Minor release

v2.11.0 - Include blank on select fields, file field and locale improvements

I would never build a custom admin panel in the future.

We wasted too much money and could not focus on our main business.

Jonas Reif
Jonas Reif
Co-Founder, Upspeak.de
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Hola amigos y amigas 👋

Avo 2.11 landed with a few enhancements and a lot of bug fixes. Let's dive in 🤿

Changelog

  1. Include blank for select field
    https://docs.avohq.io/2.0/fields.html#include-blank

  2. Add Accept option to file fields
    https://docs.avohq.io/2.0/fields.html#accept-option

  3. Force a specific locale to Avo
    https://docs.avohq.io/2.0/localization.html#setting-the-locale

  4. Fixed a bug with polymorphic associations not working
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/1061

  5. Fixed a few bugs introduced by some paths refactor
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/1057

  6. Fixed a breadcrumb bug with nested resources
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/1056

  7. Fixed search for nested resources
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/1055

  8. Fixed Order routes clashing
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/1053

  9. Fixed a timezones bug for the date time field
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/995

  10. Fixed a bug with some generators being broken
    https://github.com/avo-hq/avo/pull/1033

Next up

Next, I'm focusing on improving authorization for associations and prototyping a new way of customizing actions for a resource.

I will focus a bit on the resource actions area to improve that experience. I'm talking about the place where the Save, Edit, and Back buttons are. I want to offer more flexibility in what you can display to the user. I talked more about that in the release video (15:43).

The docs should get a fresh layer of paint too. It may not happen in this release cycle, but it should definitely happen soon.

Spread the word

I'm looking for a marketing person to join the team as a part-time collaborator to help us with our marketing efforts. If you know anyone that would be good for such a collaboration, please send them my way.

I published a "Why Successful Startups Use MVPs" article on our blog and spoke on the Ruby Rogues podcast, inviting you to read and listen.
https://avohq.io/blog/why-successful-startups-use-mvps
https://avohq.io/blog/avo-on-ruby-rouges-podcast

Helping out

I renamed the #help Discord channel to #community-help to better signal its purpose. If you want to ask the community for help, you can do that there, but if you want more official technical support, please use the GitHub issues page. That's the best way to describe an issue or feature request and track its resolve.

If your team needs more support with Avo and you want to be featured on our homepage, docs, and release notes as an indie developer supporting company, we have you covered! You can sponsor the project and ensure it will receive the maintenance it deserves in the future.
https://github.com/sponsors/adrianthedev

Thank you for being so awesome and so supportive ❤️

Adrian

Release video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAxHvhwzeOU

Release notes:
https://avohq.io/releases/2.11.0

Release notes

🎸 Features

  • feature: add include_blank to select and country fields @adrianthedev (#1021)
  • feature: add accept option for file/files field @shiroemons (#1044)

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • fix: inverse of crashing association screen @adrianthedev (#1061)
  • fix: locale configuration broken @adrianthedev (#1060)
  • fix: search broken with relativeurlroot @adrianthedev (#1057)
  • fix: broken crumb on nested edit @adrianthedev (#1056)
  • fix: search with namespaced models broken @adrianthedev (#1055)
  • fix: order routes clash @adrianthedev (#1053)
  • fix: date time field broken on edit for different timezones @adrianthedev (#995)
  • fix: as_avatar: :square option doesn't work @shiroemons (#1045)
  • fix: card generators broken; added tests; show avo version @adrianthedev (#1033)

🤖 Maintenance

  • chore: remove old currency field file @adrianthedev (#1059)
  • chore: tweaks; pr-labeler; resource name; search spec improv @adrianthedev (#1054)
  • Revert "chore: rename viarelationclass->viaresourceclass" @adrianthedev (#1048)
  • chore: rename viarelationclass->viaresourceclass @adrianthedev (#1047)
  • chore: pr message permissions fix @adrianthedev (#1046)
  • chore: stale bot improvements; release messages @adrianthedev (#1038)
  • chore: improve GH bug report issue template @adrianthedev (#1037)
  • chore: don't crash Avo if SSL error raised @adrianthedev (#1027)

💡 Refactor

  • refactor: better force locale @adrianthedev (#1058)