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APAN 8.0 is scheduled to be released in just a little over 7 weeks.
In preparation for the upgrade, the following is a high-level outline of  changes you should expect to see starting 31 October 2015.

1. Group Owners will have the ability to:

  • Go to one location to enable and disable features such as Chat, SharePoint, and GIS
  • Use the Group Setup Kit to quickly create group applications including blogs, forums, media galleries, wikis, and calendars
  • Highlight important content using the Content Slider widget

2. The new Responsive Design within APAN 8.0 provides:

  • Easier and more intuitive navigation
  • Users with the same experience when accessing APAN via desktop and mobile devices

3. Application specific...

  • Media Galleries - Provides the ability to create folders to assist with intuitive file organization
  • Calendar - Ability to create individual and/or group events that allows users to invite members to participate

4. Content Specific...

  • Document preview - Preview uploaded Microsoft Office and PDF documents within the web browser
  • Pinning - Pin a URL or file to your group's Activity Stream and Media Gallery
  • Drag and Drop - Drag and drop content into any blog, forum, media gallery or wiki post from your desktop

5. Chat/Connect

  • Easier access to chat rooms and connect rooms

6. New Community Maps

  • Group owners can create and share maps with their group
  • Build custom content on a map in the form of points, polylines, and polygons
  • Assign map creation and editing rights to different group roles as a group owner
  • Upload geospatial data files and add publicly hosted geofeeds to display on community maps

7. Login and Security Updates

  •  Improved password recovery which allows users to provide a secondary e-mail if users are unable to access their primary e-mail
  • Two-Factor Authentication - Optional feature that provides increased security by allowing users to prove one's identity by requiring the user to enter a code