October 14, 2024 Release Notes

The following work for the FEWS NET website is included in the Sprint 63 release.

Country / Region pages

Auto-update region page AFI maps (FNW-970)

Adjusted the region maps so that a collection date will not need to be manually entered/maintained. 

Latest analysis - remove filter criteria for > -1 year (FNW-1871)

For countries where there is no current coverage, we removed the requirement for the analysis to be posted within the last calendar year. This was applied to the following countries: Zambia, Djibouti, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. 

Minor fixes for Latest analysis tab block (FNW-1838)

Made spacing adjustments to the block height and vertical space between this block and other components. 

Read the full analysis leads to original node URL rather than alias (FNW-1882)

This ticket addressed a defect in which the exposed node URL was displayed to the user rather than the URL alias when the “read the full analysis” CTA was used on a country/region page. 

Website security and performance

Delete spam submissions (FNW-1396)

Removed spam submissions to free up website storage. Approximately 780k submissions were removed. 

Improve Watchdog view (FNW-1399)

Improved the view of logs in order to be able to more quickly troubleshoot issues related to specific users. 

Security update of Facets module (FNW-1897)

Completed a required security update for the Facets module, which controls the filtered options on the search page. 

Global components

Investigate cookie notice styling (FNW-1790)

Applied additional style to the OneTrust cookie notice in the footer after SFO changes were deployed to production, to address the spacing and font. 

Forms

Restyle the Contact us form using SFO styles (FNW-1872)

Applied space and font optimization styles to the webform including the contact us, media request, etc. 

Reports

[Investigate] Automating explainer text in the CMS under recurring report types (FNW-1797)

Completed preliminary review and exploration of options to automate text for select food security report types. 

Unable to save translation - Production and Trade Flow Maps (FNW-1903)

Addressed a defect when saving a translation of Production and Trade Flow Map reports.