Release notes

This page summarizes the user-visible improvements available for review on the CheckFirst.ca UAT website.

Wed Aug 19 release

This release improves website administration and navigation reliability without changing public content.

Added a fast Versions view in Website Settings so administrators can confirm the installed environment without waiting for full hosting checks.
Corrected navigation flyouts so closed menus stay hidden and open navigation panels retain predictable keyboard focus.

Tue Aug 18 release

This release makes website hosting status, security choices and content promotion easier to understand and more dependable for site administrators.

Added clear hosting platform, node, site identity, domain and proxy information to Website Settings.
Consolidated administrative access and certificate controls in Security, with safe restrictions when a site is proxied.
Improved server verification, snapshots, cancellation and promotion between editing and public websites, with compatibility checks before older website data is imported.

Sat Aug 15 release

This maintenance release keeps CheckFirst dependable while preserving the current public and administrative experience.

Improved deployment consistency so site reviews continue at the expected address.
Strengthened cache refresh behaviour so newly published updates appear consistently.
Preserved existing public content, forms, quizzes and editing workflows during the site refresh.

Thu Aug 13 release

This release makes quizzes, contact and subscription interactions more dependable, while simplifying appearance settings and keeping administrative tools visually consistent.

Refined every quiz in the quiz library (edit quiz library) with clearer question numbering, labels, result guidance, downloads and supporting links.
Restored the time-sensitive-matter switch and improved spacing and alignment in the Contact form (edit contact page).
Improved Cancel and confirmation dialogs so they appear smoothly from the centre across site themes, including reduced-motion preferences.
Corrected navigation and subscription layering so the subscription form opens above active navigation and quizzes, subscription actions remain in the current experience, and no unintended Close action appears in the navigation panel.
Simplified site appearance settings with a light-mode default, the active theme presentation and the site’s single approved accent colour.
Kept all site-administration controls in light mode, removed temporary test lists and prevented upgrade notices from disrupting list layouts.
Corrected required-field markers so their dots remain fully visible in floating form labels.

Tue Aug 11 release

This release introduces a complete, easier-to-use investing quiz library and refines navigation, quiz interactions and campaign actions so visitors can move through educational content with clear feedback and fewer interruptions.

Connected all six quizzes from the quiz library (edit quiz library) to the Resources menu in the same order, with every link opening the current local quiz instead of a retired page or external survey.
Renamed every quiz-card action to “Take quiz” so visitors can understand immediately what each card launches.
Added consistent two-line breathing room before actions in Planning investments banners (edit page) and other banners using the same layout.
Published Investing basics (edit quiz) with immediate answer feedback and clear explanations that reinforce the fundamentals.
Published Check your risk tolerance (edit quiz) with the complete assessment and result guidance.
Published Are you an informed investor? (edit quiz) with its original questions, scoring and supporting imagery.
Published Can you spot the investment fraud? (edit quiz) with all three real-event stories, shared fraud explanation and compact story portraits.
Published How safe is your nest egg? (edit quiz) with the full survey flow, answer-specific guidance and restored paragraph structure.
Published Don’t be fooled by fraud (edit quiz) with the complete fraudster’s playbook assessment and explanations.
Added responsive quiz dialogs with a comfortable wide-screen reading width, full-screen mobile presentation, themed progress and navigation controls, reliable Previous, Next, Finish and Reset actions, and restored progress after refresh when browser storage is available.
Ensured every newly opened quiz step starts at the top, long answers wrap cleanly, correct and incorrect responses remain easy to distinguish, and answer feedback preserves readable paragraph spacing.
Refined primary and expanded navigation with better vertical alignment, consistent rounded states, theme-appropriate hover feedback and cleaner panel controls.

Fri Aug 7 release

This release adds approved pause-before-you-invest campaign content across the home and Planning investments pages and makes navigation, calculator actions and administrative settings clearer and safer.

Added the approved pause-before-you-invest message, photography and motion-background artwork as the first home-page slide, with a clear Learn more path to Planning investments.
Moved the complementary campaign message and artwork to the Planning investments page so visitors receive the guidance in the most relevant location.
Added a direct ASC Investment Caution List link immediately after the guidance about identifying potentially fraudulent investments.
Added ready-to-use slideshow layouts for teal, gold, rust, deep teal and both campaign backgrounds so editors can create correctly styled banners more consistently.
Removed unwanted framing around the new circular campaign artwork and preserved the intended presentation across desktop, mobile and the page editor.
Standardized subtle hover feedback for header search, menu and calculator Reset actions while preserving the Calculate button’s rust colour and legibility.
Added spacing around highlighted navigation links so hover and active states no longer crowd adjacent menu items.
Improved administrative row-action menus so they remain attached to the selected item without unexpectedly shifting a horizontally scrolled list.
Added a WordPress-styled confirmation before disabling administrative lists when active lists are present, with Cancel, Close, Escape and click-away all preserving the safer default.
Renamed editing configuration from Controls to Blocks and organized site and theme blocks into functional groups so settings are easier to scan.

Wed Aug 5 release

This release expands the investing calculator collection, improves administrative list management and makes results easier to review, compare and print.

Improved administrative list screens with consistent grid, card and icon views, faster progressive loading, keyboard and multi-item selection, and convenient right-click actions.
Added CSV import and export with drag-and-drop support so list information can be moved and reviewed more efficiently.
Refined icon views with frameless items, aligned icons, concise centred labels and clear hover, focus and selection feedback.
Updated the compound-interest calculator so contribution frequency starts at Monthly and graph values appear when hovering over the chart.
Added a detailed budget calculator that organizes income and expenses into clear categories and summarizes the resulting monthly balance.
Added a TFSA savings calculator that compares projected registered and taxable investment values and highlights estimated tax savings.
Added a net worth calculator with separate asset and liability categories, live totals and a complete summary of the resulting net worth.
Added responsive charts, accessible summary views, calculator-specific assumptions and printable reports to each new calculator.
Improved retirement charts with visible registered and non-registered amounts plus precise values when reviewing points on the graph.
Kept key result amounts aligned even when their descriptions span multiple lines, making summary cards easier to compare.
Simplified longer budget field labels so monetary indicators remain clear and inputs are easier to scan.
Improved Calculate actions so completed results move into view while incomplete forms remain at the fields that need attention.

Tue Aug 4 release

This release adds a complete retirement-planning calculator and improves calculator, navigation, search, review-overlay and contact experiences across the UAT website.

Added an expanded retirement savings calculator with live projections for registered and non-registered savings, contribution schedules, investment growth and combined retirement totals.
Added accessible graph and summary-chart tabs plus a complete print report that includes every graph and results table.
Organized retirement inputs into clear accordions and three-column layouts, with monthly contribution defaults and calculator-specific assumptions and disclaimers.
Added consistent rounded Reset and Calculate controls that remain available while entering data, settle smoothly into their page position and stay below the sticky header and open navigation.
Improved Reset on both calculators so it restores all values and visual indicators, confirms completion, then returns focus to the first field below the sticky header.
Improved monetary fields with a dollar indicator, thousands separators and two decimal places, and aligned percentage and unit indicators with watermark labels.
Moved the Years to grow help control after the slider for a clearer reading order.
Restored header and mega menu hover cues, including parent-link underlines while menus are open.
Improved header search so it opens focused, remains usable with the mega menu open, focuses when its border area is selected and stops expanding at a comfortable reading width.
Added all six quizzes to the mega menu in page order.
Restored the UAT introduction Close action, added click-away dismissal and ensured its background blur covers open navigation.
Removed the unwanted border around the newsletter image.
Corrected settings switches so their on/off state is clear and their controls respond consistently.
Enabled contact-form delivery and submitter confirmations so UAT messages can be verified from submission through receipt.
Improved contact verification so legitimate messages are no longer blocked by an unattainable interaction-time check.
Added a clearer confirmation email with a direct link back to the CheckFirst Contact page.
Routed contact requests to the current UAT review mailbox so the team can confirm delivery during testing.

Fri Jul 24 release

This release introduces a clearer compound-interest planning tool and restores and verifies the Investing Basics blog so readers can rely on complete, consistently formatted investor information.

Added an interactive compound-interest calculator for exploring deposits, recurring contributions, expected returns, compounding frequency and investment time horizons.
Added an accessible results summary, responsive growth graph, yearly and monthly tables, assumptions and a print-friendly report to make results easier to understand and retain.
Improved calculator field guidance, keyboard navigation, mobile tables and responsive graph behaviour so the tool works consistently across devices and input methods.
Restored missing article content from the approved CheckFirst.ca source.
Corrected headings, emphasis, lists, footnotes and links across 48 articles to make longer guidance easier to read.
Returned article images and embedded media to their intended positions within the related content.
Corrected outdated internal destinations so readers remain within the current CheckFirst.ca experience.
Improved editor reliability for the affected articles so content teams can review and update them without recovery warnings.
Verified repaired articles on desktop and mobile layouts for readable formatting, complete images and stable page widths.
Improved the compound-interest print report with more balanced page spacing and corrected pagination so yearly results begin immediately without a blank page.
Restored verified author bylines across the full Investing Basics blog so readers can see who prepared each article.
Improved article information used by search engines so blog entries consistently identify their author, publication date and featured image.

Thu Jul 23 release

This update improves the blog-reading experience and keeps UAT guidance focused on the website’s main entry point.

Refined the featured blog and article layouts so titles, topics, authors and images are easier to scan.
Added clearer article navigation and topic links to help readers continue exploring relevant investor information.
Aligned the article reading column with its title and balanced the space around featured images for a more comfortable reading experience.
Expanded the production-team page with ordered contacts, clear roles and practical responsibilities so UAT reviewers know who to contact.
Limited the UAT introduction to the home page so it does not interrupt visitors reading other pages.
Preserved the browser preference that lets returning reviewers choose not to see the UAT introduction again.

Wed Jul 22 release

This release expands current investor information and makes event and class listings easier to scan.

Published and featured a new article about lessons investors can learn from the BG Wealth Sharing scam.
Standardized investment course and event cards, including dates, locations, costs, images and calls to action.
Added clearer handling for upcoming sessions and events whose dates have not yet been announced.
Improved page layouts and content across resources, investing guidance and scam-awareness pages.
Applied the latest website security and reliability updates.

Tue Jul 21 release

This release improves visual consistency between the page editor and the public website.

Brought page previews closer to the final published appearance.
Improved colours, typography, buttons, banners and shared layouts across the site.
Refined menus, panels and forms to make interactions more predictable.
Improved editing controls and labels so page properties are easier to understand.

Mon Jul 20 release

This release strengthens content quality, discoverability and consistency across key pages.

Restored and aligned page copy, headings and content order with approved source material.
Migrated available page descriptions and search information to improve how pages appear in search engines.
Improved readability and search-quality reporting for the editorial team.
Corrected navigation, cards, banners and shared content sections across investing and fraud-awareness topics.

Fri Jul 17 release

This release focuses on whole-site stability and a faster, more orderly first impression.

Improved initial page rendering so content appears smoothly with fewer visual shifts.
Restored the home slideshow, top navigation, mobile navigation and shared panels.
Improved the reliability of forms and protected interactions.
Completed a site-wide review of page structures and reusable content.

Thu Jul 16 release

This release expands reusable resource content and improves editor previews.

Updated factsheets, quizzes, videos and Fraudster’s Playbook content.
Improved reusable callouts, information sections and shared organization information.
Added more accurate visual previews for reusable content in the page editor.
Corrected spacing and card layouts on resource pages.

Wed Jul 15 release

This release improves navigation, search, page banners and longer instructional content.

Refined page-banner behaviour for mobile, tablet and desktop screens.
Improved search results, filters and the site search experience.
Improved the missing-page experience and its Report a Problem workflow.
Corrected content and layouts for checking registration, investment planning and cryptocurrency topics.
Improved typography, spacing and keyboard-friendly navigation.

Tue Jul 14 release

This release adds structured events and smooths several important home-page interactions.

Added structured upcoming-event and investment-class listings.
Connected the home-page Subscribe call to action to the shared subscription form.
Improved the first-load appearance of the CheckFirst logo and home page.
Corrected the cryptocurrency investment-trends destination.

Mon Jul 13 release

This release adds editorial tools that help keep images and page information current.

Added a simpler workflow for replacing media while preserving page references.
Added content-quality and search guidance for editors.
Improved page settings and editing controls.
Saved the website’s current upgrade and configuration state for repeatable releases.

Fri Jul 10 release

This release improves mobile navigation and the readability of migrated content.

Restored clear mobile navigation indicators and page links.
Corrected investment and scam-awareness page content.
Improved lists, links and formatted text across longer pages.
Refined shared content patterns so sections remain consistent.

Thu Jul 9 release

This release expands and corrects the investment-scam information available on CheckFirst.ca.

Updated scam-awareness pages and their supporting layouts.
Improved reusable presentation for related warnings, examples and guidance.
Aligned migrated content more closely with the approved website.

Tue Jul 7 release

This release introduces improved site search and subscription access.

Added a dedicated search-results experience with sorting and filtering.
Added the shared newsletter subscription panel.
Improved access to subscription actions from across the website.

Sun Jul 5 release

This release establishes the updated wide-screen navigation experience.

Added direct access to major CheckFirst.ca subject areas.
Restored overview-page links and reliable menu selection.
Improved desktop menu spacing and click targets.
Refined navigation behaviour for mouse and keyboard users.