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v30.0.00
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Headlines
Added a new Calendar module to manage events and participants
Updated the timetable to display Calendar events and custom layer ordering
Added a new Student Alerts module to manage automatic and manual alerts
Added the option to create custom Student Alerts in School Admin
Catalan, Japanese and Portuguese are now available interface languages
Security
Library: fixed handling of user input in SQL queries (CVE-2025-56573)
Changes With Important Notices
Added a Pastoral heading to the main menu and moved Behaviour, Attendance and Individual Needs
The Impersonate User action must be manually enabled in the config.php file
Tweaks & Additions
System: added the option for administrators to impersonate other user accounts
System: added a backup table to store person images from previous years
System: added Balochi as a spoken language option for user data
System: set Catalan, Japanese and Portugese as active languages
System: switched interface strings from Value Added License to Catalyst License
System: updated SpreadsheetRenderer to support exporting data from multiple DataTables
Activities: added a description field to the cost section for activities
Activities: added student tags on the Manage Enrolment page
Activities: added the option for parents to register their children in activities
Activities: fixed Generate Enrolments to not show pre-enrolled students in the unassigned column
Activities: fixed staff on inactive activities not showing up in the Manage Staffing page
Activities: included the photos in the new copy when an activity is duplicated
Behaviour: added Add Multiple button to Behaviour tab of student profile
Calendar: added notifyStaff feature as a background process
Calendar: added the feature to cross-check student future absences from Event Participants list
Formal Assessment: added a Year Group filter option to Manage External Assessment
Individual Needs: enabled viewing IN records for past students as read-only
Library: added a new type called Digital Publication
Library: added the option to send an email to parents when lending a library item
Messenger: added clarifying text to Applicants target which only includes Accepted applications
Messenger: enabled resending to any recipient when read receipts are off in Send Report
Messenger: enabled users with Manage Messages_all access to see shareable link in Send Report
Planner: added a button to access Linked Markbook from Edit Lesson Plan page
Planner: added a highlight for Off Timetable Lessons in the "Year Overview" mode
Planner: added a highlight for Off Timetable students in View Lesson Plan attendance list
Planner: added an Online Lesson option in the planner to display a video call link
Planner: added shortcut buttons to access the Unit Planner and Lesson Planner from each other
Planner: added the option to use smart block names as lesson names in Deploy Lessons
Planner: added the total student count to the attendance list in the lesson Planner sidebar
Planner: restricted visibility of user photos in Lesson Plans based on planner access permissions
Reports: added a way for tracking and displaying who last edited an asset
Reports: prevented deletion of template assets that are not set to inactive
Reports: updated Attendance data source to handle Off Timetable days where no attendance is taken
School Admin: added the option to cancel Staff Duty and cancel Bookings for Special Days
Staff: added an option to accept a Staff Application without creating an account
Staff: added an option to separate the Staff Duty page into tabs by duty type
Staff: limited Add Staff list to users who are not already staff but have a staff role
Students: added a drop-down filter to the Student Transport report
System Admin: added an attendance importer for Future Absences
System Admin: added an HTTPS check to the installer and system check
System Admin: added new loaned items import for Library
System Admin: added the option to upload user photos in jpeg format
Timetable Admin: added the ability to manage exceptions using the timetable in Class Enrolment by Person
Timetable Admin: increased the default short name length for both courses and classes with a warning
Timetable: added a Calendar drop-down to the timetable and a Only Show My Events option
Timetable: added a search field in 'Manage Bookings' and 'Mange Facility Changes'
Timetable: added coverage details for staff duty and activities on the timetable
Timetable: added the option for users to customize the order of layers in their timetable
User Admin: added a backup table to store person images from previous years
User Admin: added a None option for the Note Creation Notification in Student Settings
User Admin: added an option to view User Image of previous years
User Admin: added Prof. as an option in Title select
User Admin: added Sibling as option to Emergency Relationship select
User Admin: increased the username field length to 40 characters
Bug Fixes
System: fixed toggle field direction for right-to-left languages
System: fixed uninitialized variable PHP warnings on Parent Dashboard
System: fixed login options not working when using SSO button
System: fixed login redirect after public registration
System: fixed redirect logic in Payment class causing unnecessary error logs
System: fixed TinyMCE editor not saving content when form is submitted with HTML editor open
Activities: fixed Manage Enrolment when participants are part of more than one activity
Activities: fixed the Activities tab on the parent dashboard to work with new activities system
Activities: removed activities with registration turned off from sign up list
Admissions: increased the memory limit for the Accept process in Manage Applications
Attendance: fixed Student History display when all seven weekdays are set as school days
Data Updater: fixed attachments being cleared when new data updates are submitted
Library: fixed handling of SQL values in Library Browse page
Markbook: fixed the bug preventing to display user inputs and allow decimal inputs
Messenger: fixed missing From address on emails when using the Add Recipient action in Send Report
Planner: fixed access to class list in Edit Unit when viewing past and upcoming years
Planner: fixed Teacher Notes in smart blocks not visible when using the Show Confidential Data toggle
Rubrics: fixed the bug preventing to view ATL Rubrics table on mobile devices
Staff: fixed coverage longer than one week not including staff duty and activity cover
Staff: fixed missing staff name for general coverage in Daily Coverage Planner
Staff: fixed order of Staff Directory to honour the biographicalGroupingOrder setting
Students: fixed sidebar links for custom modules when viewing Student Profiles for left students
Students: updated default value for longTermMedication to N for new medical records
System Admin: fixed adding custom fields for different role categories in Form Builder
System Admin: fixed the label disappearing for Long Text fields in Form Builder
System Admin: fixed unable to add multiple generic fields with the same name in Form Builder
System Admin: fixed unable to delete How Did You Hear in Form Builder
Timetable Admin: fixed bug to allow timetable deletion
Timetable Admin: fixed missing Manage Exceptions button on the timetable in Course Enrolment by Person
Timetable Admin: fixed the issue of setting white as the default color for both background and font
Timetable: fixed multiple instances of the same TT day in a week not showing up
User Admin: fixed uneditable fields for new Personal Documents in Manage Users
Deprecations
Removed all functions in functions.php flagged for deprecation since v25
v29.0.00
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Headlines
A new mobile-responsive Timetable UI with layer visibility toggles
An improved library borrowing page in Student Profile with tabs and quick lending actions
An option to add new recipients to existing messages in Messenger
A color-coded Markbook option for easier visual identification
A simple Petty Cash system in Finance for tracking small expenses
Security
System: added nonce and CSRF token handling to all POST forms
Tweaks & Additions
System: removed Date of Birth field from Public Registration when no minimum registration age is set
System: improved the colour picker to add a pre-set colour palette
System: added IDD country codes to all countries in the database
System: added a log entry for resetting password through 'Forgot Password"
System: updated jQuery UI library to v1.14.1
Activities: added form group name next to student name in Activity Attendance list
Admissions: added the ability to re-send the submission email from the Process tab in Edit Application
Admissions: added the option to display customised success message when student applications are successfully submitted
Admissions: added Emergency Contacts for students as an option in the Form Builder
Attendance: updated Student History view to display Off Timetable days
Behaviour: added an 'Observation' type to track neutral records
Behaviour: added the delete action to the behaviour list in the Student Profile for users with manage access
Department: added student "Not Reportable" flag to class participant listing
Library: improved the Library Borrowing page on student profiles
Library: improved the Lending & Activity Log workflow when scanning in IDs from barcodes
Library: enabled students to access the Library Borrowing page on their profile
Markbook: added an option to color-code markbook columns in the teacher view
Markbook: implemented default grade from Manage Grade Scales in Markbook data entry view
Markbook: enabled filtering by term even if Group Columns by Term is off
Messenger: added the ability to add new recipients to a sent message and enable easier re-sending
Messenger: added the feature to warn and remove [confirmLink] tag from the message body if read receipts are not turned on
Messenger: added the ability to customise the From address for users with school-wide sending permissions
Planner: added an attendance indicator to the Today's Lessons list for teachers
Reports: updated Template Builder to select mPDF renderer by default
Reports: added the option to archive unused assets and templates intead of deleting them
Reports: added search to the Manage Assets page, moved Manage Fonts to a separate page
School Admin: updated various template settings to use Rich Text editors
Staff: added the ability to override staff availability when manually adding coverage
Students: added Name in Characters to the Emergency Data Summary
Students: added the option for parents and students to see activities in the view profile page
School Admin: added prefilled times when creating timing changes in Add Special Day
School Admin: added the option to edit whether a facility is bookable or not
System Admin: added autocomplete with available strings to Add String in String Replacement
System Admin: adjusted action access for Column Rows import
System Admin: added new imports for Columns and Tie Days to Dates in timetable
System Admin: added new Units import for Unit Planner
System Admin: added columnColor to Markbook Column import, enabled color field checking in ImportType class
Timetable: removed the display of declined events from Google Calendar on the timetable
Timetable Admin: added an Edit Timetable by Class button to Course Enrolment by Class
User Admin: improved the image uploader in Manage Users, detect invalid images
User Admin: added Name in Characters to searchable fields
User Admin: added the ability to add Custom Fields to Family records
Bug Fixes
System: fixed issue with search terms containing a : full colon (special character)
System: fixed max and min limits to Number values in forms
System: improved the input detection in the MultiSelect search box for non-standard input sources
System: fixed searching unicode characters within stored JSON data
System: fixed access of inactive modules through direct URLs
Activities: fixed activity missing from the timetable if it doesn't have a category
Activities: fixed missing registration button for parents on View Activities page
Activities: fixed new sign-up system to honour the registration Y/N setting per activity
Activities: fixed the delete action not allowing duplicate enrolments to be deleted in Manage Enrolments
Activities: fixed duplicate term names on Activity Choices By Student report
Activities: fixed error on Activities Overview when changing Category filter after Activity filter
Activities: fixed max length on search filter in View Activities
Admissions: fixed default tab selection after saving a form in Edit Application
Attendance: fixed unable to add new partial future absence if a future future absence exists
Attendance: removed non-Full teachers from Form Groups Not Registered reports
Attendance: fixed duplicate classes in Classes Not Registered report
Attendance: fixed invalid date formatting in Attendance Summary by Date
Attendance: fixed order of days in Student History when first day of the week is Saturday
Finance: fixed missing Ad Hoc fee names in bulk-action Export spreadsheet data
Finance: fixed bulk action selection and print action on Manage Expenses table
Finance: fixed online payment for invoices with a Paid - Partial status
Finance: fixed spreadsheet error when exporting invoices with Pending status
Finance: fixed missing budget cycle name from Print page in Manage Expenses
Individual Needs: fixed search filters on teacher view of Manage Investigations page
Library: fixed Advanced Search not searching items by type in Browse Library
Markbook: fixed attainment percentage values now updating from raw attainment values
Messenger: fixed required members field when editing a Messenger Group
Planner: fixed Visual and HTML tabs not working in newly created Smart Blocks
Planner: fixed empty sections displaying below the advanced options in Add Unit Plan
Planner: fixed untranslated Role field in lesson planner participant list
Reports: fixed missing iframe support for template preview windows
Reports: fixed comment character count not updating when writing reports
Reports: fixed missing progress bar colour in Proofreading and My Reporting pages
Reports: fixed progress bar count for left students in My Reporting page
Staff: fixed the horizontal scroll container on the Staff Duty page
Students: fixed missing Emergency Contact Number 2 on student profile
System Admin: fixed field validation for Student Default Email in Form Builder
System Admin: fixed uniqueness check when editing a page in Form Builder
System Admin: fixed importer not allowing short-form school year names (eg: 2024-25)
System Admin: fixed missing module name for newly created logs in View Log
Timetable Admin: fixed support staff not editable in Course Enrolment by Person
Timetable Admin: fixed vertical spacing of date names in Tie Days to Dates
User Admin: fixed unique username check when values already exist
Deprecations
Removed sendNotificationsAsBcc method from NotificationSender