Beta: Monday 18 August, 2025 Full Client Release: Mon 25 & Tue 26 August, 2025

🎉 What’s new in Release v217?

➡️Improved carousel navigation for your visitors

• When using the legacy slide/carousel navigation, arrow buttons no longer overlap with text on cards.

• When using the new slide/carousel navigation, navigation buttons now show visitors how many items are in each carousel.

• Also, the new slide/carousel navigation has clearer options positioned where visitors can easily see and use it.

• Activate the new navigation in Control panel > Legacy features by setting the Legacy slider/carousel navigation to ‘No’.

🔗New redirects for your URL prefixes

• In Release 215, we added tools to manage all your URL Prefixes (you can now change /agenda to /events or /courses to /workshops). Every time a URL Prefix is changed, a redirect is needed to make sure old URLs are properly redirected to your new URLs.

• With the new “URL prefix” option in your Redirects Module, you can set up redirects for every URL Prefix you changed.

• After you’ve changed a URL Prefix like /agenda to /events, go to the Redirects Module, and set Source to “agenda” and Target to “events”. Now any old URLs with /agenda will be redirected to /events.

🖥️Accessibility improvements: Improved heading structure & optimised hidden filters for screen readers

• Headings for cards (such as stories, suggestions etc) have changed from H2 to H3.

• This improves heading structure, making navigation easier for visitors using screen readers whilst improving SEO.

• Dropdown menus and filters stay hidden for screenreaders until visitors choose to open them.

• Better support for visitors who browse your website using only their keyboard.

• These improvements have already been implemented for you.

📊Genres and status added to datalayer for better audience insights

• Genres and status added for each event to the datalayer for smarter analytics.

• Use this to see patterns like "comedy shows get more clicks" or "dance events hold visitor attention longer".

• In your Datalayer, find the new genres and status labels for each item.

📺Clearer event information on your venue screens

• A new variant of the Today slide is added to Narrowcasting.

• Text-focused layout prioritises essential timing information that visitors can grasp at a glance.

• Visitors can quickly see "Performance starts at 7:30pm, interval at 8:45pm, ends at 10:15pm".

• Especially useful for venues with multiple events or tight scheduling.

• Edit your Today slide in your Narrowcasting slideshow and tick Use detailed layout (no image).

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⚙️Additional Fixes & Improvements

• Added border radius control to iFrame parts and every image on pages.

• Fixed language toggle for genre slugs.

• Fixed order link template in combination with TNEW SSO.

• Fixed error when adding Suggested Stories to Pages.

• Added link to new documentation in the Mailing list import module.

• Improved performance of new Dashboard Halls module.

• Fixed duplicate pages showing in menu items dropdown.

• Added more space for genres on event cards to prevent strange stacking on smaller screens.

• When using the People layout (image in circle) for the Hero part on a regular page, the hero description is now shown.