Fixes

• The Story Settings panel is now shown correctly

Fixes

• The correct version number is now shown at the bottom of the editor menu

Welcome to the first phase of our redesign of Ecko’s editor dashboard. This update contains a number of major visual changes, but for the most part Ecko functions just as it did before.

Editor-facing changes

• Redesigned editor dashboard
• More consistent, standardised UI across the Manage Stories, Manage Editions, Groups and Sections pages
• Redesigned editor menu makes it easier to find your way around
• If you manage multiple newsletters, you can now easily switch between them from the main menu
• New Ecko menu at the top of the editor menu lets you quickly access common tasks
• Added user menu to the bottom of the editor menu to quickly access user-related tasks
• Redesigned login and password reset pages
• You can now save stories as drafts. These appear in the “Drafts” section on the Manage Stories page and won’t be added to an edition until you approve them
• The “Publish” button on the Edit Stories page is now labelled “Approve” to make it clear that it won’t immediately make the story visible to readers (until it’s added to an Edition)
• “Year Groups” are now referred to as simply “Groups”
• Improved “Assign to Groups” panel in the Edit Story sidebar. You can now simply tick specific groups to assign a story to them, or leave them all un-ticked if it doesn’t apply to any specific group
• You can now enable/disable the group filter from Stories > Groups
• You can now customise the heading of the ‘Filter by Group’ widget
• You can now drag and drop to change the order the groups appear
• You can now assign an optional ‘Short name’ to groups, if your group names seem to long for the Filter by Group widget
• New quick-access toolbar lets you quickly jump over to the editor dashboard when you’re viewing a newsletter while logged in as an editor
• Access Ecko’s Chat GPT-powered AI alt text generator from the link below the “Alternative Text” field in the Image block
• Plus many more behind-the-scenes improvements in preparation for exciting new features coming to Ecko soon

Editor-facing changes

• You can now add Tables to stories
• You can now add Quotes to stories
• You can now add Separators to stories

Editor-facing changes

• With a Term Dates block selected in an Edition, you can click the new Edit (pencil) button in the toolbar to quickly jump to the Term Dates settings page

Reader-facing changes

• The Term Dates block is no longer displayed with a “No term dates available” message. If no term dates have been entered, the Term Dates block is now omitted entirely

Editor-facing changes

• Implemented refreshed Ecko branding
• Minor look and feel improvements to the dashboard

Editor-facing changes

• You can now easily add PDF files to a story by simply dragging the file from your computer into the editor. Alternatively, add a PDF File block, then select the file from your computer
• With a PDF File block selected, you can toggle the preview image, download button and file information display on or off
• The “Coming soon” label has been removed from the Dismissible toggle

Reader-facing changes

• Added story count bubble to table of contents
• Moved hidden and dismissed story count to the table of contents
• Smoother open/close animation for table of contents on mobile
• Improved header layout on smaller displays

Fixes

• Markers now display correctly on bulleted lists