone through every single type that you could come across and made the error message more specific, so you know exactly what you need to try and fix it on your end, or to reach out to us so we can get you sorted asap.

• Making time entries billable: Previously, if you clicked to make a time entry billable by clicking the "x", it would change it but refresh the whole page in the process. This now just changes the entry and keeps you where you were.

• Editing time entries: After editing a time entry, it would refresh the entire list, now it only refreshes that single time entry, making things clearer.

• Marking tasks internal: When you marked a task as internal, it would not happen instantly, this is now fixed.

Dashboard Bug Fixes

• Special scroll: If your website had a special scroll and was added via URL, you would not be able to scroll the site inside collaborate. This is now fixed.

• Removing collaborator sites: Websites you are assigned to as collaborator, when trying to remove them from your dashboard, the button was not working, this is now fixed.

• Upload file icon: The upload file icon was missing from activity, this is now fixed.

• MainWP flow: There was an issue for users who became logged out of MainWP when creating sites where it would create duplicates, this is now fixed by checking if you are logged in, and if not, taking you to the MainWP login screen.

• Submenus in collaborate: On some websites, clicking on links inside sub menus would take you back to the homepage of the website inside collaborate, this is now fixed.

• Searching: There was a bug with searching where it would not find projects you were looking for, this is now fixed.

• Users on graphics: Assigning users to graphics was not working correctly, this is now fixed.

We are continuing to get even more bugs squashed and optimize as much as possible. This includes a HUGE infrastructure change to our servers, which we will outline soon.

It has dramatically improved stability across the board, especially during peak times, ensuring that no matter how many users are inside Atarim, your experience using the platform will always be as fast as possible.

Dashboard Improvements

• Content rendering: We have made some changes to the way we scrape websites to improve how content is being rendered.

• Screenshot optimization: Automatic screenshots have been optimized further to ensure they are generated properly, and display the original website in the most accurate way it can. The speed in which they are generated has also dramatically increased.

• Export projects: You can now export the amount of tasks you have on each website into a CSV, based on the urgency and status of the tasks.

• Team activity design: We have updated both the team activity design on the dashboard and users screen, to make it more akin to the notification sidebar.

Dashboard Bug Fixes

• Add users to projects by default: This settings was sometimes not applying the users who had it on, to new projects added, this is now fixed.

• MainWP icons: The MainWP icon was missing from some websites with this integration, this is now fixed.

• Monday integration: There was an issue when trying to save your Monday.com API key into Atarim, this is now fixed.

• Activity log: Some icons were missing from the activity log on the both the dashboard and user screen, this is now fixed.

• Timer pop-up: Minimizing the timer pop-up and then clicking on the email inbox would cause it to open again, this is now fixed.

• Boards pagination: If you had a bunch of tasks on a project and then tried to load it inside the board, it would struggle sometimes due to the amount. We have now added pagnitation to make it load faster and work correctly.

Plugin Bug Fixes

• Task center author - Sometimes the author name of comments inside the task center was incorrect, this is now fixed.

 

• Theme css conflict - There was an issue where theme CSS was overriding the comment box CSS, this is now fixed.

• Text domain support - We've added text domain support for many strings that were missing for translation.

• French translation - The plugin is not fully translated in French.

• Reorder post conflict - There was a conflic with the reorder post plugin, this is now fixed.

As promised last week here is our next release (exactly a week since the last one), with more bug fixes and optmiziations.

We hear you, we really do, and in an effort to make the experience of using Atarim as smooth as possible, we are continuing down this path for as long as it takes. Thank you to everyone who has provided feedback, it is greatly appreciated and makes a huge difference.

Dashboard Improvements

• Improving error messages: In an effort to make things clearer, we have done a sweep of all error messages and have made them more readable. So instead of seeing "500 error", we elaborate on the problem further to make it easier for us to help when contacting support.

• Wrong loaders: As the app has grown in size, we've added more and more loaders. To create a more uniform experience, we have stripped down to just two loaders and placed them appropriately.

• Create a task on a blank project: When clicking on "Create Task" on a project without tasks inside the inbox, it would open it in a new tab, this is now fixed and opening in the same tab.

• Removing collaborator websites: Previously, there was no way to remove websites marked as collaborate on your account, you now have the option to do so with an "x" in the top right on the projects screen.

• Uploading a new graphic: When uploading a new graphic to a graphics project, it won't enter the frame uncentered, this is now fixed.

• Cut off words in the inbox: Words were being cut off inside the comments feed inside the inbox if a comment was long, this is now fixed.

• Adding a new design: When adding a new design to a graphic, "Add a design" on the bottom of the right sidebar would get squashed, this is now fixed.

• Adding tasks: When adding a task on a website project, the task would start at the bottom of the sidebar and then shoot to the top, this has been fixed.

• Importing forms: Previously, if you imported a form, you'd have to click save for it to save in your dashboard, now it will save automatically straight after importing it.

• Tasks showing in different projects: If you open a project that has tasks, go back to the projects screen and then go to different projects, sometimes tasks would show in all tasks from the first site, this is now fixed.

• Dynamically populate form fields: You now have the option to enter a parameter name for fields inside a form, and then dynamically populate these fields with a query string inside the share link.

• Task sidebar: If you clicked on "All Pages", and then back to "This Page" inside the task sidebar, it would reload the tasks again and again. This has been fixed, it now only loads once.

• Task sidebar loading: When a website first loaded inside the URL-based collaboration feature, tasks would load in the background while the site loads, once the site finished loading, the tasks would then load again. This is fixed.

• Pop-over hidden: Previously, when clicking on a task inside the sidebar, it would scroll to the task but sometimes the pop-over would be covered by your browser, this is now fixed and will always open in view.

Dashboard Bug Fixes

• Editing comments on graphic feedback: Previously, when trying to save an edited comment on a task pop-over when collaborating on graphics was not working, this is now fixed.

• Team activity icons: There were some icons missing from team activity when viewing the dashboard page, this has now been fixed.

• Tasks on graphics: When creating tasks on a graphic, the number would always start at 1, then change to the correct number after the task has been created. This is now fixed.

• New projects in inbox: When adding a new project, if you went straight to your inbox it would show above the email inbox in the list on the left column, this is now fixed.

• Delete/edit in inbox: When hovering over a comment inside the inbox, the icons to delete and edit appear but would then not disappear when you stopped hovering, this is now fixed.

• Adding a new project: When adding a new project, if you went to the projects screen straight away, the icons when hovering would not be visible, this is now fixed.

• Changing title of a question: When changing the title of a question inside forms, it would change the title of the form itself, this is now fixed.

• Task URL's: Going to a link of a task would not go to that task when landing on a URL project inside the dashboard, this is now fixed.

Today we're releasing version 3.9.2

This is a small bug fix round based on user feedback - Thank you all for flagging these! 🙌There's another sprint coming up that is dedicated to cleaning things up, in preparation for version 4.0 🎉🚀

The Atarim Dashboard

• Better email deliverability for Google Workspace: Some users were unable to send an email using Google Workspace. This is now fixed.
• Notifications from another account: With the new instant notification feature, some users have seen status notifications from other users (without the ability to access 3rd party data). This is now fixed.
• Blocked sites for collaboration: Some sites were locking the URL-based collaboration feature, we unlocked a new level of scraping sites and added a "No access to this page" popup to keep you informed (a deeper solution is in the works for these situations).
• General task "Mark as complete" checkbox: The checkbox was hanging on the spinner when clicked. This is now fixed.

Integrations

• MainWP Integration: Some users were unable to view the MainWP widget on our project blocks. This is now fixed.

• Slack Integration: We added Slack notifications for incoming emails that land within the shared-inbox.

WordPress Collaboration Plugin

• Fixed CSS overriding of "Invite to Collaborate" feature: Some themes styles were conflicting with the new "Invite to Collaborate" feature. This is now fixed.

• Added security check on the "Invite to Collaborate" feature: There was a security risk (not abused) that needed to be fixed which was spotted by one of our users. Was fixed with priority.

• Added plugin translation for French(France), Spanish(Spain), and Portuguese(Brazil) languages.

We are taking some time to optimize your experience while using Atarim.

For 3.9.2, we have made some significant improvements to the way you navigate the app, optimizing the way API's are called and displaying the nav menu while inside collaboration.

We've also released an integration with Monday and some bug fixes. See the full list below.

Dashboard New & Improvements

• Monday Integration - You can now integrate your Atarim with Monday, enabling you to push tasks automatically from Atarim to Monday, deploy full task lists and have comments on tasks be pushed between the two

 

• Optimizations - Previously, when going to the projects screen, we would also reload the page to get your projects. Now, when we load your projects, it's loaded! And this means everywhere: the inbox, the boards etc. Making things move a lot quicker!

• Nav Bar Inside Collaborate - When collaborating on a website via URL, it would open in a new tab when clicked on from the projects screen. Now, it opens in the same tab, and becuase of this we've replaced the projects icon with the nav bar, making everything move much smoother when switching between screens.

• 5 New Automation Triggers - We have added triggers for Asana, ClickUp, Jira, Basecamp and Trello. Meaning you can now push specific tasks from a single website to a specific board inside Trello for example, meaning you can truly sync everything together.

Dashboard Bug Fixes

• Improvements in Adding Websites Via URL - We've made significant improvements in the way we scrape websites, meaning that some where things were missing or not loading properly, are now working as expected.

• Pagination on Merge Sites - If you have a lot of websites on your dashboard, loading them inside the merge sites modal would take a long time. This has now been fixed by adding pagination.

• Archived Websites - Everytime you click on archive websites, it would pull them every single time, it now only loads once, making it move a lot faster.

Plugin New & Improvements

• Menu Bar - We have now added the option to open the Atarim Dashboard menu bar, to give Admins quick access.

Plugin Bug Fixes

• White Label Invite - Previously if you had white label on, the invitation email was not displaying it, this is now fixed.

 

• PHP Notices - A warning was showing because of PHP, this is now fixed.

• Post-Type Taxonomy - Tasks were not loading correctly on custom taxonomy pages, this is now fixed.

 

• White Label Invite - Previously if you had white label on, the invitation email was not displaying it, this is now fixed.

At the bottom of your nav bar, you'll see a new icon, the notification bell 🛎️. When you click this, it will expand a sidebar which will contain notifications of what's been happening inside your Atarim Dashboard (by being assigned to a website, you'll receive notifications from it!)

This makes it super easy to stay on top of all of the tasks that are coming in, and not only that, when you click on a notification, you're taken to it inside your inbox. We keep the notification sidebar on screen too, so you can quickly flick through all of them, and get to your work even quicker!