The HCB Newsletter is back and better than ever! In this month's edition, read about the HCB team's presence at FIRST Worlds and all the features and fixes from the past month. Click the text in the bottom right to learn more!

Gary

Gary, Engineering Manager

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FIRST Worlds


The HCB team just got back from the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston a few days ago, and it was a blast! We had a great time connecting with teams and sharing more about what we do. For context, HCB supports nearly 2,000 FIRST teams, with the number growing by the day.

Changelog


Features

↕️ Sort your invoices

Your invoices page just got a lot easier to scan. You can now sort invoices by clicking the table headers. Read more...

Manu Gurudath

Manu Gurudath, Engineer

đź”” Toggle monthly donation and follower summary emails

From your notification settings, you can now toggle whether you receive monthly donation and follower summary emails. Read more...

Luke Oldenburg

Luke Oldenburg, Engineer

đź”” Get notified when important settings change

HCB will now send an email to all team members of an organization when transparency mode or monthly announcements are enabled or disabled. We hope this helps you keep your team in the loop! Read more...

Samuel

Samuel, Engineer

Small Improvements

  • All items in the command bar now match the icons and order of the items in the left-side navigation. (#13265)

    Luke Oldenburg

    Luke Oldenburg, Engineer

  • The "Generate" and "Disable TOTP" actions now appear as buttons instead of plain text. (#13381)

    Luke Oldenburg

    Luke Oldenburg, Engineer

  • The agreement signing page for teen applications to HCB is now clearer about the application process. (#13456)

    Samuel

    Samuel, Engineer

  • The "Have you applied for fiscal sponsorship with HCB in the past?" question in the HCB application is now prefilled from our data. (#13457)

    Samuel

    Samuel, Engineer

  • The team member invite modal now specifies that members can view transactions and finances. (#13522)

    Manu Gurudath

    Manu Gurudath, Engineer

  • The application review page is now clearer about why an application may not be ready to submit. (#13542)

    Samuel

    Samuel, Engineer

  • CSV transaction exports now include the amount in both cents and dollars. (#13592)

    Anish

    Anish, Operations

Bugfixes

  • Pressing "Sign out everywhere else" now only updates currently signed-in sessions. Previously, it would incorrectly update the timestamp on already-expired sessions. (#13375)

    Luke Oldenburg

    Luke Oldenburg, Engineer

  • The donations one-pager is now hidden whenever any donations exist, one-time or recurring. Previously, if you only had recurring donations, the one-pager would still appear and you couldn't view them. (#13384)

    Luke Oldenburg

    Luke Oldenburg, Engineer

  • Card names are now shown on the My cards page. Previously, only card grant purposes were visible here. (#13410)

    Luke Oldenburg

    Luke Oldenburg, Engineer

  • The donation goal reached and invite accepted emails are now clearer about who can create an announcement. (#13444)

    Samuel

    Samuel, Engineer

  • Hover contrast on orange buttons in dark mode is now fixed. (#13523)

    Manu Gurudath

    Manu Gurudath, Engineer

  • If all of your applications have been archived, HCB will now redirect you to the new application page instead of an archived one. (#13536)

    Samuel

    Samuel, Engineer

This wraps up our updates for this month. Be sure to check back next month for the June edition! If you ever have any ideas on how we can improve HCB, I'd love to hear them! Feel free to reach out at hcb@hackclub.com.

All the best,

Gary & the HCB Team