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+title: Version 2.5
+author: matthew
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+<div class="r" align="right">
+<a data-flickr-embed="true"  href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/catinatree/8299877655/" title="White christmas!!! &#x3D;D"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8299877655_ea1faf5bb3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="White christmas!!! &#x3D;D"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
+</div>
+
+Today we have released **version 2.5** of FixMyStreet; happy solstice!
+
+This release contains a number of front end improvements, especially to the
+sign in flow. This was the result of a lot of work to simplify the whole
+process, and we’ve written more about it on the
+[mySociety blog](https://www.mysociety.org/2018/12/20/open-sesame-simpler-log-in-forms-on-fixmystreet/).
+
+Other front end improvements range from a more prominent display of "state" on
+report page, making sure you don’t need two taps on a report list entry on a
+touchscreen, and clearer relocation options while you’re reporting a problem.
+
+Moderation has had some work done – it can now potentially edit a report’s
+category, should you wish it to do so; it stores more of a report’s original
+data upon moderation, and also now stores all moderation history, making that
+visible in the report/update admin interface.
+
+Bugfixes include one reported by FixaMinGata (back in early 2017!) about better
+map zoom behaviour when clicking on pins and going back; not escaping HTML
+entities in report titles pulled in by Ajax; and show missing reopening/fixed
+questionnaire responses when tey lacked their own separate update. We also
+fixed some issues with our Open311 contact group handling, and improved the
+validation of fetched reports timestamps.
+
+We now strip Exif data on uploaded photos, and have added a new config
+variable, `SYMLINK_FULL_SIZE`, that can be used to symlink your full size
+photos out of the photo cache rather than copy them, if your static files are
+being served by your web server.
+
+[Full changelog](https://github.com/mysociety/fixmystreet/releases/tag/v2.5)
+
+## Upgrading
+
+Due to the sign-in and banner changes, this release changes a number of the
+base templates. If you have overridden any related templates in your cobrand
+and not fed those changes upstream, you may need to make adjustments to match;
+please use our `bin/cobrand-checks` script to help make comparisons between
+your changes.