Pests and Weeds - News

Nov 2023

• Ability to include audio files E.g. Rook Calls

Aug 2023

• Links Teasers - allow for a link to any related website beside existing links for plant, animal etc.
• Maintenance - upgrade Microsoft packages to latest version

June 2023

• Show attribution on images

April 2023

• Security update

February 2022

• Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) has gone live with Pest and Weed Central
• An option has been added to show a Floating Search Button that shows the search form to avoid having to scroll back to top.

January 2022

• Maintenance release including updates to Entity Framework

December 2021

• Poisonous settings for any organism
• List of poisonous organisms can be displayed by adding &PoisonousHuman=true and/or PoisonousStock=true

November 2021

• An organisation can choose to order Rules.

September 2021

• Added control of the speed of the Pest of the Month carousel
• Silverstripe Package available for use

August 2021

• Increased password security
• Allow invite user rather than setting password
• Allow for non-admin users where admins manage users and settings
• Link to user's own account to change password
• Improved caching
• Improved search

July 2021

• Added caching of json requests of main display when no tags are selected
• Changed from auto-load all pages to load on scroll due to possibility of click not opening page
• Bug fix: removed tags that were appearing from inactive Pest / Weeds
• Required update due to vulnerabilities in System.Text.Encodings.Web

Feb 2021

• Updated Framework components to latest
• Added Print to PDF option to make printouts more consistent
• Improved tag generation by removing non-words

Apr 2020

• Removed some of the stop words to allow more words as tags
• The superuser can edit Organisms even when those are in use

Mar 2020

• All organisms are loaded instead of using a "Load More" button.
• Ensured images are cached on client browser

Feb 2020

• Thubnail size increased for more engaging images
• Admins can now override the default text of notifications

Jan 2020

• A rule can now have an associated image. E.g. a map of where that rule applies.
• Related Links can be added that show on all Pests and Weeds
• There are now 2 levels for whether the council wants to be notified about sightings of a Pest/Weed.
  Notify (Please Report) Must Notify (You Must Report)

Dec 2019

• When notification is required you can now add additional text that relates only to a selected Pest/Weed
• There is now an option for an organisation to display Rule Names in addition to Rule Statements
• Beetles has been added to the list of Insects

Nov 2019

• Northland Regional Council has gone live with Pests and Weeds
• Prompts have been added to assist Organisations that are just starting to use the system
• There is a setting (on/off) to Auto Start Pest of the Month Slider
• When editing a Pest/Weed click the "View" tab to see what it will look like on the website
• Rule descriptions are now HTML instead of plain text
• There is now an optional description for each Management Programme