We're excited to share a comprehensive update to our platform, designed to enhance user experience, increase efficiency, and introduce new features. Our development team has been hard at work making improvements and fixing issues to ensure our service remains top-notch. Here's a summary of the latest changes and how they benefit you.
New Comment Sorting Features
What’s New: We're excited to introduce new sorting options for comments and replies. You now have the flexibility to organize comments by date, by the number of replies or likes they’ve received, or based on recent activity. Moreover, we're giving admins the ability to set a default sorting order for comments on each post block, ensuring the most relevant discussions are immediately visible to your community.
What’s Next: Looking ahead, we’re focused on further improving the commenting experience. Our upcoming update will feature a more structured commenting system that resembles a post list, complete with tabs for each sorting option. This new layout will make it easier to navigate through comments, allowing users to quickly find "Best Comments" and "Top Comments," along with enhanced filter options. Additionally, we’re introducing the versatility to place the comment box in various locations on the page, offering more freedom in how discussions are structured and presented. Stay tuned for these developments, aimed at enriching community interactions and engagement.
New Content Management System (CMS)
Current Enhancements: Our CMS is progressively being introduced, marking a significant leap in the platform's capabilities. Currently in Beta, this highly anticipated feature revolutionizes how content can be created and managed. We've evolved the concept of post types into what we now
refer to as CMS models. This enables users to incorporate custom fields into posts and design unique reactions tailored to specific content types. Whether you're aiming to mimic the interactive experience of major social networks or create knowledgebase articles with like and dislike options, our CMS opens up unprecedented avenues for data collection and engagement.
Looking Ahead: Our focus is on refining the user experience (UX) of the CMS. Upcoming updates include enhanced previews during CMS creation, simplifying the process of setting up reactions, and introducing more dynamic ways to display user activities and engagement on posts. We're also committed to improving the system's intuitiveness through better naming conventions and overall usability improvements. These advancements aim to make the CMS not only more powerful but also more accessible and familiar to our users.
New Dashboard for Streamlined Administration
Enhanced Logging Experience: Our newly revamped dashboard is tailored to significantly improve the administration experience. It enable admins to oversee all aspects of their platform with ease. The dashboard is designed to offer a quick and comprehensive overview of your sites' statuses. With just a glance, admins can ascertain the site plan, admin status, and visibility of each site.
Multi-Site Management: Recognizing the diverse needs of our clients, the updated dashboard facilitates the creation and management of multiple sites within the same administrative interface. This feature simplifies the process of expanding your online presence, allowing for seamless transitions between different sites under your control.
Publishing Control: With the new dashboard, admins gain enhanced control over the publishing status of their sites. Whether you're preparing to launch a new site or need to temporarily unpublish an existing one, these actions can now be executed swiftly and efficiently. The dashboard provides a clear overview of the status of each site, ensuring you're always informed about which sites are live and which are in preparation.
New Billing System: Powered by Stripe
Our billing system overhaul, now powered by Stripe, ensures a simplified and transparent process for handling subscriptions and payments. This means you get a billing system that’s easy to navigate and understand, allowing you to manage financials effortlessly. With the new billing system, you can anticipate a smoother experience with enhanced flexibility and improved features for billing management.
Introducing Add-ons
Expand Your Platform's Capabilities: We're rolling out a new feature that will change the way you enhance your platform's capabilities: Add-ons. With this latest update, all members now have the flexibility to extend their plans with just the features they need, without any unnecessary extras.
Tailored to Your Needs: Whether you're looking to increase your site's storage, add more staff seats, or even boost your site's bandwidth, our Add-ons section in the Appstore has got you covered. Each add-on is designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing plan, although some may require an upgrade, ensuring that you have the power to customize your platform's functionality to match your specific requirements.
Easy Management and Scalability: Add-ons are not just about getting more features; they're about growing with your platform. As your community expands and your needs evolve, you can easily manage and scale your services directly from the dashboard. This means your platform is always perfectly equipped to handle your community's demands, no matter how they change over time.
Keep an eye on your current plan to see which Add-ons are available to you, and tailor your platform to your community's unique needs with just a few clicks.
Introducing Service Usage Monitoring
The newly added service usage section on our platform provides admins with a detailed view of their current resource utilization. You'll be able to monitor your usage against plan limits easily, including key metrics like the number of spaces, CMS models, and member counts. With the addition of an Appstore Addon section, our admins can now scale their services by purchasing additional resources as needed, ensuring you only pay for what you use as your platform grows.
Fixes and Improvements
Security and Accessibility Updates: Modifications have been made to ensure greater security and better accessibility across devices, including changes to cookie policies and adjustments for Apple devices.
UI Enhancements: Adjustments to button heights, modal visuals, and action item visibility improve the overall look and feel of the platform.
Moderation and Reaction Fixes: Various text and functionality fixes have been made to moderation tools and reaction options to enhance community management.
Language and Localization: Fixed issues with language duplication and added support for new languages, improving the platform's international usability.
Performance and Stability: Addressed several bugs affecting loading times, UI elements (such as the composer block and command bar), and overall platform stability. Upgrades to Node and support for graceful shutdowns enhance the platform's performance.
Technical and Backend Updates
Infrastructure Improvements: We've made significant backend improvements including updating hooks, and refining logic for redirects and domain handling.
Security Enhancements: Adjustments to Cross-Origin policies, cookie settings, and referrer validation logic have been made for increased security.
Accessibility and Compatibility Fixes: Efforts have been made to improve the platform's accessibility, including fixes for scrollbar issues on Apple devices and ensuring compatibility across various browsers.
Conclusion
This update reflects our commitment to delivering a powerful, user-friendly platform. We continuously strive to improve and innovate based on your feedback. Should you have any questions or need further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team.
Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance our platform to serve you better. Thank you for being a valued part of our community!