Symplectic publications: coming soon!

We are delighted to announce Symplectic functionality for Fresco is currently in development and is expected to be released mid-June.

What is changing?

The Symplectic component will allow publications to be listed in Fresco. 

The initial release focuses on:

• Page layout flexibility for both brief and full lists
• Toggled display filter options for keywords, author, publication date and type
• Show/hide pagination controls
• Configurable ‘items to show per page’
• Pre-filters on SSO and publication type

Planned further development

• ‘Favourites’ filtering 
• Enhanced pre-filter options 

Why is the change happening?

The ability to add publications to a Fresco site is a key requirement to enable users to migrate from Mosaic and is being delivered as part of our roadmap. It will also benefit new sites who depend on the ability to promote research.

How will this impact your site?

For sites scheduled to migrate from Mosaic to Fresco 

• We have expanded the Fresco automated migration to add Symplectic so that Publications will be auto-migrated
• Existing pages using a full-list display option will be migrated to the new full-page listing option
  • 25 items per page, with pagination controls, and filters for end-user interaction
• Existing pages using a brief list with a ‘More’ button will be migrated to the new brief listing option which uses a 'Show More' button to link to a full-page listing 
  • 10 items per page, with 'Show More' button, no pagination controls, no filters
  • 'Show filters' can be toggled on 
• The “Only show favourites” Mosaic setting will be preserved. We will migrate the setting into Fresco, but it will not be functional until the component is updated later this year

For existing Fresco sites

• ‘Symplectic Publications’ will be available in the components menu to add to your preferred section layout

Next steps

We’ll provide further information once the release date is confirmed.