Micro.blog News

  • Updated the now built-in SocialSpec plug-in to fall back to using your “about me” text if you don’t have an about page at /about. You can upgrade to the latest version on the Plug-ins page.

  • Improved the “Reduce hashtag clutter” setting on your account to hide hashtags in more posts, such as photo posts or unlinked hashtags.

  • Improved the broken links report in Blog Audit for Micro.blog Premium to better handle checking some sites and reduce false positives.

  • Improved the design of Inkwell’s Reading Recap weekly email, with a wider layout and blog background colors.

  • Released Micro.blog 4.3 for Mac, with a redesigned photo detail window, easier to add photos in edited posts, and other fixes.

  • Inkwell for Android has been updated with improvements to the profile context menu. It’s a nice RSS reader.

  • Improved discovery for following domain names in Micro.blog, with about text and following list based on SocialSpec.

  • Inkwell 1.2 for Android is now available, fixing several minor problems.

  • Inkwell 1.2 for iOS is now available, adding support for the iPhone Duo and other improvements.

  • We’ve added a new API for editing themes and templates, so developers can build more full-featured design apps for Micro.blog.

  • We’ve updated the /posts/media API to accept an optional filter parameter that can be “photos” to limit results to posts that are likely to be photos. Good for filtering out screenshots and other things.

  • Epilogue 2.8 and Sunlit 4.0 are now available for iOS users! New book barcode scanning for Epilogue, and a Places tab for Sunlit with location check-in.

  • Epilogue 2.8 for Android has been released, improving the speed of showing a book and adding barcode scanning. iOS to follow soon when Apple approves it.

  • Released an update to the Micro.blog iOS app with a few more bug fixes.

  • Updated Pagefind to version 1.5.2, which should make search indexing twice as fast.

  • Released Micro.blog 3.8 for iOS, adding iPhone Duo support, new options to show the conversation from a post, Micropub fixes, and other layout improvements. Should be a good update!

  • Added support for custom emoji in user profile full names from Mastodon.

  • Micro.blog 3.1 for Android has been released with improvements to Micropub posting for external blogs, new tap and hold context menu options, and other fixes.

  • Our servers are getting hammered today. I’m sorry for the errors.

  • Fixed a couple lingering issues with Bluesky preview cards and Standard.site records.

  • We’ve expanded Blog Audit for Micro.blog Premium with checks for broken links in standalone pages, mixed secure content references, and old internal permalinks that need to be updated. A lot of this can be repaired automatically and will keep your blog running smoothly.

  • Added the “domain alias” feature to all paid plans, not just Micro.blog Premium. WordPress and Ghost sync available to everyone too. You’ll find it on the Account page → New Blog menu.

    A dropdown menu under the New Blog button offers options such as creating a new blog, new domain alias, a new single-page website, and connecting to WordPress or Ghost.

  • Fixed inconsistencies with creating bookmarks and replies via Micropub, properly handling JSON properties for those types of posts. Retrieving blog post source also now includes in-reply-to where it makes sense.

  • Released Micro.blog 4.2.1 for Mac, improving several things. Choose “Check for Updates” to get the latest version. Full release notes are on the web here.

  • Our hosting provider had to do an emergency reboot on one of our servers, leading to errors in Micro.blog. Took a little while to recover, apologies for the downtime.

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