It's Friday again, here's what we've been up to this week.  Kick the tires at http://stage-community.symantec.com and let us know what you think:

BUG FIXES:

• Modified rewards workflow to push cancelled orders into moderation so we can more closely track point changes
• Adjustments  to debugging functionality
• Fixed bug where profile text in firefox was too close to the border of a page
• Fixed a bug where the bottom of the Symantec Logo was trimmed
• Fixed numerous bugs with the rewards system

FEATURES: 

• Updated the signup module (maintenance release, no features)
• Added new video upload fields for administrtors
• Updated the translation module (maintenance release, no features)
• Updated jQuery module (maintenance release, no features)
• Added Date Popup...

Here's the list of changes in this week's release.  Give them a good look - if everything looks OK we'll push this to production next week.  Our staging server address is:  http://stage-community.symantec.com) 

BUG FIXES:

- Updated rewards admin page to include email delivery option for electronic gift certificates
- Removed Symantec Suggests block from connect homepage
- Fixed bug with disappearing border on node creation pages
- Several fixes to rewards administration
- Fixed bug on Symantec Blogs filter where "array" was showing instead of the date
- Fixed a bug that displayed an incorrect number of group members on a group report

FEATURES:

- Added new "site offline" page for when the site is in maintenance mode
- Added DHL as shipping option for rewards
- Updated rewards history page to show the date rewards...

At Connect HQ we typically work all week on features, then push them from our development server to our staging server on Friday morning.  As members of the Connect Advisory Board we want to give you a few days to kick the tires before we push them to the production server.  I'll add a list like this every week with the fixes and improvements we are adding.  Feel free to check out our staging server (http://stage-community.symantec.com) and try them out for yourself.  If you find bugs or want to comment, leave us a note below.  We typically push the features to production on the following Monday or Tuesday depending on how the beta tests go on the staging server.

BUG FIXES: 

• Fixed whitespace issue on blog filter blocks in Internet Explorer
• Added submit handler for inline comment subject label
• ...

It's not easy being green! 

In my last entry, I suggested I'd "elude" to this "green" a bit more.  Hopefully, you are all aware there are a number of technical support folks currently on the SEP community helping answer questions, creating articles that can solve many end-users problems (see here):
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/tro...

So, you may be asking what this has to do with "being green?"  Good question - the tech support staff has a green badge included with their profile, so you can always identify them on the community.

I'd like to ask you help make "being green" a bit easier by...

 Several of you probably already noticed the new features we launched this week in Connect.  If you didn't, check below for a quick recap of some of the highlights:

Read and Unread threads in the forum view.  If you've viewed a thread, then come back later and somebody else has added a comment since your last visit we've added a nifty blue dot telling you to take a look at the new content.  As an added bonus, if you click on the blue dot rather than the thread title you'll not only open the thread, but you will jump to the first unread post in the thread.  Very cool.  Similarly, the "solved" icon links to the solution in the thread.

Threaded & nested forums.  You can now reply directly to a comment and have your reply "inserted...

The “Trusted Advisor” designation is given to an elite group of Symantec Connect community members who voluntarily share their expertise and experience with the Symantec Connect Community. Trusted Advisors are identified in the community with a special badge and are the front line of support for community users. Trusted Advisors are not Symantec Corp. employees.

Nomination Procedure
To be eligible for consideration for Trusted Advisor status, users must have been part of the community for a minimum of 120 days. Exceptions must be approved by the Trusted Advisor committee. The user must be fully active within the community and be willing to accept the roles and responsibilities of a Trusted Advisor. Symantec employees are not eligible for Trusted Advisor status. Nominations for Trusted Advisor may be made by anyone by emailing the following information to leslie_miller@symantec.com....

In the spirit of openness that a community site like this is built on I want to take a minute to address a few things related to the launch of Connect. Specifically, I want to talk about two things:

1. Status of bug fixes
2. What the future holds

STATUS OF BUG FIXES

In the first few hours and days of the launch we (and you) identified a number of bugs with the site.  It would be disingenuous to ignore that they happened or to downplay how they have affected what you do in the community.  Rather than come up with excuses as to why they happened, I’d like to give you a quick update on where we are with fixing them.

SEARCH RESULTS: We multiplied the indexing speed by 5X and I am pleased to report that the entire site is now indexed.

REDIRECTS FROM OLD POSTS: There was a major issue with redirecting from old forum posts to new forum posts. This bug has also been addressed. If you use a...