News Publisher 2.3.12

New Features & Enhancements:​

• Introduced a reading time feature for news stories, displayed on the news view page and across all display modes (Card Grid, Compact List, Expanded List, and Standout Card Grid).
• Added a new admin option: Reading Time: Words Per Minute (controls the average reading speed used to calculate estimated reading time).
• Updated permission logic for viewing news comments by introducing the new canViewNewsComments() method.
• Updated the “What’s New” template modification so the news comments tab correctly follows the updated permission checks.
• Added the $xf.visitor.canViewNewsComments() display condition to the New comments navigation link entry.
• Added a new rebuildReadingTime() process to the News rebuild job, ensuring all existing news stories receive an updated reading time when running Rebuild caches → News Publisher: Rebuild news.

Changed Templates:​

The following templates have had changes:

• xcu_nwp_news_list_macros
• xcu_nwp_news_view
• xcu_nwp_news_wrapper_macros

Note: After upgrading, please check your Outdated Templates page and either revert or merge/integrate these templates to ensure that all new changes are applied.

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XenCustomize News Publisher v2.3.12 is released!​

This update introduces Reading Time for news stories, shown on the news view page and every display mode. A new Words Per Minute option lets you control how reading time is calculated.

We also added automatic reading-time rebuilding for older news stories. After upgrading, simply run Rebuild caches → News Publisher: Rebuild news to apply reading time to all existing content.

We also improved permission handling for viewing news comments and updated the related “What’s New” tabs and navigation conditions to match the new logic.