Release Notes for 2024-02-13

Issue: Configure and Integrate Facebook Messaging Channels for Sudan
Release Notes: Integrated Signpost Sudan Facebook messaging (Kade Nafham) for the 2-way communication information service. This will help the team to provide information to their 2-way communication clients on Facebook via Zendesk.

Issue: Create a separate location search for List View after reviewing Mapbox location search for all instances

Issue: All Instances: Investigate, Fix and Improve Service Map and List View Search Location field as a whole that can be searched by Regions, Cities or States

Issue: Fix formatting of article template boxes

Issue: Investigate and Build a prototype Chat GPT article summary Component with a disclaimer at the top of articles

Issue: Review and Fix Dropdown menus in map are not pulling from translations for content and labels

Issue: Feature Request: Investigate, Test and Implement Request for Dropdown list in Services Providers, Accessibility and Population for the Service Map when searching
Release Notes: Dropdowns for service type, providers, populations and accessibility now can be written on to search for an specific item. This will reduce the time of interaction for the user searching and it'll improve user experience

Issue: Feature Request: Investigate, Test and Release for Adding a drop-down list with autosuggest for the location field when searching for a city on the Service Map for all instances

Issue: Deploy to Prod: Complete removal of 4 Redundant Region Names from RI Czechia in Directus to minimize human error

Issue: CONFIGURE TELERIVET CLOUD APP (W/ MOBILE GATEWAY APP) FOR THE NEW MOBILE LINE for JULISHA.
Release Notes: Telerivet Cloud App will facilitate two-way SMS communication for Julisha. This solution aims to accommodate clients without access to social media or the internet, enabling better outreach and support.

Issue: Set up Integrations for Teams on WhatsApper for Refugee.Info Italy
Release Notes: Migrated RI Italy new WhatsApp account to WhatsApper to eliminate the 24-hour messaging rule associated with WhatsApp business accounts.

Issue: Burkina Faso TRAINING ON DIRECTUS for Service Map CMS

Issue: Peru: Start adding the Vercel pages configuration in the Countries

Issue: Input the Uganda site URL into Google Search Console and ensure that the console crawls our sitemap

Issue: Investigate and fix RI Czechia build issues, as it has been failing and crashing in deployment and getting stuck on old versions
Release Notes: The environment variable to disable the API rate limit was unset (it happened the same in the past in the QA container). It has been reviewed and set again, and the error should be gone. The error mentioned is regarding the crash during the building.

Issue: Implement a Footer similar to IP Colombia but for IP Ecuador and adjusted

Issue: Update InfoPa'Lante Colombia Footer to include Peru and add a sentence before the Signpost Links and after the GIFMM Links

Additional Work Completed:

Design and Implement Prototype User and Form Creation for services provider VR&P
Design and Implement Prototype case notes manager to VR&P ZD app
Design and implement Prototype ETO Data Synch Interface for VR&P ZD App
Fix the issues with icons for Service Map Contact Information (for InfoDigna), and all instances in case they have the same issue
UX Research for UX Redesign of sites
Define UX EPIC brainstorming meetings for each language session, set our guidelines, and share facilitation expectations.
[Internal] Include Website Names in the Signpost Directory for improved searching and reference
[Internal] Update the subtitle on the Feature Request page to clearly define what feature requests entail
Create RACI and update description for 3 Product Enhancement Project EPICs
Create and Review Operations Handbook for Implementation EPIC / Project Accountability
Create a Document to Design the Monorepo Structure + decide on directory structure and plan for shared resources.
Create a New Repository for the Monorepo Initialize a new Git repository for "signpost.monorepo"
Phase 1: Proof of Concept Monorepo
Set up Project Automation for when an EPIC is attached to a ticket, auto-update the component to match the EPIC
Create internal handbook documentation on release notes after a sprint has ended
Participate and determine BA expectations for Generative AI in preparation for AI Team
[Internal] Create mini EPICs for requests in the Feature Request page and meet with Liam to breakdown the 4 Big Project EPICs
Example for PK
Define policies for feature request refinement, roadmap, and release notes
User Acceptance Testing - Nigeria site - Approval to launch
Add privacy policy and cookie policy to all current Signpost websites
Mali TRAINING ON DIRECTUS for Service Map CMS
Decide if Grey content should use Dynamic content or Icon in the service article template
Investigate and resolve issues with the Directus Service Import in QA
Bug Report: Investigate and Fix RI Italy Zendesk internal links as they're not changing their language code when translated through Transifex
Internal Tech Request: Investigate if there is a way to implement templates in ZD Community
[From SP-2279] Investigate and Test switching over from Leaflet to Mapbox for Service Map (Design Improvements)
[From SP-1983] Investigate the Akuko MySQL connector
Perform QA Smoke testing as the final step for Uganda deployment with all the fixes
Final Demo/QA Communication of all the Fixes to the UGANDA before release to Production
Close out Implementation Project for Uganda on PM Systems
Final DNS update, SSL installation, and Vercel setup to go live with new Yemen site, add Yemen to Google Search Console
Configure Yemen Google Analytics Measurement ID in Vercel, Github.
Customize Yemen from Next.js site template with data for categories, dynamic content and styling
Create a Use Case for Dataminr API
Create a Helpdesk Article about "How to Start Podcasting"
Define and document process for mini projects
Internal Tech Request: Investigate and implement if there is a way to customize and standardize the Feature Request submissions
Internal Tech Request: Set up Account Auditing Rule in Zendesk (90 Days Rule)
Internal Tech Request: Include 'Time to Response' to the SP Support Analytics
Write Kobo Guidance for the teams on the form process and file it into the Help Center
[From SP-2279] Customization and Styling of Mapbox (Design Improvements)
Feature Request: Investigate and Implement including article attachments as downloadable links
Create mockup and Implement showing suggestions on the services (data from Directus and mapbox API) when typing in the services search of all websites
Internal Tech Request: Create Script that creates EPICs and any linked tickets to the EPIC will be updated in corresponding ZD help center Feature Request post
Report Jira Tickets Completed-Sprint SPP-05
Report Jira Tickets - Plan vs. Actual-Sprint SPP-05
Report Jira Audit-Sprint SPP-05
Project Genesis Interviews and Requirements Gathering-Sprint SPP-05
Document Signpost-Help form field mapping from current to the new product reporting structure
Finish draft of multi-language project status document template
Finish the initial draft of a fill-in-the-blank style work management guide
SPDH - Data Hub Infrastructure Provisioning
SPDH - Supermetrics Source to Raw Data Flow