November Update – v3.2.76/77

November 15, 2024

• Added support for larger fonts and longer names and titles
• Added three skills (Photography, Sorting / Organizing, and Sewing)
• Skill names are sorted alphabetically
• Fix other bugs and performance issues

October Update – v3.2.73

October 23, 2024

• Create and manage needs and events with attendee / volunteer limits and optionally a waitlist
• Preliminary work to allow anyone to submit stories to be approved by an authorized user
• Improve handling of shared items, esp. when saved and responded to (e.g., RSVP)
• Fix tap on email on iOS
• Fix other bugs and performance issues

August Update – v3.2.67

August 31, 2024

• Chat translations are proactively downloaded (e.g., when one’s device is set to a language other than English)
• Integrate with new email processes (e.g., welcome email)
• Add an option to turn off the general RSVP button for events
• Can add partners to needs, events and stories (with paid subscription)
• Alternate contacts are added and edited in the Kaleo admin site; they can be used as a primary contact when creating things
• Fix bugs and performance issues

July Update – v3.2.60

July 31, 2024

• Tap on any need, event or story image allows one to pan/zoom (changes are not saved)
• Enable access to saved stories using new button at top of the stories page
  
• Don’t allow responding to events or needs in the past,
  except for comments which are allowed for a week
  
• Fix bugs and performance issues

June Update – v3.2.54

June 23, 2024

• Improve timely delivery of suggestions based on users skills and interests
• Improve loading of shared items
• Show events by category like for needs and stories
• Android: show Kaleo-specific rationale on first location request
• Fix bugs and performance issues

April Update – v3.2.45

April 11, 2024

• Simplify creating needs with external registration (e.g., PCO, Monday.com)
• Events have opportunities instead of nested needs
• In-App review of reported chat messages
• Volunteer can select any future instance of recurring opportunities, not just the next one
• Add new interest areas: Public Safety, Community Conversation, and Parks and Public Spaces
• Fix bugs and performance issues

December Update – v3.2.36

December 27, 2023

• Fix iOS 17 and Android 14 compatibility issues
• Allow user to change the label for “Other Opportunity”
• Fix some bugs and performance issues

November Update – v3.2.30

November 7, 2023

• When new items are added, a push notification is sent to interested parties (matching causes or skills) when Kaleo is not running
• Allow an event which is in progress to be edited without changing the start date
• Added a few new skills and interests
• Allow Drop Off opportunities to not have a date when the need is not date-driven
• On org page show future needs/events; “past” things are available on “see all” page
• Fixed some bugs including
  • Fix age setting (was shifting to the wrong value)
  • Fix scrolling of text field on iOS (e.g., when editing a story)
  • Fix app crashes for certain uncommon cases
  • First-time selection of an organization shows the correct list

Public Release – v3.2.24

October 7, 2023

• Simplify the creation of the story collage
• Red badge counter on tabs (and app on iOS and Windows) is now count of suggestions
• Explain how to get permission to comment on an event or need (which is to follow an organization)
• When installing and selecting an organization outside of Puyallup, show message on home page
• Add a link to https://kaleoapp.com on the About page
• Improvements to the Organization Page
  • Sharing an organization works; this link can be posted on a website as a “Find Us on Kaleo” link
  • Add link to organization specific policies
  • Add a simple partnership list when an organization provides that
  • Other refinements related to subscription and permissions

Puyallup Beta 3 – v3.2.16

September 4, 2023

• Simplified create and edit of need, event and story
• Events have needs, not opportunities; needs contain the detailed opportunities
• Improvements to volunteering experience for volunteers and organizers:
  • Simplified popup where one decides to volunteer including adding a note to pass along
  • Organizers get specific volunteering info including cancellations and notes from volunteer
  • Volunteer export for organizers has more information (e.g., notes, skills, dates)
  • Unvolunteer (cancel) prompts for a comment which goes to organizer
• Pages for needs, events and stories show interests, skills and other things in red that match user’s preferences
• Added a page for each organization which shows basic info and all needs, events and stories for that organization
• Count of followers of an organization are shown on org pages
• Count of users who shared or saved an item are shown on the page of that item
• Local area entries show count of orgs in that area
• Universal links now work for all platforms which means shared items directly open Kaleo if installed
• Can suggest a new organization when searching for one; works like feedback
• Refined various words and phrases; made performance improvements

Puyallup Beta 2 – v3.2.1

June 7, 2023

• A notification is created for suggestions which include a match on causes or skills
• Creating needs, events and stories now involves answering 2-3 questions to clarify what is being created (e.g., date-driven need .vs. ongoing need)
• Users can set demographic and other meta preferences; needs, events and stories can be tagged with those same things
• Needs with a date automatically expire; date-driven opportunities also expire at the due date
• Opportunities and needs can be tagged as a favorite (star icon); when these are date-driven, they show up on the calendar feed (as do events which are so tagged)
• Shared items which are outside of a user’s local areas can now be downloaded and any updates are tracked
• Volunteering for a recurring item is now done one at a time with reminders for the next time(s)

Puyallup Beta 1 – v3.1.24

April 17, 2023

• Initial beta release.