Micro.blog News

  • 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.

  • Fixed an issue handling unknown IndieAuth scopes, which fixes signing in with IndieBookClub.

  • We are rolling out support for FollowSpec across all blogs. This is an OPML file that has a list of people you are following and their feed. For more details, see the new help page here.

  • Blog Audit has been updated with an additional option under the “Images” scan, so you can choose whether to copy found images from an archive back to your blog domain.

  • Updated the release notes page for Wavelength 2.2 for Android. We’ve released it for both iOS and Android now.

  • We launched a new feature called Blog Audit this week. If you’re subscribed to Micro.blog Premium, check it out under Posts → “…” → Blog Audit.

  • We’ve released Wavelength 2.2 for iOS, improving the iPad layout, audio quality, and other fixes. See the full release notes on this help page.

  • Updated the app versions page with an official link to the new releases.md document. It roughly outlines what is being worked on right now and what just shipped.

  • We’ve shipped Sunlit 3.6.3 for iOS, fixing photo reordering problems and improving several things in the UI. You can find a download link to the App Store and full release notes on this help page.

  • Added a new batch selection mode on the Uploads page, to make it easier to delete or organize multiple photos at once.

  • Fixed loading “following users” page for users who are following lots of people.

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