Can’t believe it’s almost October (3 months till 2023.)— September flew by, chock-full of fixes, squashed bugs, Launched Unsplash directory, and our noses to the grindstone on a couple of major features. Let’s check out what’s new.
Post editor is now updated with a new sleek look with a less cluttered area. New update includes
Adding gif in your post
Option to create a post from the home feed by selecting the section
@username of your choice
Users can now change their username from their profile.
Go to profile
Click on edit profile next to profile picture
Enter the username of your choice in the username field
Look for green tick or Red Cross to check the availability of the username. If the username is already taken, try some other username and wait for the green tick above the field
Save changes
Other members can now tag you with this username. You can check member's username by clicking on their profile icon and see the username below their profile name.
Unsplash directory for your community banner
Now select beautiful banners for your community from unsplash directly
Go to Edit Banner on the home
Click on search image in the banner area
Search for the topic you want the image for & explore through unsplash images
Select any image
Crop image accordingly
Save Banner
Change default country code for your members
Set your own country code for your "login via mobile number" page. By default +91 is set which is for India. If majority of user is from certain part of world, you can change the country code to your choice from settings
Go to settings
Go to Community experience
Look for advanced configurable
Select country code from drop down
Click update button
Once changed your community will see the new country code as default option and user select other country code if needed.
Small Fixes / Improvements
Members invited to group are directly are now added to that group once joining the community
Sign up & country code in the mobile app is now linked directly to your community, change them in the web app and they will be updated in the mobile app without new release
See user info next to their name in the group member list
Members can send a request to join private section
Reduced the heading of the post title in the trending post widget to balance the design
Cover picture is now edge to edge in the post. Removed the whitespace around it
Fixed mobile app notification issue. Now mobile app is sending the relevant push notification on the phone
Coming soon in October
Customization of your posts
Emoji reaction to your post
Community-Wide search
Multi-Language support
Option to change the font for the community
P.S. We all know it’s hard to imagine a world without 🙏, 😂, and ❤️. As we continue to spend more time in online spaces, emoji have been critical in bridging the gaps between face-to-face and virtual communication
See what else is new in Pensil
You can keep up with all of Pensil’s new features, big and small, by visiting our change log. Have ideas for how we can improve your digital HQ? Many features just like these come directly from customer feedback. Drop us a note or tweet us at @PensilHQ to share yours.
