Linchpin has a whole bunch of new features in store for spring – so here is an overview of the topics in this article for you:
Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.9 & Linchpin Essentials 2.9 now available
More for “more” – Linchpin Mobile’s navigation menu is now freely configurable
Deeplinks – open mobile links directly in the app
Restricting access to content via Linchpin Mobile
Small but nice improvements for Linchpin Mobile
Language filter – find local news more easily
Top 3 News – more flexibility for the cover stories macro
Tip for an intranet in the cloud
Further information
🎉 Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.9 & Linchpin Essentials 2.9 now available
Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.9 and Linchpin Essentials 2.9 you can now download it from the Atlassian Marketplace.
Fans of Linchpin Mobile in particular will be very happy about this update – the mobile app is now more powerful than ever!
Let’s take a closer look at the highlights of the April update.
🧭 More for “more” – Linchpin Mobile’s navigation menu is now freely configurable
Well, some menu items, like “About this app”, are generally stored under “More”. You cannot therefore remove these entries.
But you can now add as many new links as you want and even group them!
The built-in page finder allows you to easily link internal pages, blog posts or entire Confluence areas. You can now also place external links (for example to your company’s social media presence) in the mobile navigation.
The intuitive drag-and-drop configuration allows you to easily create and move link groups, add new links and personalize them using different icon styles, and even translate menu items if necessary.
🔗 Deeplinks – Open links on mobile devices directly in the app
Speaking of links: It’s finally here!
If you follow links to content on your intranet on mobile (for example from an email), this content will now open directly in the Linchpin mobile app instead of in the mobile browser! (As long as the Linchpin mobile app is installed on your cell phone, of course.)
In addition, the mobile versions of the intranet pages now have an information banner with a button that you can use to open the corresponding page in the intranet mobile app.
🚫 Restricted access to content via Linchpin Mobile
Thanks to a mobile app, convenient quick access to your own intranet and wiki is now indispensable. However, it is not always advisable to access internal content using mobile devices.
A brand new label filter system therefore allows you to explicitly hide mobile content or – conversely – make it visible. The new system lets you choose between the “Block by default” and “Allow by default” modes.
Once you have defined the desired labels in the feature configuration, you can now attach them to the pages that you explicitly want to make visible or invisible in the mobile app.
We have updated the mobile view accordingly so that you can quickly see that content is not available to you via the mobile app.
If you still click on a link that contains content that is actually hidden from you as a mobile user, you will now see a corresponding warning message about the new access restriction.
✅ Unlock the feature for your app
To ensure that the mobile blocklist feature also works in your mobile app, please be sure to contact us in advance! The feature currently requires URL validation to take place on a “per-app” basis.
If you would like to use the feature in your Linchpin mobile app, simply write to us at seibert.biz/help or [email protected] and we will ensure that the feature is delivered for your app or domain.
📱Small but nice improvements for Linchpin Mobile
The mobile app can now do a lot more.
ℹ️ Profile tool tip now also available on mobile
If you use tool tips for the profile fields on your intranet, you will certainly be happy that your Linchpin mobile app can now display these tool tips too!
Tap the tool tip icon to display the text in a new pop-up. If you tap your screen again, you will close the pop-up again.
✨ More organization for profiles
To stay with the profiles for a moment: We have cleaned up a bit. 🧹 Some profile fields sometimes have quite long names. Until now, they have been happy to push the profile content to the side.
Profile fields (or profile field names) and the profile values are now each displayed as separate lines. This creates more order and better readability of the profiles in the mobile app.
❌ Delete your own comments on your mobile device
You can now also delete your own comments in the Linchpin mobile app. To do this, navigate to your comment under a blog post or page. Tap on the three-dot button – there you will find the new delete option.
Gone are the days when you had to live with the shame of having made an embarrassing typo on your mobile device (visible to everyone for hours…). #wegotyou
🗞️ Language filter – find local news more easily
A new filter is waiting for you in the news portal of your Linchpin intranet. Using the language filter, you can now quickly search the news portal for blog posts in the languages relevant to you.
So that you can use the filter sensibly, you should make sure to link relevant, multilingual content on your intranet.
Only when you have assigned a language to a news or blog post using the Language Manager can the new news portal filter use this information. Your colleagues also get faster access to content in their preferred languages. #win win
🏆 Top 3 News – more flexibility for the cover stories macro
The popular “Cover Stories” macro is now even more flexible. The April update adds a new design option for your news or blog articles – the 3-tile design.
With three tiles you combine the advantages of “larger designs with many tiles” with the advantages of “slim designs” such as the 2-tile design: stylishly put your company’s most important news in the foreground – in a slim way, without drastically reducing the number of available news.
⛅️ Mantra – the hit intranet for the cloud
Are you reading this blog post enthusiastically, but actually want to move to the cloud in the medium to long term? Are you perhaps still trying to decide which intranet is right for you?
Then you should definitely get to know Mantra – the intranet for Confluence Cloud! Mantra is growing every day, inspiring and enriching countless well-known companies that rely on strong internal communication.
Linchpin is also constantly developing – albeit in the data center environment. We won’t be able to take Linchpin into the cloud – it’s simply not technically possible. So if cloud is an issue for you, Then take a look at our colleagues at AppAnvil. 🙂
Mantra – Your Confluence Cloud Intranet
Further information
Your social intranet with mantra – why current content (and archiving) is so important
Linchpin Intranet Suite meets Viewtracker – enlightening insights into the use of your intranet
Linchpin Intranet Suite 5.8: Your intranet gets even better!
Boost your internal communication: 5 tips to help you use your Linchpin intranet more effectively
Always good news for your company – with the Linchpin Suite news macro