Digital Archives Change Log

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Enhanced layout and search capabilities on the home page.
Collections page user interface updated for cleaner and more intuitive interactions.
Updated audio search with improved cross browser compatibility.
Search page interactions faster and more fluid.
Search results can now be opened in a new window or tab without leaving the search page.
'My Recent Searches' menu now allows you to select recent searches directly from the menu drop down.
News page archives past articles by year.
Records can now be shared on Facebook.
Additional metrics displayed: Records added in the last 30 days, and search time.
Look and feel of header, menu and footer adjusted to match Secretary of State website branding

Added Indian Census Record Series.
Fixed a UI bug in record comments.
Updated collections page to automatically collapse long Record Series descriptions.

Added a Printer-Friendly view for the "View Record."
Bug fix: An issue with E-Publication Records with PDFs over 200MB has been resolved.
Bug fix: Fixed a bug that could cause an error when sorting search results.
Bug fix: Fixed a bug that could cause an error when submitting comments.
Bug fix: Fixed a bug when paging through search results of multiple record series.
Bug fix: Fixed a paging bug with the Audio Record Series that could cause timeouts on large search results.
Improved performance on Audio Search Results.
Search page UI update on drop down boxes.
Updated Clerk of Court name search link.
Updated directions on the Contact-Us page.
Updated E-Mail address for Imaging Services.
Updated E-Mail address for Records Management.
Updated invalid links.
Updated link to eRecords Management to direct to the State E-Records Management site.
Updated the News section UI.
Updated the Record Series Manuals.
Updated UI for Checkout page to reflect accepted credit cards.
Updated UI for record meta-data to preserve formatting when copying/pasting content.

"Add to shopping cart" section has been redesigned.
American Express credit cards are now accepted.
Bug fix: Search results grid had a bug that could cause an error when paging through the results.
Certain non-certified document orders can now be fulfilled online.
E-publications can now be searched via the Keyword search tab on the home page.
"Featured Collections" section has been expanded
Footer links have been expanded.
Menu bar has been redesigned for increased compatibility.
News RSS feed added.
Photograph search results interface has been updated.
Photographs and Audio collections are now browsable.
Questions and comments submission page has been redesigned.
Right-hand column on the homepage has been redesigned.
The Privacy policy has been updated to address the use of cookies.
The User manual for the "Resolution" record series has been added.

The "Ask an Archivist" feature is now available to help answer your research questions.
The audio player UI has been updated.
Records with attached images now display the file size for each attachment.
The graphics for the menu bar have been redesigned.
The footer for the website has been redesigned.
Some formatting has been redesigned to improve cross browser compatibility.

The loading screen has been improved to better support smaller screens.
Additional search fields have been added to the collections search page.
Search parameters are now preserved between searches to further streamline the search process.
An issue was fixed that caused an error when two invalid dates were entered in a detailed search for 'Minute Records'.
An issue was fixed that caused long collection title names to overlap the text box.

The search results page for the Photographs Record Series now contains a drop down list that lets you jump to a specific page in the search results.
Minutes/Resolutions/Ordinance Record Series was split into three separate record series.

An issue was fixed that prevented certain versions of Firefox from being automatically redirected to the shopping cart after clicking the button to add an item.

An issue was fixed with the loading screen that caused it to not display properly in Opera and Safari.
An issue was fixed that caused the loading screen to not show when "show all records" was clicked for some rows in the basic search results page.
An issue was fixed that caused the title names to appear behind the grayed out loading screen when "show all records" was clicked.
An issue was fixed that caused the shopping cart to be formatted incorrectly in Internet Explorer 6.0.
An image map was added to the Digital Archives logo image. Clicking on the phrase "About the Digital Archives" now sends the user to the "about" page while clicking elsewhere returns the user to the home page.
A link to "studyancestors.com" was added to the "genealogy related links" page.
Search history functionality has been implemented. This allows previous searches to remain cached so that the user can re-visit searches via the browser's back button.
Clicked links now remain highlighted in cached searches that are accessed via the browser's back button or the "My Recent Searches" page.