Elevator 1.7.8 adds a new per-instance option which allows you to show “previous” and “next” result links when viewing assets.  This way, if you do a search or browse a collection and then click into an asset, you’ll be able…

This release updates the metadata extraction for image assets (including SVS) to extract more information and provide better hierarchical views of image metadata.  This will only impact newly uploaded assets.

This release introduces a new “gallery” tab within search results and drawer views.  This allows you to navigate assets, including all of their embedded assets.  It can run in fullscreen, or be embedded in other websites. This release also updates…

This release replaces Google Maps with Leaflet/ESRI maps, due to licensing changes within Google.

This release dramatically changes some behind-the-scenes functionality around file uploads.  Elevator should now have much better handling for bulk uploads.  This allows you to select up to ~500 files for upload within a given asset.

This release adds explicit control over search engine indexing, as well as the ability to specify a custom thumbnail for audio embeds. Search Engine Indexing Within your instance settings, you can now control whether search engines like Google are permitted…

This release adds support for “employee type” as a permissions selector within the University of Minnesota deployment.  These will be values like “faculty”, “staff”, etc.

This release adds the ability to do bulk updates via CSV, and the ability to use iframe embeds in place of Elevator-hosted assets. Bulk CSV updates To do a bulk update via CSV, we recommend first downloading a CSV for…

This update adds the ability to drag and drop individual entries within the asset editor.  This allows you to manually set the display order for widgets that have “allow multiple” enabled.  Please note, the “primary” flag will still override this…

Now that we’re launching more sites with Elevator, I thought I’d take a moment to discuss what’s coming in the future. There are a couple exciting futures planned for Spring 2016.  These include the ability to bulk import records from…