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5.0

  • Added AI-powered website generator
  • Added image/video grid with multi-device support built-in lightbox support
  • Added generic grid layout block
  • Added Figma import plugin
  • Added layout block anchors
  • Added layout block snap scrolling
  • Added horizontal background shift for boxes
  • Added full width sizing for text boxes 
  • Added background remover features: bokeh, foreground defocus, solid color background
  • Added anchor smooth scrolling with easing
  • Added layer panel filtering
  • Added text link hover/active/visited states
  • Added video with popup behaviors: autoplay when opening, auto-closing popup when autoplay ends
  • Added text effects: background clip and knockout
  • Added hover support for button image
  • Added “force download” option for file download
  • Added form slider
  • Added calculator smart field for forms
  • Added date range option for popups
  • Added box and layout box blending mode
  • Added new interaction options: media control, social sharing, text message sending, expand/collapse layout blocks, run js code (developer option)
  • Added subject and body to the “open email” on click action
  • Improved website load/save performance, particularly for large project files
  • Improved animations: parallax clip, one time reveal and subtle fade
  • Improved layout block editing
  • Improved accessibility: font icon name is added to SVG
  • Improved website importer
  • Improved text handling: HTML Tag is now per paragraph
  • Improved SVG rendering
  • Improved performance of the published page: removed use of jquery on initial page load and lots of other baseline features, added variable width font support, AVIF image compression, browser-native lazy image loading, removed secondary js file, updates for current attention to web vitals, about 1/3 fewer images generated
  • Updated font index, now over 1600 fonts
  • Added AI-powered website generator
  • Added image/video grid with multi-device support built-in lightbox support
  • Added generic grid layout block
  • Added Figma import plugin
  • Added layout block anchors
  • Added layout block snap scrolling
  • Added horizontal background shift for boxes
  • Added full width sizing for text boxes 
  • Added background remover features: bokeh, foreground defocus, solid color background
  • Added anchor smooth scrolling with easing
  • Added layer panel filtering
  • Added text link hover/active/visited states
  • Added video with popup behaviors: autoplay when opening, auto-closing popup when autoplay ends
  • Added text effects: background clip and knockout
  • Added hover support for button image
  • Added “force download” option for file download
  • Added form slider
  • Added calculator smart field for forms
  • Added date range option for popups
  • Added box and layout box blending mode
  • Added new interaction options: media control, social sharing, text message sending, expand/collapse layout blocks, run js code (developer option)
  • Added subject and body to the “open email” on click action
  • Improved website load/save performance, particularly for large project files
  • Improved animations: parallax clip, one time reveal and subtle fade
  • Improved layout block editing
  • Improved accessibility: font icon name is added to SVG
  • Improved website importer
  • Improved text handling: HTML Tag is now per paragraph
  • Improved SVG rendering
  • Improved performance of the published page: removed use of jquery on initial page load and lots of other baseline features, added variable width font support, AVIF image compression, browser-native lazy image loading, removed secondary js file, updates for current attention to web vitals, about 1/3 fewer images generated
  • Updated font index, now over 1600 fonts

4.5

  • Added macOS Ventura compatibility
  • Improved support for mixed script text (roman plus CJK or emoji text)
  • Improved stability of layout block editing
  • Improved site search fuzzy string matching
  • Improved mobile autoscaling
  • Improved stability of the website import process
  • Improved image resolution selection for some Android phones
  • Fixed parallax with stick to top headers on some old browsers
  • Fixed some issues related to the use of password protection
  • Fixed dark mode color support in some complex cases
  • Added workaround for Safari showing scrollbars in modal popups
  • Fixed Google Tag Manager support
  • Fixed "Show to all users" to be available on all pages, not just the password protected ones
  • Fixed layout issues in the blog the index with complex layouts
  • Fixed popup shift related to system configuration for scrollbar visibility
  • Fixed site generation for some combinations of smart fields, popups, elements visible in multiple pages and pages in folders
  • Fixed crashes related to text wrapping
  • Fixed crashes related to text list indentation
  • Fixed many other crashes and bugs
  • Added macOS Ventura compatibility
  • Improved support for mixed script text (roman plus CJK or emoji text)
  • Improved stability of layout block editing
  • Improved site search fuzzy string matching
  • Improved mobile autoscaling
  • Improved stability of the website import process
  • Improved image resolution selection for some Android phones
  • Fixed parallax with stick to top headers on some old browsers
  • Fixed some issues related to the use of password protection
  • Fixed dark mode color support in some complex cases
  • Added workaround for Safari showing scrollbars in modal popups
  • Fixed Google Tag Manager support
  • Fixed "Show to all users" to be available on all pages, not just the password protected ones
  • Fixed layout issues in the blog the index with complex layouts
  • Fixed popup shift related to system configuration for scrollbar visibility
  • Fixed site generation for some combinations of smart fields, popups, elements visible in multiple pages and pages in folders
  • Fixed crashes related to text wrapping
  • Fixed crashes related to text list indentation
  • Fixed many other crashes and bugs

4.2

  • Added option to import a full website from file menu
  • Added filtering visible canvas elements based on logged in user
  • Added group-specific page following login
  • Added combined pages and layers view in the left sidebar
  • Added option to not password protect sensitive data
  • Added scrolling of layers list to the selected element
  • Added support for Google Analytics 4
  • Added support for Meta/Facebook Pixel
  • Added support for Matomo analytics
  • Improved user interface for password protection options
  • Improved user interface for the arrange settings
  • Updated Fontawesome to version 6. 1. 1
  • Fixed calendly.com setup
  • Fixed Snipcart product validation
  • Many other bug fixes
  • Added option to import a full website from file menu
  • Added filtering visible canvas elements based on logged in user
  • Added group-specific page following login
  • Added combined pages and layers view in the left sidebar
  • Added option to not password protect sensitive data
  • Added scrolling of layers list to the selected element
  • Added support for Google Analytics 4
  • Added support for Meta/Facebook Pixel
  • Added support for Matomo analytics
  • Improved user interface for password protection options
  • Improved user interface for the arrange settings
  • Updated Fontawesome to version 6. 1. 1
  • Fixed calendly.com setup
  • Fixed Snipcart product validation
  • Many other bug fixes

4.1

  • Added email/phone/number validation for form text input
  • Added placeholder color for form dropdown list
  • Added progress indicator when publishing user accounts
  • Added warnings when changing footer or visibility could make pages longer
  • Added support for calendly v2 api
  • Added ability for ecwid category browser to go full width
  • Added ecwid default category for product browser
  • Added copying original svg source in pasteboard when copying box or image containing svg
  • Added german/french/italian documentation links
  • Improved site search text snippets
  • Improved page performance by adding workaround for browsers loading images hidden on devices
  • Improved reliability of layout blocks behavior
  • Improved user interface layout, clarity and translations
  • Fixed downloadable files not published in some cases
  • Fixed password protection and login page incorrectly added automatically sometimes
  • Fixed performance issues with parallax video while video is not loaded
  • Fixed preview occasionally not showing images or other content
  • Fixed generation of more images than necessary in some edge cases
  • Fixed page access control showing the wrong group selection
  • Fixed footer element position and page length growth issues
  • Fixed constraining of element position when dragging them out of layout blocks
  • Fixed youtube videos in lightboxes
  • Fixed layer panel indentation on macos 10. 15 or earlier
  • Fixed importing pages where no text color is set
  • Fixed countdown timer format
  • Fixed blog index layout issues
  • Fixed blog tag filtering links
  • Fixed mobile auto scaling for some devices
  • Fixed layout block edge cases
  • Fixed incorrect site search pagination
  • Fixed separation of seo keywords
  • Fixed snipcart product. Json generation
  • Fixed text style ordering on multi-device projects
  • Fixed undo for color changes
  • Fixed crashes
  • Added email/phone/number validation for form text input
  • Added placeholder color for form dropdown list
  • Added progress indicator when publishing user accounts
  • Added warnings when changing footer or visibility could make pages longer
  • Added support for calendly v2 api
  • Added ability for ecwid category browser to go full width
  • Added ecwid default category for product browser
  • Added copying original svg source in pasteboard when copying box or image containing svg
  • Added german/french/italian documentation links
  • Improved site search text snippets
  • Improved page performance by adding workaround for browsers loading images hidden on devices
  • Improved reliability of layout blocks behavior
  • Improved user interface layout, clarity and translations
  • Fixed downloadable files not published in some cases
  • Fixed password protection and login page incorrectly added automatically sometimes
  • Fixed performance issues with parallax video while video is not loaded
  • Fixed preview occasionally not showing images or other content
  • Fixed generation of more images than necessary in some edge cases
  • Fixed page access control showing the wrong group selection
  • Fixed footer element position and page length growth issues
  • Fixed constraining of element position when dragging them out of layout blocks
  • Fixed youtube videos in lightboxes
  • Fixed layer panel indentation on macos 10. 15 or earlier
  • Fixed importing pages where no text color is set
  • Fixed countdown timer format
  • Fixed blog index layout issues
  • Fixed blog tag filtering links
  • Fixed mobile auto scaling for some devices
  • Fixed layout block edge cases
  • Fixed incorrect site search pagination
  • Fixed separation of seo keywords
  • Fixed snipcart product. Json generation
  • Fixed text style ordering on multi-device projects
  • Fixed undo for color changes
  • Fixed crashes

4.0

  • Password protected pages and user management, to add member areas or restricted content
  • SEO keyword targeting, to optimize content for organic search
  • Playback with scrolling for video elements, lottie animations and page background video
  • Support for Dark Mode color theme
  • AI-powered image background remover
  • New Sitely icon
  • 6 new responsive, Dark Mode aware designs
  • Layout Blocks for more agile layout
  • Website summary view
  • Ultra wide 1920 device
  • Device size customization for wider device layouts
  • Auto-scaling for mobile layout
  • Fontawesome and Google Material Design icons
  • Smart Fields for logged in users
  • PayPal subscription support
  • One-time popup open across visits (using a cookie)
  • Blog tags, blog index filtering by tag
  • Publishing draft blog posts
  • Improved blog RSS feed compatibility with feed readers
  • Organization metadata
  • Form dropdown selector
  • Form file attachments
  • New SEO checks
  • Element visibility specific to Dark Mode
  • Element visibility based on user login status
  • Countdown with number of days
  • Pexels stock image integration
  • Reference nearest image for EXIF data extraction
  • Support for Safari 15 theme color and tab bar safe area
  • Map location loaded from image EXIF
  • Per-folder CSS size optimization
  • Facebook verification metadata
  • Improved Web Vitals metrics for your website
  • Improved resiliency of publish location storage
  • Improved compatibility with international domain names (IDN)
  • Removed IE 8/9 and Android 4 support workarounds
  • Password protected pages and user management, to add member areas or restricted content
  • SEO keyword targeting, to optimize content for organic search
  • Playback with scrolling for video elements, lottie animations and page background video
  • Support for Dark Mode color theme
  • AI-powered image background remover
  • New Sitely icon
  • 6 new responsive, Dark Mode aware designs
  • Layout Blocks for more agile layout
  • Website summary view
  • Ultra wide 1920 device
  • Device size customization for wider device layouts
  • Auto-scaling for mobile layout
  • Fontawesome and Google Material Design icons
  • Smart Fields for logged in users
  • PayPal subscription support
  • One-time popup open across visits (using a cookie)
  • Blog tags, blog index filtering by tag
  • Publishing draft blog posts
  • Improved blog RSS feed compatibility with feed readers
  • Organization metadata
  • Form dropdown selector
  • Form file attachments
  • New SEO checks
  • Element visibility specific to Dark Mode
  • Element visibility based on user login status
  • Countdown with number of days
  • Pexels stock image integration
  • Reference nearest image for EXIF data extraction
  • Support for Safari 15 theme color and tab bar safe area
  • Map location loaded from image EXIF
  • Per-folder CSS size optimization
  • Facebook verification metadata
  • Improved Web Vitals metrics for your website
  • Improved resiliency of publish location storage
  • Improved compatibility with international domain names (IDN)
  • Removed IE 8/9 and Android 4 support workarounds

3.1

  • Added resizable sidebar (macOS 10.14+)
  • Added "deny" consent button to cookie banner, for compliance with regulation in many EU countries
  • Added position at which scroll effect starts (top/middle/bottom)
  • Added "filename" smart field where it was missing
  • Added forced restart when Sitely is moved or renamed in the Finder
  • Improved map integration to support API-key based basic maps
  • Improved memory use on some iMacs (macOS 11.3+)
  • Improved Instagram integration
  • Improved performance when editing large projects
  • Improved performance when dragging labels in galleries with large images
  • Improved contact form spam resilience
  • Improved compatibility with some third party integrations
  • Improved compatibility with browsers
  • Added resizable sidebar (macOS 10.14+)
  • Added "deny" consent button to cookie banner, for compliance with regulation in many EU countries
  • Added position at which scroll effect starts (top/middle/bottom)
  • Added "filename" smart field where it was missing
  • Added forced restart when Sitely is moved or renamed in the Finder
  • Improved map integration to support API-key based basic maps
  • Improved memory use on some iMacs (macOS 11.3+)
  • Improved Instagram integration
  • Improved performance when editing large projects
  • Improved performance when dragging labels in galleries with large images
  • Improved contact form spam resilience
  • Improved compatibility with some third party integrations
  • Improved compatibility with browsers

3.0

  • A redesigned, understated, sharper UI
  • New look for macOS Big Sur
  • New Sitely icon
  • SEO assistant and health check: insights to optimize your website
  • Layers view
  • 6 new template designs
  • Template picker when creating a new website
  • Option to import entire website
  • Editing of a multi-selection
  • Options to apply changes to all images in a gallery
  • Ability to drag and drop a page between project windows
  • Options to collapse sidebars
  • New device layout state settings for faster responsive design workflow
  • Integrated links to documentation
  • QR Code to open preview on mobile
  • Microsoft Edge and Brave browser preview support
  • Passwordless, key based SFTP authentication
  • Copy current page URL and RSS URL to the clipboard
  • Character count for page title and description
  • Preview of the cookie banner, and its effect, on all pages
  • Text replace
  • New features for a better website
  • A built-in blog with automatic index generation
  • Custom post content for the index and RSS
  • Automatic RSS generation
  • Mega menus (using in-page popups with button hover)
  • Full screen mobile menus (using fixed position popups with animation)
  • Modal banners, offers, etc (using modal popups with timer or scroll based display)
  • Payment buttons (PayPal, Stripe, Snipcart, Ecwid, Gumroad, Paddle) 
  • Property booking (Houfy)
  • Calendars (Houfy property calendar, Calendy and 10to8.com appointment booking)
  • Table booking (Opentable, The Fork, Quandoo)
  • Parallax effects
  • Box background filters
  • Contour shadow for images with transparency
  • Full-width video
  • Typewriter effect (via smart fields)
  • Countdown text (via smart fields)
  • Counter text (via smart fields)
  • Insertion of math formulas (via smart fields)
  • Extraction of photo EXIF information for standalone photos and galleries (via smart fields)
  • Page title, date/time, code fragment (via smart fields)
  • AdSense
  • Audio and video player controls and layout customization
  • Global and per-page developer settings
  • 150 new built-in fonts
  • Lottie animations
  • Ability to designate a reply-to field in the contact form
  • Activate after consent for analytics
  • Gallery image description
  • Text citation
  • New optimizations to make your site perform better
  • Optimization for new "Web Vitals" metrics
  • Automatic perceptual image optimization for jpeg and WebP images
  • Better PNG image compression
  • SVG optimization
  • Parallelized image compression on multi-core Macs
  • A redesigned, understated, sharper UI
  • New look for macOS Big Sur
  • New Sitely icon
  • SEO assistant and health check: insights to optimize your website
  • Layers view
  • 6 new template designs
  • Template picker when creating a new website
  • Option to import entire website
  • Editing of a multi-selection
  • Options to apply changes to all images in a gallery
  • Ability to drag and drop a page between project windows
  • Options to collapse sidebars
  • New device layout state settings for faster responsive design workflow
  • Integrated links to documentation
  • QR Code to open preview on mobile
  • Microsoft Edge and Brave browser preview support
  • Passwordless, key based SFTP authentication
  • Copy current page URL and RSS URL to the clipboard
  • Character count for page title and description
  • Preview of the cookie banner, and its effect, on all pages
  • Text replace
  • New features for a better website
  • A built-in blog with automatic index generation
  • Custom post content for the index and RSS
  • Automatic RSS generation
  • Mega menus (using in-page popups with button hover)
  • Full screen mobile menus (using fixed position popups with animation)
  • Modal banners, offers, etc (using modal popups with timer or scroll based display)
  • Payment buttons (PayPal, Stripe, Snipcart, Ecwid, Gumroad, Paddle)
  • Property booking (Houfy)
  • Calendars (Houfy property calendar, Calendy and 10to8.com appointment booking)
  • Table booking (Opentable, The Fork, Quandoo)
  • Parallax effects
  • Box background filters
  • Contour shadow for images with transparency
  • Full-width video
  • Typewriter effect (via smart fields)
  • Countdown text (via smart fields)
  • Counter text (via smart fields)
  • Insertion of math formulas (via smart fields)
  • Extraction of photo EXIF information for standalone photos and galleries (via smart fields)
  • Page title, date/time, code fragment (via smart fields)
  • AdSense
  • Audio and video player controls and layout customization
  • Global and per-page developer settings
  • 150 new built-in fonts
  • Lottie animations
  • Ability to designate a reply-to field in the contact form
  • Activate after consent for analytics
  • Gallery image description
  • Text citation
  • New optimizations to make your site perform better
  • Optimization for new "Web Vitals" metrics
  • Automatic perceptual image optimization for jpeg and WebP images
  • Better PNG image compression
  • SVG optimization
  • Parallelized image compression on multi-core Macs

2.8

  • Added Instagram element
  • Added Instagram support in images and galleries
  • Added unsplash.com stock photo integration
  • Added Sketch plugin to copy a design over to Sitely
  • Added Photos Extension plugin to create Sitely image galleries from Photos
  • Added site search element and search results page
  • Added stick to top behaviors: overlap/stack/push previous
  • Added pinning of a group to the bottom of the browser window
  • Added SVG support for box backgrounds
  • Added stock and custom patterns for box backgrounds
  • Added option to make a text box scrollable
  • Added free gradient angle for box backgrounds
  • Added proportional width menu items
  • Added support for removing backgrounds in images shot with portrait mode
  • Added support for Continuity Camera
  • Added pinch to zoom in the canvas
  • Added Instagram element
  • Added Instagram support in images and galleries
  • Added unsplash.com stock photo integration
  • Added Sketch plugin to copy a design over to Sitely
  • Added Photos Extension plugin to create Sitely image galleries from Photos
  • Added site search element and search results page
  • Added stick to top behaviors: overlap/stack/push previous
  • Added pinning of a group to the bottom of the browser window
  • Added SVG support for box backgrounds
  • Added stock and custom patterns for box backgrounds
  • Added option to make a text box scrollable
  • Added free gradient angle for box backgrounds
  • Added proportional width menu items
  • Added support for removing backgrounds in images shot with portrait mode
  • Added support for Continuity Camera
  • Added pinch to zoom in the canvas

2.7

  • Added support for macOS Mojave and dark mode
  • Added new toolbar icons
  • Added support for publishing to International Domain Names
  • Added drag and drop of images and video from Safari
  • Added support for macOS Mojave and dark mode
  • Added new toolbar icons
  • Added support for publishing to International Domain Names
  • Added drag and drop of images and video from Safari

2.6

  • Added third party content blocking until cookie consent
  • Embedded code is by default subject to activation after cookie consent
  • Fonts are now only ever stored in the local site, not referenced from Google fonts
  • The page address is by default not leaked when loading third party content
  • Added per-page language designation, and language variant (hreflang) support, which is picked up by search engines
  • Added in-Sitely text search window
  • Added third party content blocking until cookie consent
  • Embedded code is by default subject to activation after cookie consent
  • Fonts are now only ever stored in the local site, not referenced from Google fonts
  • The page address is by default not leaked when loading third party content
  • Added per-page language designation, and language variant (hreflang) support, which is picked up by search engines
  • Added in-Sitely text search window

2.5

  • Added text wrapping around images
  • Significantly improved text layout precision and accuracy
  • Added advanced text settings and text shadows
  • Added image color filters
  • Added per-image links and labels on image galleries
  • Added Google Tag Manager support
  • Added local business metadata editor
  • Added HTML id customization
  • Added text wrapping around images
  • Significantly improved text layout precision and accuracy
  • Added advanced text settings and text shadows
  • Added image color filters
  • Added per-image links and labels on image galleries
  • Added Google Tag Manager support
  • Added local business metadata editor
  • Added HTML id customization

2.2

  • Added Touch Bar support within Sitely
  • Added Touch Bar support for Sitely-generated websites
  • Added support for Live Photos
  • Added robots.txt and sitemap.xml generation
  • Added support for website verification with search engines
  • Added metadata for website language indication
  • Added OpenGraph metadata for twitter/facebook/linkedin/pinterest sharing
  • Added option to exclude a page from publishing
  • Added the ability to send contact forms via authenticated SMTP
  • Added support for on click phone calling
  • Added support for publishing individual pages to folders
  • Added option of higher compression jpeg
  • Added Touch Bar support within Sitely
  • Added Touch Bar support for Sitely-generated websites
  • Added support for Live Photos
  • Added robots.txt and sitemap.xml generation
  • Added support for website verification with search engines
  • Added metadata for website language indication
  • Added OpenGraph metadata for twitter/facebook/linkedin/pinterest sharing
  • Added option to exclude a page from publishing
  • Added the ability to send contact forms via authenticated SMTP
  • Added support for on click phone calling
  • Added support for publishing individual pages to folders
  • Added option of higher compression jpeg

2.1

  • Added menu auto-switch to compact mobile style
  • Added support for fixed backgrounds on mobile browsers
  • Added FTP setup auto detection of web server settings
  • Added per-image links and labels on image galleries
  • Added Google Tag Manager support
  • Added local business metadata editor
  • Added HTML id customization
  • Added menu auto-switch to compact mobile style
  • Added support for fixed backgrounds on mobile browsers
  • Added FTP setup auto detection of web server settings
  • Added per-image links and labels on image galleries
  • Added Google Tag Manager support
  • Added local business metadata editor
  • Added HTML id customization

2.0

  • Added publishing completion notifications
  • Video and audio from local disk, including dragging an .mp4 or .mp3 in
  • Links to downloadable files, including dragging a pdf or a zip in
  • Full window video background and custom background patterns
  • In-page links with smooth scrolling
  • On-scroll animations for images, video, text blocks and buttons
  • Privacy and cookie law support, including opt-in/opt-out privacy banner
  • Independent borders on boxes
  • Element rotation
  • Visual setup of contact form
  • Built in incremental FTP support with streamlined setup
  • Drag and drop from Photos
  • Integration of pixabay.com stock photography
  • Selection and drag autoscroll
  • Constrained proportion element resize
  • Selection of elements obscured by others
  • Copy/paste of element style
  • Automatic detection of the best image format 
  • Added publishing completion notifications
  • Video and audio from local disk, including dragging an .mp4 or .mp3 in
  • Links to downloadable files, including dragging a pdf or a zip in
  • Full window video background and custom background patterns
  • In-page links with smooth scrolling
  • On-scroll animations for images, video, text blocks and buttons
  • Privacy and cookie law support, including opt-in/opt-out privacy banner
  • Independent borders on boxes
  • Element rotation
  • Visual setup of contact form
  • Built in incremental FTP support with streamlined setup
  • Drag and drop from Photos
  • Integration of pixabay.com stock photography
  • Selection and drag autoscroll
  • Constrained proportion element resize
  • Selection of elements obscured by others
  • Copy/paste of element style
  • Automatic detection of the best image format 

1.0

  • Initial release, including boxes, images, galleries, maps, forms. Added new toolbar icons
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