Staff Directory Web Part Full Version History

Our on-premise staff directory product has been replaced with our cloud employee directory software, OneDirectory, which offers a more modern experience and is built to work with Microsoft Office 365.

Here's the full version history of our on-premise product:

21 May 2018

v1.8.0

» Active Directory support

» Major improvements to user interface and styling to make it more modern

» New data source configuration wizard

» Improved display options/settings interface

» Added ability to search on extra fields

» Added multi-select on sidebar filters

» Added a new modern card display style for people search results

» Added ability to clear search results

» Added ability to choose more than one field for the minimized card display style

» Added more field choices to the column based display style. Now you can display up to 10 columns.

» Added ability to choose from all available fields on the minimized card display

» Added ability to pass 'user' parameter in the querystring to load a specific user on initial page load

» Added 'is empty' and 'is not empty' matching options to the pre-defined filter settings

» Added the option to filter by Preferred Name

» Added a link on the SIP address field in the profile view

» Fixed: Custom multi-value fields weren't showing in the profile view

» Fixed: Suppressed SharePoint's default backspace and del behavior in textboxes in the display options

» Improved search matching for different combinations of first and last name

» Improved on-page rendering speed

» Improvements to sidebar filtering when fields other than Office or Department are used as sidebar filters

23 Jan 2017

v1.7.0

» SharePoint 2016 support

» Performance: We improved the sorting algorithm so the search results now display faster than ever

» Performance: We re-architected the entire data layer to to accommodate future alternate data sources

» Pre-defined filter: The sidebar now shows or hides items based on the filter rules you've specified

» Pre-defined filter: Added 'starts with' and 'ends with' matching options

» Fixed: The sidebar filter counts would sometimes be incorrect. They now accurately reflect the number of users.

» Fixed: Multi-value string fields weren't displaying on the profile view. Now they do.

» Fixed: An error was showing in the search results if you had recently switched from the column-based layout to the profile card layout and not cleared the column display fields

» Fixed: Some properties weren't matching properly when used in the pre-defined filter

» Fixed: Certain properties, when used in the sidebar filter, were not showing any filter options

» Minor UI improvements

» Improved installer for SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 version

06 Jun 2016

v1.6.0

» Added pre-defined filter so you can use the web part in a specific office or department (or based on any other field rules you specify)

» New Vinewave License Manager

» Updated sidebar office and department headings to use the field's displayname instead of the field name

» Fixed bug with unicode ampersands (that come from managed metadata) in sidebar not working

28 Jul 2014

v1.5.0

» Added ability to choose your own fields for the Office or Department lists in the sidebar

» Added wildcard support for profile exclusion

» Added support for Swedish/Finnish characters ( Å, Ä, and Ö)

» Added ability for the Staff Directory to work with SharePoint's people search center

» Added option to 'Show all users by default' when the page loads

» Added 'Show Less...' in the sidebar offices/departments

» Added option to hide the user counts in the sidebar for offices/departments

» Added option to hide the Ask Me About topics in the full profile

» Added option to hide the About Me text in the full profile

» Excluding deleted/disabled accounts by default

» Scroll to top when clicking an office or department

» Scroll to top when clicking a user

» Fixed bug with search box returning profiles that were set to be excluded

» Fixed bug with profiles not being excluded when there's a dash in the domain portion of the account name

» Fixed bug with some types of extra fields not displaying in full profile view

» Fixed javascript bug with offices/department that contain a single quote

» Fixed bug with sidebar being too wide when department/office names are too long

» Fixed bug with the 'More...' sidebar option scrolling you to the top of the page when clicked

» Optimize display of search result entities (offices, departments, job titles etc) if the list is too long

» Updated display options UI and added descriptions

27 Oct 2013

v1.4.2

» Upgraded version 1.4.2 for SharePoint 2013

19 Dec 2012

v1.4.2

» Updated Vinewave License Manager

» Added 'Show All' option to index filter

» Added support for Danish/Norwegian characters (Æ, Ø and Å) on index filter

» Added ability to execute an automatic search via querystring

» Increased size of image preview in column-based layout

» Optimized profile card display to better handle wrapping of name and job title

» Fixed bug with ampersands (&) in department/office names not returning users

» Fixed bug with individuals not showing up when clicking department/office names longer than 30 characters

» Fixed bug with not being able to search Danish/Norwegian chars Æ, Ø and Å in Internet Explorer

30 Oct 2012

v1.4.1

» Brand new 'column-based' display option with column sorting

» Search improvements: offices, departments, locations, topics and skills, and job titles included in search results

» Added ability to choose field to display on profile card

» Added option to hide index tabs

» Added ability to specify how many offices/departments to display in sidebar

» Added ability to set offices/departments list as expanded by default

» More display options and settings

» Links on office, department, location and ask me about in profile view

20 Jun 2012

v1.4.0

» Complete re-write from the ground up, including new user interface design, massive performance improvements, offices and departments, profile view, filter by name/office/department/skill/location, themes, and numerous other features.

06 Mar 2012

v1.3.6

» Fixed bug when clicking on user to view their profile page

» Minor user interface improvements (defaulted height to 220px, fixed scrollbar positioning)

22 Feb 2012

v1.3.5

» Fixed bug with fields list sometimes not populating when going into edit mode

» Improved CSS classes to make it easier for third-party developers to modify look & feel

09 Feb 2012

v1.3.4

» Performance improvements when large numbers of users are displayed

06 Feb 2012

v1.3.3

» Fixed bug with some user profiles not showing when using index tabs

» Improved sorting options

» Stability improvements

31 Jan 2012

v1.3.2

» Improvements to search box

» Search results are now ordered by the 'Tabs filter by' field (previously only applied to results from tabs)

» Changed default 'Tabs filter by' field to Last Name (this can be changed)

09 Jan 2012

v1.3.1

» Permissions-related stability improvements

13 Dec 2011

v1.3.0

» Reads data from user profile database instead of user information list.

» Clicking on a user takes you to their SharePoint profile page

» Minor UI improvements (set headings not to wrap, links on relative urls)

08 Nov 2011

v1.2.1

» Fixed bug with Display Options showing for contributors without 'Add and Customize Pages' rights

» Hide 'Manage people' link for users without full control permissions

10 Oct 2011

v1.2.0

» Reads data from SharePoint's user profiles/user information list, instead of custom list

» Shows user profile pictures in results

» Added 'Message' display option, to allow customization of intro message

» Ability to set 'Tabs filter by' option to any field, not just first name/last name

» Ability to search across all displayed fields, not just first name/last name

» Improvements to website & email address formatting

» 'Manage people' link navigates to SharePoint's hidden user information list

» Numerous UI improvements

25 Sep 2011

v1.1.2

» Ability to set height of results view (percentage or fixed height)

19 Sep 2011

v1.1.1

» Search feature added

» Field selector moved from toolpane to Display Options box (shown in edit mode)

» Added 'Tabs filter by' option, to allow matching on first name or last name

» Minor UI improvements

13 Sep 2011

v1.0.2

» Selecting a person in the list displays full details for that individual

» Added links on email address and website fields

» Minor styling updates

22 Jun 2011

v1.0.1

» Updates to licensing model

23 Mar 2011

v1.0.0

» Initial release of the Staff Directory Web Part for SharePoint 2010