Product release notes: 06 Feb, 2024

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Private labels

You'll can now create private labels within your Outverse workspace. Private labels can:

• Only be added to threads by team members

• Only be seen on threads / filtered for by team members

Private labels will appear with a lock icon next to them, so team members will be able to easily differentiate them from normal labels. To create a private label, head over to Workspace settings > Community > Labels and create / edit a label. When editing a label, toggle between normal and private mode using the eye<>lock icon button.

Custom channel icons

You'll now be able to upload a custom icon (we suggest an SVG) for each channel, which will display instead of the default icon in the sidebar and also other places across your workspace.

Improvements & fixes

• Improved user experience for workspace admins on custom domains

• Fixed a bug where the labels page in workspace settings was occasionally not loading all label content

• Fixed a bug in the gallery block when deleting the final row

• Improved styling for thread solutions UI

• Improved styling for unpublished docs UI

• Improved build size and chunking

• Added an optional noindex flag to prevent all content indexing (including public content)

• Fixed a bug where the OpenGraph image preview in workspace settings was not rendering correctly

• Improved styling in docs sidepanel UI

• Improved styling and accessibility of callout block UI

Product release notes: 24 January, 2024

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File embeds

Files can now be embedded in both docs and forums within Outverse. To add embed a file – simply drag the file into the composer. You can then further drag & drop the file to position it wherever you'd like. Outverse supports all major file types.

Reader-optimized view

Teams can now specify whether their forum channels show in full width or reader-optimized width by default. Users can easily update their own preferences using the Display controls within forum channels.

To set a default view option in your workspace, head to Workspace settings > Community Settings and use the 'Default forum view' toggle.

Improvements & fixes

• Increased number of optional external links in navigation top bar from 1 to 3

• Fixed a bug where doc titles where showing a delay upon update

• Fixed a bug where the workspace notifications modal was flashing upon first open

• Fixed a bug where knowledge base categories where resetting order upon drag-and-drop

• Improved callout block component design

• Improved scroll interaction when deep-linking to specific replies in forums

Product release notes: 04 January, 2024

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Table components

You can now added informational tables to your docs in Outverse. Tables can be added by opening the / formatting menu and selecting the Table option.Use tables to display information to your customers in a structured way and can anything added to them, including code blocks, images, and videos.

You can read more about formatting components in our doc here: .

Team doc drafts

Knowledge base document drafts are now saved team-wide (as opposed to locally per user) – enabling better collaboration on doc authoring and editing within teams.

Improvements & fixes

• Fixed a bug where team logo was not showing next to non-admin team members

• Fixed a bug where a double tooltip was displaying on the RHS panel's [expand<>collapse] icon button

• Improved reply composer UI to prevent thread content being blocked

• Improved navigation UX within settings interfaces

• Fixed a bug where thread card height was jumping on first forum page load

• Fixed a bug in the create workspace form

• Improved SSR performance within forums

Product release notes: 19 December, 2023

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Upgraded performance

We've made a number of changes that have significantly improved Outverse performance across the app. You should now experience improved performance when loading and navigating channels & documents – and also when filtering content/threads within channels. We’ve significantly improved load times in channels by:

• Better optimizing the sequencing of essential vs non-essential data requests

• Switching to server-side rendering to load data in faster

• Reducing the number of loading states across the app

New emoji picker

We've been working on a number of UX / usability improvements to end the year. As part of this, we've built a new emoji picker from the ground up, inclusive of:

• Hover for a quick-view list of favorites / recents

• Compact <> expanded picker size for higher density viewport

Improvements & fixes

• Fixed a bug in the Overview section of workspace settings

• Added H1 tag to thread titles to improve indexing

• Fixed a bug where the reply composer was not auto-focussing when opened

• Fixed a bug where thread annotations where not rendering upon initial page load

• Fixed a bug where the reply list avatar stack was not showing skeleton loading state

• Fixed a height issue with the small variant of image embeds

• Fixed a bug where the upload state spinner was not showing for video uploads

• Improved styling on channel inline mentiones (e.g. )

• Added < navigation icon button to user and workspace settings for improved navigation

• Fixed a bug where occasionally doc drafts where not saving across users

• Fixed a big where the reply composer would occasionally obstruct thread content when open