Version 8.0
Version 8.0 adds several major admin and planning features. The biggest additions are the new Automation section, the new Blocks and Views pages for Project Gantt and Project Dashboard, task Start Date support, richer project-template behavior through Lava rendering, and the new AI and MCP integration surface.
Warning
The legacy Project Tree page is now deprecated and hidden by default in v8. It is still available for the moment, but administrators should plan to move people to the newer views because Project Tree is expected to be removed in a later version.
Version 3.0
With the introduction of the new project browser, categories are considered deprecated. Feel free to use them if they work for your organization. They are not going away. They were simply a way to organize things before we had the new project browser (the one that works like the content channel editor block). As we began to use that interface more and more, we became annoyed at constantly having to set a Category on projects even though we never actually use it. As such, it is recommended that you go through your Project Types and configure the Category Required setting to suit your needs.
One other significant change is that attachments in e-mailed comments are now accepted. Previously they were stripped out. Most of the time, this will be something you want. Some people have their e-mail configured to include small graphics or vCard files in their signature. These will unfortunately be included as attachments as there is no good way to distinguish them from an actual attachment - at least not that we have found yet.
Version 2.0
The major change this version introduced was how you browse projects. A newer page was added to provide a more unified and Rock-like view of projects. If you are reading this while running a current version of the plugin, follow the current views and navigation described elsewhere in this book rather than older browsing guidance from this historical note.
Version 1.5
Version 1.5 added a couple new features to the e-mail system. E-mails can now include the attributes of the project (similar functionality to how Workflow Notification e-mails work) and have had the templates updated. You may want to check your own System Email templates against the stock templates to be sure you are using the latest version.
Support for allowing users to reply to an e-mail to leave a comment on the project has been added. This requires some configuration to enable so be sure to check out the configuration section on that.