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Components are here! 🙌
Take your content modelling to the next level with components. With our new, eagerly awaited feature, you can create a library of reusable components and save heaps of time when working on the most flexible GatherContent projects ever.
We've got everything you need to get started:
Components are available to all of our Start, Scale and Transform plan customers.
Have you ever wanted to upload your files to a project, not just an item? 🤔
Well, now you can! 🙌
🥁 Introducing our new assets feature that allows you to upload a file directly to a project. Now you can seamlessly add files to your content items from your project's library of assets.
Not only that, but you can get a real-time view of your asset's usage across the project.
Visit your Files & Media folder to find out more.
Today is the day we release our asset library (on items) to all of our amazing customers! 🙌 🎉
Once an asset has been uploaded, you can add it to any item that you need to. Saving you the job of having to upload the same asset over and over again. 👍
To find out more, check out our super friendly help article. 😄
Hey, guess what?? 🤔 💡
We've just released our new item editor loading strategy to all of you wonderful GatherContent users! This means that items will initially load 10 fields, and 5 more at a time as you scroll through the item. The result of which means that your items will load much faster. 🏎️ 💨
🎉 After a successful BETA release last month, we have now rolled our new template renovations to all GatherContent accounts.🎉
You will now see our new shiny new Structure page, with a Template tab in the sidebar.
🔔 Hear-ye Hear-ye🔔
We've just released our Template Renovations 🏗️ to a closed BETA group. You'll notice the top-bar has lost its old "Templates" link and gained an enticing "Structure" link instead. What's more, you now have the ability to quickly view and remove unused templates to keep your project work nice and tidy.🧹
We hope to roll this out to all accounts in the near future. So, keep your 👀 on our What's New page.
We've recently released our new look fields! All you lovely people should now be seeing these in your projects, there is no additional functionality, but we think it looks great. 😎
We've fixed a bug where whitespace (eg tabs & indented text) which had been copy + pasted into a GatherContent field would not display, but were sneakily still there (just hiding 🙈).
In practice this means you may now see some additional tabs & indents in your text fields. They were actually always there, we just didn't show them before. Also this could cause an issue with character counts being wrong, and they will now be correct!
Our export to docx functionality was beautiful in a mother's eyes, unfortunately others could be forgiven for disagreeing. But we've scrubbed it up and now you'll find a whole new export to docx function in the migrate tab of a project. Now everyone agrees that our docx exports are beautiful 🌳`
Ever wanted to split your template up into multiple sections, but the number of sections needed to vary? Well now you can: Introducing repeatable fields, so your item's author can decide how many sections are needed.
Head over to your template, go to a text field's settings, and make it repeatable. Make it repeatable. Make it repeatable.
The fixed formatting toolbar is now live and in action across all accounts! With this new layer of writing bliss ✍️ , you'll be able to see your formatting options at all times while gleefully creating your content! 🎉
The BETA release of the fixed formatting toolbar is now live with a closed BETA group. It will be out of BETA and available in all accounts over the next few weeks. Watch this space for more updates! 👀
↔️ The ability to change the writing direction from right to left has now left BETA. ↔️
All accounts can now access this handy feature by going to the individual project settings to chose which direction you would like the text displayed! 📝
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👥 🤝 📂 The new People and Groups layout and the Hierarchy view are now both permanent parts of the family and are no longer in BETA! 🎉
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🔗🔗🔗 You can now create multiple shareable links and send them to internal team member or external guest user all at the same time!! 💥💥💥
To view this in action, check out the steps to do this in our help guide here.
People and Groups has had a complete makeover! 💄
It is currently in beta mode, so all user have the chance to test out the fab new features and functionality and share any feedback with us.
Click here to learn more about the brand new people & groups layout.
Cue the party!! 🎉
All accounts will be upgraded to the Content Hub, which is the latest version of GatherContent, in February 2020. 🍾
You can find out more about the content hub by clicking here.
📂 📂 📂 You asked us to bring back the hierarchy view to the Content Hub, and we listened!
Currently, a user can see either all items or items within a single folder, but in the hierarchy view, you can view every folder and every item, all in one list. We’ve now opened up the doors to a limited number of users to join the Hierarchy BETA Program. 🔥
Once we are full, the doors will close, and the option to join the Hierarchy BETA will no longer be shown on that page, so be quick ⚡⚡⚡ and sign up here to be a part of the action!
🔗 We’ve added editing and commenting to our Shareable links BETA feature! If you want to get in on some shareable links love, click here while the doors are still open, to sign up and get early access to this excellent feature!
Work on API v2 is well and truly underway!
Using the brand new version of our API, you will be able to do the following;
> Items: Get a list of Items.
> Structure: Get & edit structure; you will also be able to save a structure as a template.
> Folders: Get a list of folders for projects; create, delete, restore, rename, and you will even be able to move folders around!
> Templates: Get a list of templates for a project; create, delete, restore, rename, and even duplicate templates!
How do I stay up-to-date with the changes to API v2?
Easy, just click here to head over to our API guides (where we’ve tagged our API v2 BETA release) to stay tuned with what’s going on.
We've expanded our shareable links BETA features, from just 'view only' to include the ability to comment on shareable links 🔥 If you want to get involved with the BETA, sign up here.
We now share which product BETA's were currently working on. If you'd like to get involved shaping new features through a BETA, you can sign up here:
https://gathercontent.com/product-betas
We've introduced filters to the content hub ☀️ You can now search items by assignee, item name, for items that are overdue and by item workflow status.
Not only that, but you can now combine filters, making your content management duties even easier!!
"Search for items that are assigned to Sally, at the 'Review' status and are overdue." Amazing 😍
Check out the help docs: https://help.gathercontent.com/en/articles/3209139-filtering-items-in-the-content-hub
We've created an awesome setup guide, to help you when you create your first project in GatherContent 🙌
Here is the shared wisdom for reference 😎
https://help.gathercontent.com/en/articles/3197426-setting-up-your-first-gathercontent-project-start-here
We've created six new project types that appear in brand new GatherContent accounts. These are filled to the brim with accurate example content, templates, workflows and even user assignments. That means you can see exactly how projects like yours work in GatherContent 🤩
If your account already exists but you'd like to see one of these example projects, just drop support@gathercontent.com a note and we can move a copy over to your account 👍
We've also included some videos of the GC team, walking you through the most important things to know when getting started with GC. So a more pleasant, interactive getting started experience!
Find the content difficult to read? You can now change your font! 🤓
Switch to another GatherContent account you're part of with two clicks! You can also now star accounts to appear at the top of your list.
Workflow update notifications in an item now work in the same way as @mentions in comments. So, you can remove an assignee from a workflow status update notification! You now type '@' to choose other people to include in the update.
Want to skip a workflow status? Now you can 🙌 Inside an item, hover over the status you want to move to 🤩 Simple!
We've made it clearer when your permissions are limited on an item, to explain what you can and can't do 🙌
Subscribe to conversation threads to keep in the loop. No @mentioning required!
View-friendly images 😎 You can now preview an asset on an item without downloading it.
We've been busy improving our export and import functionality:
We've cleaned up our <p>lain text fields! Fields switched from rich text to plain text now correctly strips any HTML 👌
Worry no more! You'll now see a friendly message when you try to leave a template that has unsaved changes.
We've improved our error messaging when adding users to groups. Less confusion = better.
Love files? Downloading all files from an item is back baby! ⬇
Creating templates just got easier.. Converting custom structures to templates is back!
Accidentally resolved a comment? No worries, just undo it 😎 So you can stay ❄️ as a 🥒.
The new Content hub is live for all new trial accounts. Find out more. We're rolling it out to existing customers soon 👀
All GatherContent CMS integrations now migrate your content as a flat structure (no hierarchy). This change is to make way for some upcoming goodness! 👀
We've successfully launched a new on-boarding flow for account owners during their GatherContent trial. This paves the way for on-boarding flows for new users opening GatherContent for the first time, for a better on-boarding experience 🙌 👀
Our Craft CMS plugin is open source and free to use, but is no longer actively maintained.
Re-sending welcome emails was causing some confusion 🤷 We've now added a 'pending invite' section to People & Groups, making it easier to see who still needs to accept their invite.
The GatherContent font has changed to a serif font 🔤 Fonts will always be subjective for us, so let us know if you have any font feedback!
Pay close attention - hyperlinks may now take you to another dimension.. We've added the option to open your hyperlinks on the same page OR in a new window.. 👽
Happy new year and welcome to 2019!
We've just made it easier to enter a URL from the formatting bar. You can now hit enter or click off the toolbar to confirm it 👌
You can now search for content within items with advanced search! 🔎 Advanced search is available to all customers on the Pro Plan or above.
We now have a festive mode for the content editor ❄️ Click the Christmas tree in the bottom left-hand corner of an item to reveal the magic! You can also find some seasonal jokes in the bottom right-hand corner of an item 🎄
Long comment threads now show the first and last comments to give you a snapshot of what's been discussed. You can always expand the conversation to see the full detail 💬
You're now able to un-group your email notifications! Instead of receiving an email with your recent activity, you can receive separate emails for each notification 📫
Our AEM integration now supports AEM 6.4 👏
You will now be notified by email when items are overdue 📨
You can now move your content from WordPress to GatherContent! Hooray for two-way migrating! 🔛
We've updated the look and feel of the Comment history - you can now choose if you want to see resolved, unresolved or all comments 👍
We have now consolidated our legacy help documents 🔍
We now support en and em dashes in the newest version of GatherContent! 🙌
You can now loop someone into a workflow status change within the item 👋
We've made the bottom status bar a bit more neat and tidy. It all works the same, but it also now displays the style and formatting of selected text 😊
You can now search for items using the new search box in the top right hand corner 🔎
Users assigned to items will now receive an email when a workflow status is changed 💌
You can now duplicate a tab on a structure ✌️
You can now format guidelines fields with rich text! 🙌
The latest version of the Drupal 8 module has been released - version 8.4 🙌 Download it here: https://www.drupal.org/project/gathercontent
You can now duplicate an item from an item in the new content editor 👯♀️
You can now archive an item from an item on the new content editor ⭐️
You can now integrate with Kentico 11 🙌
The new content editor now has a 'Read only' option on workflow statuses 👀
We've done some design touch-ups on the structure editor 🎨
Hooray 🎉 We've released revisions in the new content editor! Along with seeing content edits, you can now see formatting and asset changes.
We've introduced webhooks to notify you of item workflow status changes ⇢
We've re-introduced importing content from a spreadsheet in the new version of GatherContent.