Community Release - March 9, 2020
New Features:
- Community Mentors. The Community Mentors team has been created to help increase engagement on CCL Community and improve the online experience for all our members. Interested volunteers can apply to become part of the inaugural cohort this spring.
- Crop Photo. Users can now crop their photo after uploading it. To crop a photo, click the camera in the top right corner of the cover photo and choose ‘Crop Profile Photo’ or ‘Crop Cover Photo’
- Search improvement in group pages. Searches in groups now default to forum results. Pages are more accurately identified by restricting searches to forums, events, or members through clicking on the respective tab below "Search Results."
What's a release?
Simply put, a release is a package of software updates consisting of new features and bug fixes along with new content. On CCL Community, we'll release updates every other week.New Features
- Community Mentors. The Community Mentors team has been created to help increase engagement on CCL Community and improve the online experience for all our members. Interested volunteers can apply to become part of the inaugural cohort this spring.
- Crop Photo. Users can now crop their photo after uploading it. To crop a photo, click the camera in the top right corner of the cover photo and choose ‘Crop Profile Photo’ or ‘Crop Cover Photo’

Bug Fixes
- Search improvement in group pages. Searches in groups now default to forum results. Pages are more accurately identified by restricting searches to forums, events, or members through clicking on the respective tab below "Search Results."

- Expanded use of page responsive typography to accommodate screen size and visual zoom-in and zoom-out settings.
New & Updated Content
Training:
- Social Media For CCL Volunteers - updated February 25th
- Understanding Border Carbon Adjustments - updated February 27th
- Celebrating Storytelling - updated March 3rd
- Updates From Around the World- updated March 5th
- Monthly Calling Congress Quarter-Page Flyer - updated March 6th
- Sign up Sheet - updated and consolidated on March 7th
- Far Middle Social Media Toolkit - added March 10th
- Proof of Insurance Form - updated March 10th
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