⏰ Released on 19/01/2021

🌍 Intro

In this version we have introduced the Devices topic to PE Synapse, which will allow users to search for specific items related to Devices development and link to it, we also improved the search on the listing pages, admin side, and the smart search tab to work better for users.

💡What is new?

📟 Devices Integration:

• The ability for users to choose if their items are focused on devices
• The ability to filter each item on the listing pages by the devices focus or the devices development phase
• Show the  devices focus and devices development phase on items profiles if they exist

🔎 Search improvements:

• Improve how the search works on every listing page
• Improve the smart search
• Improve the search from the admin side 

 🏠 Homepage

Add profile completion percentage widget on the loggedIn homepage to enhance the users to complete their profiles

  📔 Initiative data

• Update the questionnaire flow where you can pick which topic you focus on and then answer questionnaires depending on the topic
• Improve initiative questionnaire flow in Maternal health Synapse
• Improve initiative form UI

 🏢Organization pages :

• Improve the way ‘My organization’ items are listed 
• Improve the search filters related to ‘My organization’ listing pages
• Ability to order ‘My organization’ items in different criteria’s 

🛠️ Enhancements and fixes

• Fix the issues related to the People and organizations widget on the PEM suite website
• Fix issue with organization types
• Fix issue with Pledge pages
• Fix issue with download initiative button
• Fix issue with links from the admin side to public profiles

⏰ Released on 23/12/2020

🌍 Intro

In this version we released the new Architecture for Synapse, which will allow us to integrate and leverage the network from all the ecosystems, we also updated the look and feel of all Synapses to unify the branding and increase the clarity for the users.

💡What is new?

🕶️ Improved look and feel

• Unified the logos for all Synapse platforms
• Coherent futuristic look and feel for all the synapses (fonts, colors…etc )
• Updates on the style in the Public menu
• Updates on the Style of the User menu

🛠️ New Architecture for all Synapses

• Update Synapse Infrastructure in order to make it the ‘HUB’ of all the ecosystems

🗓️ Events

• Ability to add an online event
• Hide events from the homepage map (because the majority of the events are now online) and keep it only in the upcoming events section

🔐 GDPR

• Make synapse more GDPR friendly by switching off all unnecessary cookies by default
• Provide the users with a link in the footer to access the cookies settings

🆕 Synapse for Precision Medicine

• A new Synapse that maps the precision medicine ecosystem was created
• The new Synapse has the same features of Patient Engagement and Maternal Health Synapse
• https://precisionmedicine.synapseconnect.org/

🔥 Other

• Ability to add rich text with links and styles for all items descriptions
• Change titles on the homepage and public listing pages

🔧 Enhancements and fixes

• Update download link for the BOGP
• Subscribe to newsletter feature
• Improve error messages

Synapse  4.9.5 In this version, we released the second version of the training catalog, and we highlighted the Patient Engagement Book of Good Practice (BOGP), letting you access selected initiatives more easily.  In addition, initiatives have been updated to match the cases from the BOGP. Other new features have also been released, keep reading for more.

Book of Good Practices

• Updated BOGP page on Synapse
• Third edition filter to the BOGP page banner and dedicated tile on Synapse homepage
• Access point from the initiatives listing page
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/book-of-good-practices

Conditions listing page

• Improved design of the condition box on Synapse
• Display of the number of items linked to any condition on the condition box
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/conditions

Training catalog

• Added PFMD last access and version date for each training
• Ability to filter more extensively in the training listing page
• More information available on the training profile page on Synapse
• https://app.synapse.pfmd.org/trainings

Initiatives

• Ability to leave the end date empty for an initiative which means the initiative is in an ongoing state
• Ability to select more than one main focus to an initiative (i.e.involve patients, and guide patients)

Enhancements and fixes

• Organization dashboard enhancements
• Enhancement on homepage
• Improved user’s boxes
• Display of time zone of an event on the event page

In this version, we introduce a new way of displaying public listing pages including conditions pages, with more visible filtering and ordering feature, also in this version we created the public new features page, where you can track all the new updates about Synapse throughout every release, continue reading to see the rest of the amazing updates.

Initiatives listing page

• New listing page design with the ability to order alphabetically or by created date or last time updated date
• New advanced search style with a text search filed and search filters
• A list of Highlighted initiatives appear on top of the page to make it more dynamic
• Ability to switch the view from list to map on some items
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/initiatives

Conditions listing page

• New listing page design with the ability to order alphabetically or by created date or last time updated date
• New advanced search style with a text search filed and search filters
• A list of Most visited conditions appear on top of the page to make it more dynamic
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/conditions

Resources/events listing page

• New listing page design with the ability to order alphabetically or by created date or last time updated date
• New advanced search style with a text search filed and search filters
• A list of Highlighted events/resources appear on top of the page to make it more dynamic
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/events
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/resources

Latest Updates page:

• A new blog like page is introduced in Synapse to keep track of all the updates
• Ability to add screenshots and videos  

Homepage Map:

• The homepage map has autofocus on the region you are visiting from to tailor the information to you
• Design and usability improvements

Enhancements and fixes

• Mobile version enhancements
• Enhancement on the logged-in homepage
• Improve initiatives boxes
• Fixes on initiative questionnaire flow

In this version we focused on improving the search on the public side, on the other hand, we have exciting new designs for organization and people listing pages.

Smart search

• autocomplete feature after typing 3 letters , and results organized by type
• A general search page to view all results of a certain term
• In the result page you can view all related items to a search term organized by type
• Try it yourself https://synapse.pfmd.org/

Organizations listing page

• New listing page design with the ability to order alphabetically or by created date or last time updated date
• New advanced search style with a text search filed and search filters
• A list of Highlighted organizations appear on top of the page to make it more dynamic
• Ability to switch the view from list to map
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/organizations

Peoples listing page

• New listing page design with the ability to order alphabetically or by created date or last time updated date
• New advanced search style with a text search filed and search filters
• A list of Highlighted organizations appear on top of the page to make it more dynamic
• Ability to switch the view from list to map
• https://synapse.pfmd.org/users

Homepage:

• Improve boxes design
• Add counters on the top of the homepage to give an overview of Synapse items 
• Improved user menu design

Enhancements and fixes

• Add missing subtitles on homepage components
• Improve users boxes
• Fixes on the initiative questionnaire